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| Sparta – Did You Ever Look So Nice? Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I don't think this is a Sparta song...... doesn't seem like their lyrical styling and it's not on their EP or LP. Don't trust the title of everything you download... |
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| Sparta – Cut Your Ribbon Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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yeah these may not be the right lyrics but whoever has the cd should have the book anyway so it's no real problem.
Anyway, the video for Cut Your Ribbon (found at http://www.spartamusic.com) shows a guy running down a deliberately white-shrowd girl in his car and then consequently going through a paranoid delusional state. That's probably a metaphorical depiction of a more person situation. The lyrics back up the delusional bit. Anyway, great song... |
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| At the Drive-In – Speechless Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I don't think pedonkle was referring to "I'm doing fine"... he was probably talking about the repetition of "she's reaching for something right" in the end which does finish things up with a little sympathy and simultaneous optimism |
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| At the Drive-In – Autorelocator Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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No real comment on the lyrics aside from the fact that they're oddly blues-like (when you don't consider the trademark aloofness of Cedric's voice), but I think this song is great because it's borderline electronica considering the plethora of effects. I don't know why they didn't take the two songs that were on this split and put them on an LP or EP because they should be heard more than they are. |
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| At the Drive-In – Plastic Memories Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I've only heard this song through an ATDI tribute site and I'd like to know where I can find it. There's something about it that's more appealing to me than it's later incarnation (Picket Fence Cartel). Who knows, it could just be the fact that they didn't use a typical ATDI lyrical styling, but the music is catchy, too. |
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| At the Drive-In – Catacombs Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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haha@stebug, I wish that's what this song was about, but it sounds infinitely more pessimistic than that. Seems like Cedric (or whoever wrote this bit) is uncomfortably familiarized with death. That's rather redundant, actually, because anybody so familiar with death would probably by disturbed by the fact that they are. "caskets floating" is somewhat reminiscent of not being able to accept death and bury lost loved ones in your mind. Who knows, who knows...
BTW, I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but RoC's artwork appears to depict "a quadriplegic horse and carriage" even though (as far as I know) the American version doesn't have this song. |
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| At the Drive-In – Mannequin Republic Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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ummm, the lyrics written above are wrong... cbennett mixed them up with Non-Zero Possibility. Anyway, Mannequin Republic appears to me to be yet another commentary on life from within El Paso and how it's perceived from the outside. The way they talk about their hometown is so subjective that one might mistake it with a death camp... haha |
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| At the Drive-In – Chanbara Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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wow, I used to have my own interpretation of this song, but the clandestine South American diplomacy idea really takes the cake. That truly makes sense of things. |
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| At the Drive-In – Non-Zero Possibility Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I've heard this song compared to both mass alienation and abortion. I can see how it could be either, but what's most interesting is how either would fit perfectly. This song can convey two (probably more) different literal meanings yet still express a mood that correlates with both. |
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| At the Drive-In – Cosmonaut Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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ehhh, I thought it was about censorship. It may be too much of a Rage-like idea for them (especially since they have to crawl out of Rage's shadow due to alleged similarities), but the censorship theme is still fairly eminent in the earlier portions of the song. |
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| At the Drive-In – Arcarsenal Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I've always looked at the song under more social contexts, but that could just be me... there's a definite sign of some sort of parasitic presence (which could lead you to believe it's about vampires or cannibals), but I've always thought of it more as being placed in a situation with the social counterparts of those figures that are parasitic in nature. |
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| At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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The band did express the intended connotations of the song's metaphors in aforementioned interviews (I've seen one in English), but just as with all of their songs, it's subject to plenty of interpretation. I could have never conceived the Vietnam idea because I look for an underlying personal meaning when I listen to the song, but reading about that really opened up my interpretation even more. I think the uniqueness of ATDI's lyrical artistry is that it provokes thoughts and emotions regardless of interpretation simply through their selective diction used to convey a raw emotion. One Armed Scissor is a prime example... |
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