| Judas Priest – Monsters of Rock Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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In my opinion Judas Priest here clearly pay tribute to the black Americans who brought from Africa to America -through the blues and rythms- the basic musical structures of "rock and roll" music and of course later of classic rock and heavy metal.《It started many years ago, out of the black country, the seed became the embryo, for all on earth to see》.《From the concrete jungle The smoke, the dirt, the grime》.《 Took the sound across the seas, the people stood in awe At last the sound had come to them...》etc |
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| Iron Maiden – Flight Of Icarus Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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Bruce Dickinson has modified, or to be more accurate, has reversed the meaning of the myth. 《Fly on your way like an eagle,Fly as high as the sun,[...],Fly and touch the sun》. Here, there is no adolescent disobedience or rebellion. The mad, old man is Icarus' father Daedalus, who pushes the lad to the extreme(the sun) to make him acquire a status above the crowd (other common people). The young man follows his father's advice and initially achieves a degree of success, shouting to his father below: "look at me, father! I came off! I made you proud!". But success is often as chimerical as a flight to the sun on wings made of wax. 《Now he knows his father betrayed》. As Icarus falls down to his demise, he is sure that his father betrayed him. It doesn't occur to him that Daedalus has been betrayed, too; by his illusory ambitions and the endless love for his son. The father has to live the rest of his life all alone, knowing that his son committed hubris and died following his poor advice. |
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