| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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how many jesus freaks does it take to bash a song? go back to your huts, losers, and leave the internet for people with a brain. What the hell are you talking about? Who's bashing the song? Seriously, what a stupid thing to say. Here's a tip retard, follow your own advice. |
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| The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Some people say this song is the next Smells Like Teen Spirit. I don't know how I feel about that. I love Jack White though, he's a hell of a lot bigger than most people take him for. Although I've always been very lyric-oriented, I loved this song for so long without even thinking about what the lyrics meant. Jack White has a certain simplicity to his songs that's usually pretty straight-forward, but works more to suit the music than to a large-scale dynamic meaning. Seven Nation Army is a very seductive-sounding song. Just the ongoing awkward riff and the simple beat, kind of shows all the nu-metallers what a true hook is. I didn't even think about it's meaning until now reading it on here, I just always figured whatever it was, he delivered it well. It's abstract lyrically, but gossip does seem to make sense meaning-wise. We always complain about gossip, but we all do it, and we all buy into it as well. What do you think we do on Saturday Night Live and Leno and Letterman and Entertainment Tonight and sitcoms, we all glorify it. People think if you're famous, you're exempt, but it's the same kind of thing. Everyone gossips, and when you're famous, they gossip about you. But, I suppose that's one of things that will never change, which is a frustrating shame, probably what fuelled this song. Oh, and it was recorded with a sub-octave effects pedal, I read it in Guitar World, I think, for whoever it was that wanted to know that. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Well I've grown up in the church, and it's not quite like that, you know, like the TV says it is, but I know what you mean. I didn't read the article, but I know there are idiots in the world like that, and they don't represent Christians or Christianity at all, and to say what one in here so ignorantly did "robot, take- everything-literally Christian" is laughable, and just as stupid as what you're accusing them of. I find it hilarious that so many people watch the Simpsons and thus think every Christian in the world is this robot devoid of the same common sense everyone else on the planet seems to be endowed with. Just shows that people will really believe anything that's popular. Back in the '60s, EVERYTHING was believed to be the devil. The guy probably just read the title, printed out the lyrics and claimed it to be 'satanic'. While music does indeed have a profound, sometimes negative, influence on the lives of the listener, one that goes beyond 'satanic', this is hardly the kind of song to worry about. Hell, this is one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard. Too bad it only focuses on violence, the one thing wrong in society everybody already agrees on, but it's still a masterpiece. As for 'Christian music', I agree. I find 'Christian music' defeats the purpose of music as it is, with the intent of being put into a label. When you write a song maintaining the intent to keep it 'Christian', what you do is box yourself in to a useless style, and it shows magnanimously in the result. Not to say Christians can't be amazing artists (J.R.R. Tolkien?), but when they label themselves as a 'Christian artist', you can almost guarantee it'll fit into the same box as the rest of it. I mean, hell, picture System of a Down or Rage introducing themselves as a 'political band'. Music is expression of self, and if that self is Christian, it will show in the work, but to restrain oneself like that is useless, and defeats the purpose of art. Personally, I believe in Christianity, but I still listen to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and any type of music I find to be good. And it should be noted, while I stated there are idiots like that, most Christians do as well, and that's not going against any 'Biblical law', just some zealot's 1950's religious beliefs. I know it's not quite the waterboy mom mentality like people would like to believe, and there's a lot more to it than the 'scary devil' routine that society has for some odd reason accepted as the Christian prototype. The Christians I know are actually the most rational and sensical people I know, but then again, I've never seen one of those types on TV, so no doubt they remain a very unseen and unrepresented people. Not to get off on a rant though, this is my favourite Stones song, and undoubtedly a masterpiece. Still gives me chills. |
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| Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I'm not a Zeppelin expert, but the only two I can think of off the top of my head are The Battle of Evermore and Ramble On. These are the only ones that blatantly refer to the series (ring wraiths, Gollum, Mordor), at least that I can think of, there may be more. But many Zeppelin songs clearly have that influence, such as Stairway to Heaven, No Quarter, Going to California, and many others. Plant's lyrical style is very Tolkienesque, so it's hard to discern which ones are inspired by the books and which ones aren't. Either way, Plant is a lyrical genius, as is Tolkien. Ones that I would think have that sort of lyrical feel are Kashmir, Immigrant Song, The Rain Song, That's the Way, etc. If you like Tolkien's work, you should like Plant's as well, so it's good to just get into Zeppelin period, and you'll see those similarities in your own way. | |
