| The Strokes – Soma Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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I cry at the fact about how important the Strokes were in music history when "Is This It" was released. Every track, Is This It, and The Modern Age, and Barley Legal to Hard To Explain, and my personal favorite, this one, are filled with the greatest rhythms by Fab, Al, and Nikolai, phenomenal leads and soloing by Nick, and of course, the one and only Julian, singing passionately and constantly. I love Soma. The G, G, G opening by Al, the simple but melodic riff Nick plays on low, and the booming bass and kickdrum atop of it. But Julian really shows off his timing and "fills." For example, during the chorus when he says, "In your eyes..." and at the ending, with "And that's it..," it is beautiful and perfect. In general, the song is about one person, a love interest, and about how she or he is the main purpose in he or she's life. No one can top the one that they love. "Is This It" changed the world forever. All the skaters and high school dropouts selling weed on the streets and partying at clubs in downtown metropolitan areas could relate and listen to the tracks of the Stokes's debut with rich, high-class civilians who barley worked. It is truly amazing how they changed the world. |
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| The Strokes – 12:51 [Album Version] Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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12:51 is one of those songs you listen to at 2:00 AM, or even 12:51 AM, alone in your bed, thinking about the one woman or guy you love but can't grasp because you know it will never work but you both love each other deep down. This song is so beautiful. It's the overall epitome of a love story. First, the man falls in love the female but she's under the age of consent, but they love each other, but after awhile is doesn't work. He's so bored, like how Julian Casablanca's sounds throughout the entire song, and has no will until she calls him up, wanting more love and attention than ever. He doesn't care that much. He's bored. He's very apathetic. He just says the equivalent of "okay." "Kiss me now that I'm older." What a line representing an affair or love forgetten. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – The Bronze Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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First off, the entire self-titled debut, "Queens Of The Stone Age" and even the EP, "Kyuss/Queens Of The Stone Age," on its own, are some of the two greatest albums of the 90's in my opinion. Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri have spoken their views on the song in interviews back in the day. In conclusion, the initial motif or gist of the Bonus Track is the more "he" (Josh, most likely in this case) discovers about himself, the more complications he has in his life, which turns the so called gold life into the bronze life, which he wants to redeem but can't because he dug a hole with no escape to get out. Firstly, what a great guitar intro by Josh, based on the B Augmented chord, followed by the amazing riff in C# tuning. "I been waiting Waiting under things that rise in the morning" QOTSA are very inclined to metaphor sex, drugs, and adultery into their lyrics, with this one in particular referencing a night that was most likely forgotten due to circumstances ranging from being under the influence and using drugs such as marijuana or methamphetamine, causing temporary memory loss or feeling nonetheless empty. When he wakes up, he realized he masturbated and is covered in his own ejaculation, ironically, because if he was that uncomfortable he would've woken, but knowing his life is in pieces from constant neglect, sex, and heavy drug use. he goes on to live another day. "I been holding Holding back so long" He is realizing there is more to do and more to search for in his life, and he's holding himself back from this future, knowing sure well that he will never change. "You can own it Take it off my hands, do me a favor" Wanting redemption, he wants to find a way to escape this life, which isn't gold or perfect (Song Title Que) like they feel you when you are a child or when you reach the age of adulthood. Responsibilities come and kill you in the way you'd least expect it. "Nothin' wasted Just finger fucked and busted up all at once" He wants nothing to do with himself changing, and another subliminal reference from Josh, the "finger f__ked" line, creates the symbolism that everything is messy or distinguishably unhealthy, and he really needs to find the grasp of a life not partying until he passes out of intoxication or until he dies of a narcotic or heroin overdose. "I'm so lost out on the highway With no direction left to go Everyday sit up and wonder Where it was I started from" He is lost and abandoned. He has no home, love, or title to be proclaimed or proud of. No matter what happens, nothing will change and he feels he needs to escape even though he has no strength or pulse to own up to his ill, forbidden life. "The more you've found, the less you've been around." (Great ending and repetitive line by Josh) The more he discovers about himself, the more complications he has in his life. |
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