| The Rolling Stones – You Can't Always Get What You Want Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[Rgilly:50017] we both think the song is about drug addiction and maybe Nick's girlfriend or the lady who Mick famously "waited on,"; Only a "friend" to him. Like that. | |
| The Rolling Stones – You Can't Always Get What You Want Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[Bennn:50016] Gypsy** drugstore is a drug dealer. Jimmy is probably Hendrix. Mick would run in those circles (of society) and relates how Jimmy -- an addict in motion -- was lookin pretty bad already before he died. So yeah, right on man. ** he sings "Gypsy". But the lyrics on the Album were whitewashed. It makes more sense, no?, b/c Jimmy's medicine queue would not be on main st in Chelsea. Without much evidence, I always supposed that to get YOUR prescription filled was referring to the same lady as in verses 1, 2, 4. K Like she and Mick were together for a while. But not at the beginning or the end. => She was an addict too. Never thought of Janice Joplan being mentioned before, but addict she was. Maybe they were friends? W/O benefits. |
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| King Crimson – Easy Money Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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I love this song so much because its raw sound excites me and makes me feel like Godzilla. I'm surprised cause my interpretation is totally different. Do you know the song by Dire Straights "Money for Nothing?" The meaning here is almost the same. [Not the same meaning but in a similar vein, Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar," which talks about how their agent takes advantage of the band.] The song isn't about gambling per se, it is self-referential (about perceptions of King Crimson). Easy Money is a self-deprecating joke on themselves. They make easy money. Of course they actually work hard, and this is the joke. There are plenty of other jokes inside. 'Your admirers in the street, got to hoot...' is a third-person reference to their fame. 'as you twinkle by in mocassin sneakers' is an imaginative way for the third party to mock the band. It is a ridiculous and hilarious way to say that the band thinks they're so cool, when they're really a bunch of fools. The next 3 verses are making fun of the band's lifestyle. 'I thought my heart would break' begins a verse meaning that deep down, the band members are really insecure. The band pretends to be big shot fearless risk takers, like with their music, but in reality they're shaking in their boots and cowardly. This is self-ridicule. [There might be a germ of truth in there, 'cause who wouldn't be anxious in such an unstable profession?] 'strutting out at every race' and showing off their 'crimson suspenders' are ridiculing their behavior in public. They think they look cool, but they look like idiots. 'throw a glass around the place' is talking about entitled excessive behavior. It like when you hear about a band tearing out the walls in their hotel room. They think they're so special they can do whatever the fuck they want and get away with it. 'Take the money home' is how the band acts when they're off camera. The joke is that deep down they're pretty boring. The cool personas they show in public are just masks. But once again, the lyrics are exaggerating the point and make them look ridiculous. 'For two weeks we could appease the almighty.' For me, this is both silly and hilarious at a gut level, even if I can't explain exactly what it means. It is a metaphor for something, but can you think of anything more ridiculous? Like they're all pious and stuff. 'Got no truck with the la di da.' Its a rejection of the bourgeois lifestyle. They think of themselves as cutting edge cool artists like Andy Warhol. But really, their success is all just dumb luck: 'getting fat on (their) lucky star.' The lyrics are ambiguous so I might be off track. But you've got to agree that they are making fun of _someone_ with satirical humor. |
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