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| John Cale – Paris 1919 Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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As for the chorus and its "drum." two ghostly possibilities come to mind: a reference to either the Drummer of Tedworth, or the Drummer of Cortachy? |
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| Leonard Cohen – Tower of Song Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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The Tower image is borrowed from the Biblical Tower of Babel, and works in counterpoint to the confusion wrought by the latter.
This song really takes off with a social commentary: "Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure: / The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor." Slumming, yes; and the economics of rape culture too, perhaps. |
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