| Descendents – I'm Not A Loser Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I don't think the song is so much homophobic as it is about people who are. I was in high school around the same time as Milo, at the next high school up the road. (literally a mile away) So we went to school with assholes from Manhattan Beach who thought they were all that, because they had rich parents. I lived in "the other" city, like Milo. And in my freshman year, we were getting beaten up and spit on by jocks for wearing skinny ties and wearing our hair short. Then by my senior year, we were having "new wave" dances. And yeah, those were the same asshole jocks who used to tell us we were homos because we didn't wear OP shorts to school. Want to research? Watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Research for that movie was done at Milo's school. That's really how people were. So, Milo (and me) was an outcast for sure, because he was smarter than all of them and didn't try to "fit in." I think Milo understands oppression. Don't read too much into it. Fantastic song. An anthem, as far as I'm concerned. |
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| Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Something I like about this song is the fact that it doesn't need to be sung. If you just say the words, the rhythm just happens. It's as if the rhythm of the words was as important as the meaning. Sittin in a sycamore in Saint John's wood soaking day old bread in kerosene... staying out of circulation till the dogs get tired.... |
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