| Lil' Wayne – Seat Down Low (Top Back) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Love this one, rhyme, flow incredible. I had to listen to this line "We could make this some menage a trois-ing darlin'" with my headphones turned way up like 15 times before I actually figured out what he was saying, and damn, what a great line/rhyme. How often would you see menage a trois rhymed with a sports equipment company? "Put this bitch to sleep fuckin' right I nightgown-ed it" love that one too. |
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| Jay-Z – Lucifer Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| K fixed lyrics as far as I know. Anything else wrong? | |
| Nas – Live Now Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Well it was labeled as "Scarlett" but she's really an alter-ego of Nas, he's using voice changing to make his voice higher. | |
| Mos Def – Astronomy (8th Light) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well it is the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence, where each number is the sum of the previous two: 1+1 = 2, 1+2 =3, 2+3 = 5, 3+5 = 8 and so on. As you get higher in the sequence, the value a number in the sequence divided by the previous number approaches the golden ratio, which has many, many interesting properties - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio |
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| Wu-Tang Clan – Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin Ta Fuck Wit Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"I be tossin, enforcin, my style is awesome I'm causin more Family Feud's than Richard Dawson And the survey said -- ya dead Fatal Flying Guillotine chops off your fuckin head" my favorite part of a wu-tang song |
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| Nas – My Way Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I tried to get the lyrics right, since most of the ones I found everywhere online are the same copy and obviously wrong. Anyway I really like this track, even though it's not that well known. |
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| Nas – Drunk By Myself Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this song is so intense and real, one of my favorites by nas | |
| Nas – Hate Me Now Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The great thing is that this song itself rebukes the hating comments. | |
| Nas – Hate Me Now Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The great thing is that this song itself rebukes the hating comments. | |
| Jay-Z – Lucifer Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This lyric wasn't up for the longest time, I just submitted it last week. I suppose in the chorus line, it could be dawn (as in time of day) or don (as in boss). Does anyone know who this Bob is? | |
| MC Frontalot – Indier Than Thou Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| He's not saying that he is indie. He's making fun of the whole concept of "indieness". Pretty brilliant song in my opinion. | |
| MC Frontalot – Indier Than Thou Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| He's not saying that he is indie. He's making fun of the whole concept of "indieness". | |
| The White Stripes – Truth Doesn't Make A Noise Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song... it's just so good. I can't even identify what's so good about it. Maybe my favorite song by them... |
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| The White Stripes – Truth Doesn't Make A Noise Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song... it's just so good. I can't even identify what's so good about it. Maybe my favorite song by them... |
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| Eminem – Lose Yourself Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure that people who overuse gay, queer, fag or whatever as insults are secretly torn up inside because they sneak looks at other guys' dicks in the locker room and can't face themselves for it. And by the way, this song is amazing. |
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| MC Frontalot – Listen Close Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Best song by Front in my opinion. It's actually sort of spooky. | |
| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Damnit that was messed up. Sometimes I just listen to the last 2 and a half minutes twice in a row because the instrumental there is so kickin. | |
| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I just got "Alive Behind the Green Door" their performance of this song on it is mad sweet. Probably better than the album version - it features amazing fiddle work too. | |
| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I just got "Alive Behind the Green Door" their performance of this song on it is mad sweet. Probably better than the album version - it features amazing fiddle work too. | |
| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I just got "Alive Behind the Green Door" their performance of this song on it is mad sweet. Probably better than the album version - it features amazing fiddle work too. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Get On Top Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I agree with govconspiracy pretty much - the song is about getting on top in life, making the most money, being the most talented, most skillful, whatever, and disregarding what is in the way. If other people challenge, you have the answer, and you don't care. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Get On Top Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I agree with govconspiracy pretty much - the song is about getting on top in life, making the most money, being the most talented, most skillful, whatever, and disregarding what is in the way. If other people challenge, you have the answer, and you don't care. | |
