| Santigold – Disparate Youth Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[starsheepie:37270] YESSSSS! Finally. Holy crow I can't believe people think this is a love song. Everyone in the video is black, and the first image of a boy, he's travelling across the screen like a target at an amusement park! On the island, she is showing some Afro Caribbean lore imagery. A life worth fighting for. It's about struggling for full unimpeded lives in America. Thanks for posting your analysis. |
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| Kate Bush – James and the Cold Gun Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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In an interview with Phil Sutcliffe published in the August 30, 1980 issue of Sounds, composer and performer Kate Bush spoke of her fascination with guns: "Not about what they do, but detach them from their purpose and they're... fantastic, beautiful. And yet they're designed to kill which is against everything I believe in." At a stretch this song could be about James Bond, but it was actually inspired by a contemporary thriller, The Day Of The Jackal. Based on the book of the same name by English author Frederick Forsyth, this 1973 release featured Edward Fox in the title role of the nameless would-be assassin of Charles de Gaulle, who was President of France from 1959-69. The film is set in 1963, the same year American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Kate received several fan letters from people trying to guess the identity of James, but there's no big mystery behind the man with the cold gun. "The answer is: nobody. When I wrote the song, James was the right name for it," she revealed in a fan club newsletter. While Kate does ask James if he's selling his soul to a cold gun, the specific song title doesn't show up in the lyrics. |
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