| The Antlers – Two Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Guys, I think this is a Waaves cover, guys. | |
| The Antlers – Bear Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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ur a dick and I'm drowning slowly off the coast and ur still a dick |
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| The Antlers – Bear Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think you're right! As I have pointed out in the comments for the song Silvio, I'm pretty sure that this whole album is about being gay. Two men could never conceive a child, and therefore could not possibly have an abortion. I think that song is probably about bears! Silberman said that he was reading a lot of Bernstein Bears books while writing Hospice, and I think it really shows. Don't Talk To Strangers! | |
| The Antlers – Bear Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think you're definitely right about the procedure not occurring. In an interview Silberman said, "Peter Jr. is doing pretty great. It was really splendid watching my first born son grow up as Hospice grew up and bloomed into a record. I'm glad that we decided to keep him, despite the gross physical deformity that made him appear to be a bear on all of the sonograms. He's a lovely boy." Sounds like he kept the kid to me! |
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| The Antlers – Sylvia Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I don't know. It seems pretty straight forward to me. Think about how one takes a person's temperature; The most accurate way to do so is by inserting a thermometer into somebody's anus. I think this whole song is about wanting somebody to "get their head out of the oven" (i.e. come out of the closet) and let their lover freely and openly "take their temperature" (i.e. make love to them). Think about it. | |
| The Antlers – Sylvia Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure that he's saying "Silvio," not Sylvia. The song is about being gay. | |
| Ghost Mice – Boy Meets Girl Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| FANTASTIC song. | |
| Belle & Sebastian – White Collar Boy Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"She said “You ain’t ugly, you can kiss me if you like” Go ahead and kiss her, you don’t know what you’re missing" That part always makes me smile. Anyway, yeah, it seems like an upper class kid who falls for an edgy girl and finds himself in a situation where he's in trouble because of her. |
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| The Beatles – Her Majesty Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Very much agreed. Sticking this on the end of Abbey Road was brilliant and seemed fitting with the creativity and quirkiness of the Beatles. Ending with "The End" would've been too predictable. By not fitting, it fits perfectly. As for the meaning, it's probably one of the least substantial songs on the album, though it could also be a comment on the queen, I suppose. I ended my first radio show ever with this song. |
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| Spoon – Chicago at Night Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm not sure about the meaning, but the imagery in this song is great. "She woke up outside with all those leaves in her mouth" etc... Chicago is so dark and sinister and I just get great pictures when I hear the verse of this song. |
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| Bright Eyes – Tereza and Tomas Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Well, the book does deal quite a bit with the Russian occupation of Czechslovakia, so I'd say that a Russian studies student would probably read it, as it is an excellent primary source. It's pretty obvious that it refers to the book. Tereza and Thomas are in love, but Thomas cannot stay faithful in the city, so they move out to the country and eventually go over the edge of a cliff while driving. Anyway, this is such a wonderful song and the book is one of my all time favorites. |
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| The Walkmen – Wake Up Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Wow, these lyrics are wrong. I'll fix them. Great song, even better live. I think it's about living in a horribly dystopic world and snapping out of a trance, realizing that things weren't always so bland and we didn't have to "choke to live" before. |
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| Modest Mouse – A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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That first comment is founded on absolutely nothing. I really hope you were joking. Manic depressives tend to burn bridges when they cycle back to depressive, so I'd assume that's what this is about. |
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| Modest Mouse – Lounge (Closing Time) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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JinxedCheat- That's a reprise of the song "Heart Cooks Brain," which appears earlier on the album Lonesome Crowded West. It's always been one of my favorite parts, when he reprises that little bit. |
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| Modest Mouse – Workin' on Leavin' the Livin' Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The fact that this contains the same lyrics an a similar tune to Lady in the Radiator is what makes it so great. Modest Mouse made it all their own- it's distincly theirs, even though it's sort of borrowed. I think this song is definitely about just wanting to die so that you can finally be at peace. Isaac is an atheist, so I dunno if he believes in heaven, per se, but the song definitely implies tranquility in the after life. |
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| Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| ... She's even 17 years old. I guess there's something about that age, eh? I always thought it was sung for a 17 year old girl who's sort of lost herself. | |
| Elvis Costello – Green Shirt Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is obviously about surveilance and paranoia, but also has that feeling of Costello's brilliant ability to meld personal and political. The chorus is obviously personal, but the rest of the song deals with the concept of someone listening in. I think it may deal with apathy as in all this is going on and you just wanna flirt and look good. Dunno. The way he says it, though is so great. "Short time typist taking seconds over minutes" is a great play on the word 'minutes', as it is a measure of time, but also the transcript of a meeting. I can't remember if the Armed Forces version has it, but on the demo, there's a great catchy little bridge that goes as such: "There were wires in the window There were wires in the walls There were wires in the kitchen and wires in the halls. There were wires on poles there were wires in your face there were wires in holes comin' out all over the place." |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – My Dreamgirl Don't Exist Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The version with McDonalds is on the album Beauty, which he released in 1991. It's actually pretty funny and it has a lot to do with the later recording. The second verse is: My dreamgirl don't exist She's workin at a macdonalds in Madison, Wisconsin She coulda' been cool, but she let the system get to her Forgot about oranges- made hamburgers My dreamgirl don't exist They're all sittin around watchin' TV They're out stuffin... shit- Song ends and Jeff makes noise for about a minute. |
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| Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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^ That's an incredibly poorly supported article. I know about the five percenters. They are a bit creepy, but not insanely outlandish when you really think about religion. Wu Tang are not part of the five precent and five percenters in hip-hop are very different from the fundamentalists you're talking about. KMD were considered 5 percenters, too. It's pretty much any rap that contains black power motifs. There is a strong 5% influence, but I've heard much crazier things and I love Wu Tang and really never found anything about their music to be too racist and I highly doubt that they are. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Naomi Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Yeah, that first verse is quite creepy and you seem to have it. Then again, it's Jeff Mangum, so there's no real way of knowing. The rest of the song is much less creepy and actually kind of sweet. Just the chord progression and the way he sings really does give me an empty feeling, something most songs can't do. So pretty. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Naomi Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Yeah, that first verse is quite creepy and you seem to have it. Then again, it's Jeff Mangum, so there's no real way of knowing. The rest of the song is much less creepy and actually kind of sweet. Just the chord progression and the way he sings really does give me an empty feeling, something most songs can't do. So pretty. |