| The White Stripes – Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Jack White is not the next Kurt Cobain in the sense that Kurt Cobain was not the next John Lennon. Jack White is the first Jack White, and Kurt Cobain was the first and only Kurt Cobain. The two are similar because they've single-handedly rocked the face of music, but the two's contributions are very different from one another. As for White being compared to Hendrix, where did that come from? I didn't even hear that until I read these. Jimmy Page maybe? White's playing styles are very Zeppelin-esque, but I guess his vocals and lyrics do reflect on Jimi quite a bit. I don't know, usually when you think of Hendrix, you just think of guitar, but he was also an exemplory lyricist, and went about the vocals in a very passive way, much like Jack White. So maybe they are similar. Props to him either way, he's doing what countless have been trying to do for years. | |
| Matthew Good Band – Weapon Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Although I admire Matt Good's work, I always thought the concept for this song was a little typical and misguided. I had originally thought it a song in the wake of 9/11 blaming religion of all kinds and "how it makes you a weapon", which is of course ridiculous, but after reading his comments, that puts me at ease a little more. He's a great artist. | |
| Led Zeppelin – No Quarter Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Anyone who's ever written lyrics knows that you don't sit down with a book and carefully research each line. It just comes out of you, and in the case of Zeppelin very nicely. Read the lyrics to That's the Way and you'll see what I mean. I'll admit, as is the case with Battle of Evermore, you people seem to have done your homework, and it does make sense. I just find it hard to believe Plant sat down and researched this to the extent it's taken to decipher it, that's all. Tolkien just works organically with Zeppelin, so it just works well to convey the mood, that's all. | |
| Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Um, 'Wiggles', I'm pretty sure Tokien wouldn't be "rolling in his grave" to think LOTR was based on Christianity. While, yes, Tolkien admitted himself that he hated allegory, it is OBVIOUS that LOTR and all of Tolkien's work was written from a Biblical worldview. Tolkien was a Christian, plain and simple, this is fact. And you can see it leap from the page and screen when you read/watch the story take place, in the same way a Tolkien fan would obviously notice it's influence on much of Zeppelin's music. It may not be directly arcehtypal, but it's obviously from that mindset. That's a mistake I think a lot of Tolkien fans make when deciphering Zeppelin songs. Not necessarily this one, which is more direct, but many Zeppelin songs are picked apart as if they directly coalesce with a certain event from the story, but really, it's more likely to be just a nice reference to the story to add to the mood. And it works wonderfully. This also pertains to Tolkien. While it may not be an archetypal retelling of the Bible, it has OBVIOUS Christian roots throughout it's entirety, in it's worldview, and I think Tolkien would be more likely to toss in his grave if he heard what you said, rather than what you were responding to. | |
| Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I'd say it's a shame that this is one of the lesser-appreciated Zeppelin songs, but I guess that kind of adds to it, like a gem you've found that not too many people know about. I know about four different ways to play this on guitar, which isn't to say I'm a great guitar player, just how much I must love this song. One of my favourite Zeppelin songs, if not my favourite, and probably the most serene song I have ever heard, and probably ever will hear. | |
| Radiohead – Pyramid Song Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I think the general interpretation has been pretty well represented here, and rather accurately. It does sound like a 'slow transition into death' kind of song. But to this day I still haven't seen the video, so I'm still going by the images in my head really. And for some reason I relate it to the breakdown of society, I don't know why. Just like futuristic, mankind destroying itself kind of thing. Although the lyrics obviously suggest otherwise, Thom Yorke's vocals have always been rather inaudible, at least when you don't yet know the words. I always thought of 'there was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt' as sarcasm in a way. Sort of how humanity was the cause of it's own downfall. I don't know, I just picture this big statue and these people chained up slogging along below them. I don't know, with Radiohead it's more about the mood than the lyrics, and that mood when conveyed well can be thrown about any which way, especially when you've never seen the video. | |
| Incubus – Favorite Things Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| listen man, you know what? i know where you're coming from. i'm neither going to shoot down everything you said nor agree with you, obviously we're getting nowhere, but the 'wall of god' is not crumbling, far from it. i know many scientists who are christians, and they all say studying it has made their faith stronger. as for me, i don't naturally assume that we came from god no matter what i've heard, it's just the most reasonable conclusion. and i know, science, science, im narrowminded, whatever. "i prefer logic over religion" me too, but the facts surrounding religion arent illogical. and you said yourself you agree that carbon dating has it's flaws, well you know what? its the only thing that leads to a billion-year old earth. everything else, from the dust on the moon to the oldest tree, to the moon's gravitational pull, to the earth's erosion rate, all point to a young earth. and i know you'll say this doesn't necessarily prove this, and you may be right, but the only thing "proving" an old earth is carbon dating, and its proven inaccurate. as for what you said about new research, even these naturally occuring elements had to come from somewhere, as does UV light. it occurs naturally, but even nature, and the concept of nature, had to come from somewhere. as for where god came from, ill agree with you, the concept of god always existing is unfathomable, but it's supposed to be. god isn't natural, hes not a scientific formula or the result of some synthesis reaction, he's supernatural. and whether the universe