| Flogging Molly – Swagger Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song has amazing lyrical depth :P. Really though, this song is great, one of my favorites. |
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| Phil Ochs – Crucifixion Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Phil Ochs deserves more comments, I mean this is one of the finest songs I have ever heard. | |
| The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| My friend says this song is about a guy who is shooting heroin into his penis while getting a blowjob. | |
| Cake – Nugget Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I thought the chorus was mocking what governmental types say to the people who are kept down because really it's not a matter of them needing to buck up, it's more that the gov't is screwing them over. | |
| Cake – Nugget Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I thought the chorus was mocking what governmental types say to the people who are kept down because really it's not a matter of them needing to buck up, it's more that the gov't is screwing them over. | |
| Cake – Nugget Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I thought the chorus was mocking what governmental types say to the people who are kept down because really it's not a matter of them needing to buck up, it's more that the gov't is screwing them over. | |
| Bob Dylan – Desolation Row Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| That makes a lot of sense luckystrike, I think you are definitely on to something. | |
| The White Stripes – Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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What can I say about this song that hasn't already been said? The White Stripes are amazing and this song is, to me, their masterpiece. |
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| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Actually it's a violin I think, either way, it's awesome. Bridget rules. | |
| Dead Kennedys – Triumph Of The Swill Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Plays on Triumph of the Will, which was a Nazi propoganda documentary about Hitler. The song likens our commercial music to the Nazi mind control. Btw- Leni Riefenstahl made/directed Triumph of the Will. | |
| Green Day – Holiday Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Political Scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt studied a multitude of fascist regimes and found this: We are two-and-a-half generations removed from the horrors of Nazi Germany, although constant reminders jog the consciousness. German and Italian fascism form the historical models that define this twisted political worldview. Although they no longer exist, this worldview and the characteristics of these models have been imitated by protofascist regimes at various times in the twentieth century. Both the original German and Italian models and the later protofascist regimes show remarkably similar characteristics. Although many scholars question any direct connection among these regimes, few can dispute their visual similarities. Beyond the visual, even a cursory study of these fascist and protofascist regimes reveals the absolutely striking convergence of their modus operandi. This, of course, is not a revelation to the informed political observer, but it is sometimes useful in the interests of perspective to restate obvious facts and in so doing shed needed light on current circumstances. For the purpose of this perspective, I will consider the following regimes: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco’s Spain, Salazar’s Portugal, Papadopoulos’s Greece, Pinochet’s Chile, and Suharto’s Indonesia. To be sure, they constitute a mixed bag of national identities, cultures, developmental levels, and history. But they all followed the fascist or protofascist model in obtaining, expanding, and maintaining power. Further, all these regimes have been overthrown, so a more or less complete picture of their basic characteristics and abuses is possible. Analysis of these seven regimes reveals fourteen common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power. These basic characteristics are more prevalent and intense in some regimes than in others, but they all share at least some level of similarity. 1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. From the prominent displays of flags and bunting to the ubiquitous lapel pins, the fervor to show patriotic nationalism, both on the part of the regime itself and of citizens caught up in its frenzy, was always obvious. Catchy slogans, pride in the military, and demands for unity were common themes in expressing this nationalism. It was usually coupled with a suspicion of things foreign that often bordered on xenophobia. 2. Disdain for the importance of human rights. The regimes themselves viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by marginalizing, even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was egregious, the tactic was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation. 3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. The most significant common thread among these regimes was the use of scapegoating as a means to divert the people’s attention from other problems, to shift blame for failures, and to channel frustration in controlled directions. The methods of choice—relentless propaganda and disinformation—were usually effective. Often the regimes would incite “spontaneous” acts against the target scapegoats, usually communists, socialists, liberals, Jews, ethnic and racial minorities, traditional national enemies, members of other religions, secularists, homosexuals, and “terrorists.” Active opponents of these regimes were inevitably labeled as terrorists and dealt with accordingly. 