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| Modest Mouse – Interstate 8 Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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He had a job where he did a lot of driving which is why a lot of his early songs focus on it. He was always driving all over, but never really getting anything accomplished and I geuss he kind of related it to his life in general. Kind of goes in circles when you just succumb to something like that. |
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| Yo La Tengo – Big Day Coming Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Why would nobody comment on this? There's a real honesty in his voice when he sings and it meshes so well with the music. The first and last verses are both ingenious. If only people could really be undecided and take their time instead of just jumping in. |
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| Grandaddy – Everything Beautiful Is Far Away Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I'd say that there's quite a suicidal trend in this song. I guess he's just too far away from everything he loves and he's just letting go. He finally burns the photos and just disappears under the surface. Anyone else realize that the image of the lake from this song appears on the cover of Sumday? |
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| Modest Mouse – Teeth Like God's Shoeshine Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I believe it's somewhat deprecating towards suburban life. A man with teeth like god's shoeshine would be the business man with pearly white, picket fence teeth. The orange Julius is just about the apathy and consumption of trendy suburbanites. The best part is how he fortells an end to it with "the malls are the soon to be ghost towns" There are several other examples I could give, but the chorus is definitely the most obvious. |
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| Pixies – Wave of Mutilation Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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In an interview, Frank Black talked about Mariana being an ancient underwater society similar to Atlantis of people who live inside giant underwater mountains. The whole Japanese Businessman thing is very interesting. I guess it's just an ode to these men who let everything go as the pressures of the world got to them. |
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| Pixies – Wave of Mutilation Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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In an interview, Frank Black talked about Mariana being an ancient underwater society similar to Atlantis of people who live inside giant underwater mountains. The whole Japanese Businessman thing is very interesting. I guess it's just an ode to these men who let everything go as the pressures of the world got to them. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 2 and 3 Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| The original name of part three was "Synthetic Flying Machine." I have some old demo tapes that have it. It's basically the same, but a lot more lo-fi. | |
| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I once again begin this with, "How did I get here?" He removes civilization from the picture and notes that people have been living with a sort of sick indifference. The lyric(s) that best characterize the spirit of this song are as such: "Ice has covered up my parents hands don't have any dreams don't have any plans. Growin' up in some strange storm, nobody's cold, nobody's warm." |
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| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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"How did I get here?" This band is so reminiscent of the talking heads in message, very similar to 'Nothing But Flowers' They run away in love and forget the world. They sometimes remember civilization, but he then follows up with the trite question "what ever happened to them?!" much like someone from your highschool class who had faded from your mind. They can't event hink of names for babies, they're so removed. But they have love. Hooray! |
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| Jurassic 5 – Freedom Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| It's "Free Mumia Jamal," not free umi and jamal | |
| Arcade Fire – Crown of Love Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I think it's about someone torn between love and indifference. They want to just let it fade, but their other half won't let them let go. They don't have it in them to love, anymore. The first and third verses are crazy clever. |
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| Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Talking heads is generally classified as post-punk... Big difference. |
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| El-P – Stepfather Factory Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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hm, never mind, El-P himself says it is about abusive stepfathers. You can't deny that it's anti-capitalistic, though. |
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| El-P – Stepfather Factory Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| ^ Yes and no. It does have an underlying theme of abusive stepfathers, but it's really about a company that mass produces and markets a product that is abusive and dangerous. See, the people are looking for the cheapest way to run it because it's an economy centered world, while the company knows that the fuel source presents a problem. Well, I can't really put it into words, but it's more anti-capitalist than anti-stepfather. | |
| Modest Mouse – Float On Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| ^ I dunno what happened, I hat the first entire paragraph of that tagged with the words sarcasm in brackets. Up to 'name' is me being totally facetious. | |
| Modest Mouse – Float On Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Who gives a flying fuck about who likes them. It's a good song. Maybe people are missing the point, I'm willing to bet many are. However, you shouldn't be pissed off about it. Double Bassed if you really want people to think for themselves and question authority, 1. Don't quote someone on it, especially Maynard whatever the fuck his name is 2. Step outside yourself and realize that you're allowing yourself to be too affected by the thoughts of others. If you really bought into that, you'd just be able to enjoy your CD and not care who listened to it. It's a great song, and I'm sorry people are missing the point, but I still love Modest Mouse. It isn't their best song or their best album, but hey, it's good. |
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| Aesop Rock – Save Yourself Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Yeah, that's about it. He's making a statement on all the so called saviours of hip-hop and how there's a much bigger picture. Also, I guess it's a little bit about how rappers need to stop rapping about rap and start rapping about things with substance. You hardly ever hear Aes Rock refer to his dope rhymes or any such thing. |
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| Wilco – Ashes of American Flags Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Jeff Tweedy reminds me so much of Bob Dylan on this song. This seems to me to just be about how empty life can become, hece ashes of american flags. He just wants something new and different. The part where he signs "I know I would die if I could come back new" just says it all. Great song. |
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