came from god, buddha, allah or whoever, the fact remains. something supernatual had to happen for this world to come into being. nothing comes from nothing. listen, im not trying to force my beliefs down your throat, and its laughable to hear that i never searched for my answer. buddy, you don't know me. youre just among the narrow-minded dipshits giving into stereotypes that people believing in god are obvlivious to science. man, i've looked. believe it or not, the bible isn't just a storybook, it's a divine road map of our existence that even to this day, cannot be proven wrong, not one verse. i could give you bits of proof form this and examples, and i willif you ask, but you don't want to hear it. same with the jesus being god thing, i have an entire book on the subject, i can give you samples of proof if you want, but im sure you dont. its called the case for christ. its by a former lawyer and editor of a chicago newspaper who went on a mission to disprove god and christ. a skeptic, just like you, who thought christians were stupid ignorant people who were oblivious to the "facts" around them. the guys a minister now. its a good book. even evolutionists say things on the subject of evolution. louis bonoure said "evolution is nothing more than a fairy tale for grown-ups. it has proved nothing in the progress of science. it is useless" even people whove studied it their whole lives (and dont believe in god) don't believe it. its not as groundbreaking and truth-bearing as you think. but anyways, im not gonna discourage you (and i wasn't trying to from the beginning, just defending myself), and you're not gonna discourage me. i can understand where you're coming from, i was once there myself, end of story. i have looked, and this is the conclusion ive come to. if you cant take that, tough. people who believe in god are narrowminded, i know, thats what narrowminded people say, i think. but if we're all here in natural selection, the strong shall survive, survival of the fittest, then the greatest man that ever lived was hitler. | |
| Incubus – Favorite Things Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| well actually, I won't go as far as to say you've never looked, you did say you were catholic, in which case I have sympathy for you. I'm not saying catholics are bad people, they're not, but I can't stand the whole system. If I grew up in a catholic church, I'd probably hate the idea of god too, so I can at least see where you're coming from there. | |
| Incubus – Favorite Things Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| you know what, buddy? thanks but no thanks for "guiding me to the truth". You think that religion and God is man's way of contemplating existence without reason? How about evolution? The "scientific truth" that we came from chemicals that just magically popped out of nowhere one day, which is completely scientific, I'm sure. Not like it violates common sense or anything. Okay? The universe isn't "billions of years" old. Want some proof? Okay, we have a leap year every four years because the earth is gradually slowing down it's spin on it's axis. If the earth is billions of years old, it would be like a strobe light, not possibly able to sustain life. And carbon dating, i know, carbon dating. Makes sense on paper, but it's never even been tested. A freshly killed seal was carbon dated at 12'000 years old, a wooly mammoth was carbon dated as it's head ten times older than it's ass. Buddy, I've done fifteen-page research papers on this debate, I might even make theology my major. Don't tell me I don't know the facts. But thanks for "leading me to the truth", forever in debt to your priceless advice (go nirvana). Anyways, there is no proof of God on earth that can knock every skeptic off their feet and make them believe, I know there isn't. Look around you. Look at the intracicies of life. That's the major proof. Sure, I can give you dozens of books I've read on how science argues in favour of creation, and it does, but the most important proof is everywhere. Look at the structure of the human cell, or the process of reproduction. It's a piercing cry of design. If you want to believe it all came from magic gases that came from nowhere, be my guest. But I'm not the delusional one. And I know that, in this society, saying you've actually seen or expereinced god first-hand is about the same as saying you were abducted by aliens, or you saw elvis at the gas station. But I have experienced god. You can throw all your worthless little "facts" at my face, but you can't lead me away from the truth. I guess for every wonderful truth in life, there's some ignorant skeptic who tries to tell you it doesn't exist when they've never looked. And again, why am I weaseling out of that freewill thing? You just went back to the same point. For the last time, we have the freedom to make our own choices, but not what the consequences will bring. Just 'cause he knows how we'll use it doesn't mean we're not free to choose. And call me a weasel if you'll resort to that, but let's just drop this freewill topic, its the same argument back and forth. And honestly, do you have some infatuation with calling me Johnny-boy? Like honestly, what kind of flamer are you? Anyways, I can't thank you enough for slapping some sense in me. Wouldn't mind seeing some of those "facts" that tear down the god wall though. | |
| Incubus – Warning Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| darkness... good to hear u have no sympathy for 9/11, ya women and children burning to death and having a building collapse on them, pretty funny eh? im not american, but im not heartless enough to brag about not having sympathy for it. ass. | |
