| Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song beautifully captures life in early 90’s Los Angeles black neighborhoods. It’s a subtle commentary and also flows amazingly well from Ice Cube. A good day means playing and partying, but always in the background is the looming threat of violence and injustice. A good day means some basketball, winning at dice, oh yeah and not getting carjacked. It means getting some pussy and getting high and not having to shoot at anyone. It’s driving around in your car, eating burgers, and not finding out that a friend was murdered. It was a crazy time in LA and this song is a snapshot of what it was like to live in a poor, abused, and dysfunctional community. Performed with Ice Cube’s angry scowl and heavy hitting character, this song is a true work of art! |
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| Cake – Mr. Mastodon Farm Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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So I have to say this song blows me away every time I hear it. It's pure poetry. I knew the lyrics long before I ever considered what they meant. Just the other day I was sharing Mr Mastadon with my wife and a new thought hit me. This song is about searching for meaning where there is none (ironic, yes?). Simple enough - if the birds don't curve towards horizontal flight, you're life won't be changed. And yet, we have this need to seek connection and meaning where it doesn't exist. It's an existential and possibly nihilistic theme that pops up in other Cake songs as well (Long Line of Cars, Frank Sinatra, Guitar Man - and you want to get the meaning out of each and every song), but that's the main message of this song. The birds have nothing to do with you. The curvature of their flight makes no difference in your life. You are alone and unconnected. It's all meaningless. Mr. Mastadon Farm - creating and cultivating something that goes nowhere - farming animals that will eventually go extinct. Cuts swatches out of old material - hoarding his special pieces, finding the ones that are the most important, but they are all just trash. Just bits of debris. It's absurd to try to put meaning to everything. But even more interestingly, it's easy to watch everyone else do it without realizing you are doing the same thing yourself. It's more of the reflective self-awareness that I love so much about Cake. Or maybe I'm just crazy and putting too much of my own nonsense into this song... Which is what makes it the essence of ART! |
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