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| Courtney Barnett – Depreston Lyrics
| 3 months ago
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I was was born and raised in Preston (a suburb in Melbourne, Australia) and I can say the feeling of depression that Courtney captures so eloquently is exactly how I feel about the place. I had cause to drive through Preston recently and the mundane shabbiness brought all those feelings back. If I had a packet of Valium tablets with me, I might have swallowed the whole lot. |
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| Agnes Obel – Familiar Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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This was used as the theme song in Canadian crime series “Cardinal”. Also played once in German drama “Dark”. Enchanting melody and feeling, but to me, totally cold and meaningless art for art’s sake. |
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| The Church – Too Fast For You Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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I don’t think even Steven Kilby knows what this song means. Perhaps it was just his attempt to be as obscure as possible in order to come across as the cool artistic type. A great song but it conveys nothing sensible in the lyrics. |
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| Talking Heads – I'm Not In Love Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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A person with some degree of Asperger’s Syndrome would understand this song’s lyrics perfectly well. I personally like the sentiments it expresses, they are a welcome contrast to the thousands of sickly sweet love songs that get churned out every year. The genius of David Byrne to say something different. |
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| Jethro Tull – My God Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[ADILIR:39454] - I don’t believe you, you have the whole damned thing all wrong. It’s definitely about god, not satan. You only need to look at the notes on the album cover where it says in plain English that “man made god in his image”. This is the opposite of what christians try to make everyone believe and exactly what the song My God is all about. |
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| Jethro Tull – Play In Time Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I rather think this is just Ian’s straight-forward take on his experience as the singer/songwriter for Jethro Tull. He talks about the demands of finding time to take in new things to write about, sing them, practice with the band (play in time) and occasionally get some sleep. “Blues were my favourite colour” is an obvious reference to how Tull started as a blues band but quickly progressed to other styles (“I looked around and found another song I felt like singing”) which precipitated the departure of Mick Abrahams who wanted to remain in the blues genre. And “talking to people in my way” is probably about the drudgery of doing so many interviews as spokesman for the band. Backwards guitar - well, this was 1970, so it was probably just Martin Barre’s nod to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix both of whom used that recording trick on some famous tracks. |
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| Cream – Pressed Rat And Warthog Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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I too think the lyrics refer whimsically to the members of Cream and life within that band.
Captain Madman is definitely Eric Clapton, not Ginger - there is a video interview with Jack Bruce in which he directly says it’s the nickname they had for Eric around the time they recorded “I Feel Free”. I’m guessing that Pressed Rat is Ginger, Warthog is Jack Bruce and that “atonal apples, amplified heat and Pressed Rat’s collection of dog legs and feet” could be the musical works of the band, but maybe not everything needs a literal meaning.
It’s well known that Ginger and Jack argued a lot, so it makes sense that it was Capt. Madman who “told them to stop”. And in real life it was Eric who eventually made the call to end Cream.
The line “the gate turned into a deroga tree” - well, there is no such thing as a deroga tree, so it’s likely to be a play on the word “derogatory” - another reference to friction within the band. The peg leg breaking into three cannot be a coincidence either. |
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| Jethro Tull – Nothing To Say Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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I don't think this song was about some nebulous philosophical issues - which seems to be the default meaning on this website. I suspect it's a direct comment on the disagreements Ian had with the original guitarist, Mick Abrahams, who wanted Tull to remain a blues/jazz outfit while Ian wanted to broaden the musical scope. Mick left Tull after the first album, just as they were getting noticed, which must have created some bitterness. Ian could not prevent the split, but the line "I went your way 10 years ago, now I've got nothing to say" says it all.
If I'm right, it would not be the only song in which Ian refers to other members of the band - I'm thinking of "Jeffery goes to Leicester Square" on Stand Up and "For Michael Collins, Jeffery and Me" on Benefit. |
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