| The Pogues – A Pair of Brown Eyes Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[BrianMaverick:50324] thank you for clearing that up! All this time I thought he was singing about the crooner Johnny Ray, you know because he says Johnny in the first verse and then Ray the second | |
| Depeche Mode – Tora! Tora! Tora! Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@interpolarity that’s true, add an “h” and it’s also the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah. But, they are definitely talking about the Japanese Tora Tora Tora! (meaning, Tiger Tiger Tiger!) which was the code/war cry to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the name of the 1970 Japanese film about the bombing. Exactly three “Tora!” in a row. As the lyrics say “from the sky you can almost hear them cry Tora Tora Tora”. Never mind the illusions towards dead Americans. The doomy sound of the music works towards war, rather than seizing of the day “now“. And, last, the industrial techno sound of their music implies an industrial techno event |
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