| Drop Nineteens – Kick the Tragedy Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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listening to the lyrics from a 2021 perspective fills me with sadness over the lost potential of that generation. shoegaze, and the music of the time, was incredible in retrospect. and I feel this song epitomizes the feeling of inspiration and drive while having no way to express it or actually build on it. it is almost sad and heartbreaking that so many had a musical outlet, but the general culture wasn't ready to take it and accelerate it into something real, meaningful, and beneficial to the world at large. this song is unrealized potential and the accompanying frustration |
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| Liam Gallagher – One of Us Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| I definitely like this song and heartfelt lyrics, and my first thought was that he's singing about his brother... but the last time the Gallaghers performed together was in 2009... not exactly near the 16 years mentioned in the lyrics. I suppose it's possible he is referring to the last time they were *in studio* together, but I haven't been able to find any definitive dates on that just yet. | |
| Ride – Leave Them All Behind Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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Ride's album Going Blank Again, from which this track originates, was released in March of 1992. From the very start of the decade, the 90s was inundated with ever accelerating departures from the norm, massive global changes, and in many instances, outright upheaval of what a decent chunk of the global population considered "life as usual." Change is the only constant in life. We can adapt, adjust, overcome, but too much change too quickly can be overwhelming to the individual as well as large groups of society. For those who have not lived through this time,i invite you to merely check out the wikipedia overviews of 89-92 notable events, compare the significance and rapid rate at which each event came... and then spiral out from there. I think this song is a reflection of this particular period and the overwhelming total lack of control people felt they had. "Just look at everything happening, I can't change shit, I'm a speck of dust in a hurricane... fuck it, no sense paddling against the current. The game seems rigged, so I'm not playing... I'll leave it all behind. Don't fight it, don't worry about, just live, leave it alone, embrace the flow." |
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