4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism. Ruling elites always identified closely with the military and the industrial infrastructure that supported it. A disproportionate share of national resources was allocated to the military, even when domestic needs were acute. The military was seen as an expression of nationalism, and was used whenever possible to assert national goals, intimidate other nations, and increase the power and prestige of the ruling elite. 5. Rampant sexism. Beyond the simple fact that the political elite and the national culture were male-dominated, these regimes inevitably viewed women as second-class citizens. They were adamantly anti-abortion and also homophobic. These attitudes were usually codified in Draconian laws that enjoyed strong support by the orthodox religion of the country, thus lending the regime cover for its abuses. 6. A controlled mass media. Under some of the regimes, the mass media were under strict direct control and could be relied upon never to stray from the party line. Other regimes exercised more subtle power to ensure media orthodoxy. Methods included the control of licensing and access to resources, economic pressure, appeals to patriotism, and implied threats. The leaders of the mass media were often politically compatible with the power elite. The result was usually success in keeping the general public unaware of the regimes’ excesses. 7. Obsession with national security. Inevitably, a national security apparatus was under direct control of the ruling elite. It was usually an instrument of oppression, operating in secret and beyond any constraints. Its actions were justified under the rubric of protecting “national security,” and questioning its activities was portrayed as unpatriotic or even treasonous. 8. Religion and ruling elite tied together. Unlike communist regimes, the fascist and protofascist regimes were never proclaimed as godless by their opponents. In fact, most of the regimes attached themselves to the predominant religion of the country and chose to portray themselves as militant defenders of that religion. The fact that the ruling elite’s behavior was incompatible with the precepts of the religion was generally swept under the rug. Propaganda kept up the illusion that the ruling elites were defenders of the faith and opponents of the “godless.” A perception was manufactured that opposing the power elite was tantamount to an attack on religion. 9. Power of corporations protected. Although the personal life of ordinary citizens was under strict control, the ability of large corporations to operate in relative freedom was not compromised. The ruling elite saw the corporate structure as a way to not only ensure military production (in developed states), but also as an additional means of social control. Members of the economic elite were often pampered by the political elite to ensure a continued mutuality of interests, especially in the repression of “have-not” citizens. 10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated. Since organized labor was seen as the one power center that could challenge the political hegemony of the ruling elite and its corporate allies, it was inevitably crushed or made powerless. The poor formed an underclass, viewed with suspicion or outright contempt. Under some regimes, being poor was considered akin to a vice. 11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts. Intellectuals and the inherent freedom of ideas and expression associated with them were anathema to these regimes. Intellectual and academic freedom were considered subversive to national security and the patriotic ideal. Universities were tightly controlled; politically unreliable faculty harassed or eliminated. Unorthodox ideas or expressions of dissent were strongly attacked, silenced, or crushed. To these regimes, art and literature should serve the national interest or they had no right to exist. 12. Obsession with crime and punishment. Most of these regimes maintained Draconian systems of criminal justice with huge prison populations. The police were often glorified and had almost unchecked power, leading to rampant abuse. “Normal” and political crime were often merged into trumped-up criminal charges and sometimes used against political opponents of the regime. Fear, and hatred, of criminals or “traitors” was often promoted among the population as an excuse for more police power. 13. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Those in business circles and close to the power elite often used their position to enrich themselves. This corruption worked both ways; the power elite would receive financial gifts and property from the economic elite, who in turn would gain the benefit of government favoritism. Members of the power elite were in a position to obtain vast wealth from other sources as well: for example, by stealing national resources. With the national security apparatus under control and the media muzzled, this corruption was largely unconstrained and not well understood by the general population. 14. Fraudulent elections. Elections in the form of plebiscites or public opinion polls were usually bogus. When actual elections with candidates were held, they would usually be perverted by the power elite to get the desired result. Common methods included maintaining control of the election machinery, intimidating and disenfranchising opposition voters, destroying or disallowing legal votes, and, as a last resort, turning to a judiciary beholden to the power elite. Now does current day America fit into this. 1. Yes 2. Yes (Abu-Grahib anyone? Or Guantanamo?) 3. Yes (Terrorists/Muslims) 4. Yes 5. Yes 6. Yes 7. Yes 8. Yes 9. Yes 10. Not really a current issue 11. No 12. Yes (Patriot Act) 13. Debatable 14. Debatable (but use of judiciary to control elections: can you say FL 2000?) |