| Incubus – Favorite Things Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| the only reason i referred to myself as "johnny-boy" was because u called me that, and i thought it was hilarious for any guy to call me that, 'cause it just sounds like something a massive flamer would say. anyways, yes, you're right. we have no control over the consequences of our actions, only the acts that lead to them. hell, you never know, if some kid back in the middle ages stepped on a butterfly, we could have lost world war II, you never know. everything we do affects the future. but that has nothing to do with freewill. yes, god does know how it will turn out in the end, he knows what we will do, how we will act and so forth, and he knows what it will add up to. but in no way does that contradict his existence. just 'cause he knows what will happen and we don't doesn't mean he doesn't exist, and it doesn't mean we don't have freedom, he just knows how we'll use it, that's all. | |
| Incubus – Favorite Things Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| alright buddy, when did I say anything about "changing the rules after jesus died" or whatever the hell you said? Youre just puttin words in "johnny boy's" mouth, and how does that prove we have no freewill? Just 'cause somebody knows something is going to happen doesn't mean we don't have the freewill to do otherwise. Ya, in that story, Jesus knew what Judas would do, that doesn't mean he absolutely had to do it, it was his own choice, Jesus just knew he would do it. Same way if I told my friend he would forget to pick me up and he did forget. That doesn't mean he "doesn't have the freewill" to remember to pick me up, just means I know him well enough to know he'll forget. I don't know where you get off calling me closed-minded, I just answered the god allowing evil thing 'cause some guy asked about it. Whoo I'm just preachin down people's throats aren't i, dumbass. | |
| Incubus – Warning Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| Ok I didn't read every comment because I'm way too lazy, but about the 10:24 thing, whether or not it has a significant meaning in itself, the numbers themselves don't have to. It just means to live your life to the full extent because at any moment on any given day, it could be over. I don't think this song really has to do with the rapture, mainly because Incubus isn't Christian, but maybe it was using the concept as a theme. But whatever, I just know this song is literally a warning to enjoy your life before that 10:24 which exists in everybody's life hits them like a sudden bullet. | |
| Incubus – Under My Umbrella Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| This song to me, is just a response to all those bands out there that think you have to be angry at everything, that you have to be full of hatred to be smart or on the right track. He's basically saying "These eyes are not the colour that your arid eyes might be" No I don't see the world in such a bleak light, but I refuse to kneel before the sights you choose to see, and if this is the way the world should be seen, I'd rather be blind. I think it's a brilliant song, and it's a great anthem against the Slipknots and gay bands like that out there, that think anger's the one true way. | |
| Incubus – Idiot Box Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| This song really strikes it on the head, 'cause look at all the stupid shows they have nowadays, all the "reality" shows: the bachelor: tv making money over woman after woman being rejected, until finally he chooses a girl out of the lot to marry, lol. or married by america? viewers voting in to see who will marry who? marriage is a sacred thing, not just a ratings gimmick. Or the one over in England, called Get This, a race to see who can get the most diseases first, seriously. Or our own version of that, Temptation Island. This is reality? The people that make these shows deserve to get the crap beat out of them. These stupid shows suck the moral and intellectual values from our society. Brandon Boyd definitely knows what he's talking about. | |
| Incubus – Wish You Were Here Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| Brandon Boyd said it's about a moment he had lying on the beach alone one night, and he wrote a song about it, and how he wanted so badly just to share that moment in paradise with someone of like mind, someone who appreciated it as much as he did. I can totally relate to him on that, there's so much out there that people can't seem to stop and appreciate. | |
| Incubus – Favorite Things Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| first of all, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be rude, but I can't stand people who talk about things they know nothing about whatsoever. ya god is some "fictional force out there that nobody can see", thats what people who know nothing about god think. If we're supposed to be so open-minded, why don't you be open-minded and imagine that maybe yes, there is a god and people not necessarily see him but feel and experience him every day. You won't know if you don't look. And I love Incubus, but this song really pisses me off, calling Christians the "walking dead"? thats just stupid. And to whoever said "Why does God allow so much evil?" Picture this, if God took away the ability to perform evil, hed be taking away our freewill. We'd be robots. He gives us the ability to choose for ourselves. So ya if I got the chance Id ask God why he allows so much evil in the world when he could easily do something about it, but hed probably ask me the exact same question. | |
| Incubus – Aqueous Transmission Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| yah I did a tribute song to incubus, re-doing this song, with like, chords and solos and all that, this is one of the most amazing songs i've ever heard. Incubus is one of the only bands out there that's actually original, most bands nowadays are just like 'aughhh im 24 and my life sucks, blah blah blah, Incubus is a welcome change to the likes of Fred "Break Stuff" Durst and all those losers. | |
| Incubus – A Certain Shade of Green Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| Yah that really makes sense, the green light thing, I dont know, I always thought it was talking about aliens, and how some people wait so long for things to happen, its almost like it's saying 'what are you gonna do? wait for aliens to abduct you before you make some movement in your life?' but ya, the green light makes more sense, never thought of that, lol | |
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