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| Brian Fallon – Watson Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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About a breakup, obviously, that most likely happened in London, given the bounty of images of England's capitol city. Emotionally though, its really about helplessness, the idea of the narrator, singing to Watson, the right hand man of Sherlock Holmes but also the one who narrated the Holmes stories. So the protagonist is talking to someone about his loss who is the actual narrator of the story. |
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| Beastie Boys – So What'cha Want? Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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Song is about their comeback. Paul's Boutique was a critical success but a flop commercially. This is the Beasties setting the terms of their return. The answer to "So Whatch'a want" is ultimately "It doesn't matter. We're here. We're back. WE'LL TELL you what you want." |
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| Naked Raygun – Backlash Jack Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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About conformity in the punk rock community. About achieving a level of success and the fans who supported you then calling you a "sell out" |
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| Nina Simone – Sinnerman Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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Sinnerman is a traditional African-American spiritual Nina Simone used to hear her mother, a Methodist minister, lead in church. As a spiritual, it describes hiding from the judgement of G-d on the day of reckoning. In the hands of Nina Simone recorded in 1965, it has the double meaning of the US being the sinner, racism being the sin and the judgement of G-D the judgement of the nation upon itself for its misdeeds. |
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| Patty Smyth – No Mistakes Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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I don't kow. Sounds to me like its about breakup, about trying, acknowledging you did the best you could and it wasn't enough. |
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| Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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I'm not sure its about a specific person as Cher didn't write it. Diane Warren did and not specifically for Cher. I think it's just about regret. |
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| Wolf Parade – Pobody's Nerfect Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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About pain and heartbreak. The choice of the name "Anastasia" (the youngest child of the murdered Romanov's the last generation of Russian Tsars) echoes innocence snuffed out, the helplessness of loss. |
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| The Pogues – Rainy Night in Soho Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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I think its a love song. I believe in "If I should fall from grace" the documentary about Shane, I believe he said he wrote it for Victoria. |
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| Sweet – The Six Teens Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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About lost innocence and hard lessons. Very much the essence of Sweet and Glam Rock itself which was a musical form that seemed to be all about excess and richness but came about during a time of great economic hardship. The excess was then as much a cry of despair as celebration. Hence the album's name "Desolation Boulevard." |
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| Tom Waits – Downtown Train Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I would not call it stalkerish as the narrator is completely passive. Which is what makes it so utterly sad. It is about being ignored, being lonely as the world zooms by you without paying attention, like a train. It's one of the great songs about heartbreak, perhaps ever. |
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| Sweet – Fox On The Run Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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About groupies. That's why they refer to "talking about every band. And the names you drop are second hand." |
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| Ringo Starr – Photograph Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Love this song. it's just so sad. Not difficult. It's about missing someone who is gone and not coming back. |
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| The Human League – Don't You Want Me Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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@david. Yes, absolutely. Creepy, threatening. The ominous, minor chord thumb of the synthysizer, the "We will both we sorry." The whole thing sounds like Star 80 to me, a nasty little portrait of sexual power play and jealousy. |
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| U2 – A Sort Of Homecoming Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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One of the most important songs in my life. I know its about Ireland in the 1980s but to me, especially since I always listened to it before traveling, its about passage and reconciliation, growing older and the awful responsibility of time. |
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| Bodeans – Closer To Free Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Paradoxically about the freedom that comes with being an adult and adult responsibility. You only get "closer to free" as you grow up. |
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| New Found Glory – Eyesore Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I think the song is also about how it hurts to remember someone you're no longer with. Which is why its called "eyesore" even though they never say the word "eyesore." |
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| The National – Theory of the Crows Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Members of the national, before they were a band spent some time in the trenches of the first dot com wave. This is a song about that experience. |
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| Grateful Dead – Throwing Stones Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I think it's a case of Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Are we going on about our business as the planet goes to heck?
Side note: This song appeared on the Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors album. |
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| Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think "volunteers" also means that there are many ways to serve your country beyond serving in the military. This makes the song both a protest of the draft and a taking back of patriotism. |
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