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| Flogging Molly – Devil's Dance Floor Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Yeah basically it's about how life is about enjoying yourself because it doesn't really matter (ie. they are all just dancers on the Devil's dance floor). Either there is no hell, or they are going to hell anyways. So if it doesn't matter, the guy and the girl might as well have sex/give into temptation/ bite the apple. | |
| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song has a mean fiddle doesn't anyone else think so? | |
| Phil Ochs – Crucifixion Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song is amazing. | |
| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Here's from Wikipedia: In history there have been a number of events known as Black Friday Black Friday (1869) - a stock market crash in the United States Black Friday (1919) - a riot in Glasgow stemming from industrial unrest Black Friday (1939) - a day of devastating fires in Australia Black Friday (1978) - a massacre of protesters in Iran Black Friday (1982) - known in Britain after Argentina invaded the Falkand Islands, sparking the Falklands War The most common usage of Black Friday is for the day after Thanksgiving, which is the biggest shopping day of the year. It's called Black Friday because the retail businesses go from "the red" (making a loss) to "the black" (a profit). Generally the day represents consumerism. |
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| The White Stripes – Ball and Biscuit Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"Read it in the newspaper Ask your girlfriends see if they know That my strength is ten fold girl" - About his sexual prowess. Especially the "Ask your girlfriends...". My interpretation of: "It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son..." is that the narrator may seem at first to just be one of the men the girl has had, but he'll show that he is special (maybe through his sexual performance?). Seventh Sons have various different special characteristics in different mythologies. Often they have supernatural powers, or are seen as "chosen ones". I have also seen that 7th son of a 7th son will be a werewolf or a vampire. In Irish lore the 7th son of a 7th son has curative powers. This also goes along with the line "Right now you could care less about me But soon enough you will care by the time I'm done." AnotherLonelyDay - do you see how these are all innuendos? |
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| Weird Al Yankovic – Wanna B Ur Lovr Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This is great. "I hope I'm not being forward But do you mind if I chew on your butt?" |
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| R.E.M. – I Wanted To Be Wrong Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This is sort of a depressing take on the American mindset. Especially the end. It's saying the madman, far from being a lonely person in the street, is an embodiment of much of our culture's attitude. Americans, who seem to have it all, are afraid and insecure. | |
| R.E.M. – Aftermath Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| To me, this song is about youth, particularly the more idealistic nature of a young person. | |
| Blink-182 – Strings Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think ed is emo's got this one nailed. It's not just independence, because this part "Don't want to live my life alone Don't want to go back to what I had Don't want to spend my life without All those special things" It shows part of him wants to submit some independence to have a relationship. |
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| Everclear – White Men In Black Suits Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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White men in black suits symbolize the oppression of materialistic society. What I don't understand is the line: "I think it's getting better in the worst way" |
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| Blink-182 – Roller Coaster Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This song sums up many relationships and love pretty damn well. | |
| Blink-182 – The Rock Show Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| You tell them regan 89, losers, all of them. | |
| Blink-182 – Peggy Sue Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This is one of my favorites off Cheshire Cat, I'm surprised so few people have commented. It has great music, and the lyrics are so true. | |
| Blink-182 – Lemmings Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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sacrifice for life - I like it, good insights there. I'd never thought of that angle before, I don't know if that's what they intended, but now it definitely seems possible. Mad props to you. This is a brilliant song by the way, just sweet. |
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| The Offspring – It'll Be A Long Time Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Case in point - the Bush Administration | |
| Everclear – I Will Buy You A New Life Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think it's about generosity but that doesn't fit perfectly, so I'm not really sure. | |
| Phil Ochs – Draft Dodger Rag Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Love the title. | |
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