| Prize Fighter Inferno – Who Watches the Watchmen? Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song isn't about "The Watchmen" comics. I'm sorry, Claudio; you've failed me. :-( | |
| Moby – Spiders Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Sorry, mr_e_87, but this song is, indeed, about Bowie's glam rock persona Ziggy Stardust, but I can understand your conclusion, especially if you're not so well versed in one of the greatest musicians on all time. :-P I believe that Moby made it sound like a religious song because the character of Ziggy was supposed to be an alien, a creature from the heavens, come to warn us of impending doom ("Five Years" on the ZS album). Ziggy later became a rock n' roll messiah (summed up in "Moonage Daydream"), gettting sucked up into sex, drugs, etc. Through an act of some sort of self-sacrifice, he saves us from our doom. Not only that, but maybe it's a call for Bowie to return to his earlier glam rock sound (which I'd have to agree with; later albums like Earthling aren't too good at all). The title refers to Ziggy's band, the Spiders from Mars. And yes, the lyrics are DREADFULLY wrong. The most important change is in the chorus: "Come UNCRUSH my hands," in reference to "Ziggy Stardust." |
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| Brian Eno – Baby's On Fire Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I personally think it has meaning that's a culmination of all that has been mentioned. I think it's not only referring to models, but celebrities in general. The media is only concerned with what they're wearing or who they're having sex with or who they're marrying/divorcing, etc., while disregarding the problems they may actually be having. | |
| Placebo – I Do Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I agree with most of these interpretations, except you have to account for the fact that the speaker is a femme boy that might doubt his chances because he's not incredibly masculine. (I feel like one of those douchebags on one of the Fall Out Boy song discussions, but I can totally relate to this song, and I don't admit that often. > |
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| Placebo – Bruise Pristine Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| These all sound like valid interpretations, so I don't think I can interpret it any further. However, the video shows a lot of interest in hickeys, so I think that might play into it somehow. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I hate Fall Out Boy with a firey, burning passion, but GODDAMMIT this song is catchy. I don't care what it means; it just makes me move around in the same way that only Placebo, Bowie, and T Rex can make me. Dammit! | |
| Hawthorne Heights – Ohio Is for Lovers Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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What you emo kids don't understand is that there is lots of music that expresses emotion. Hell, if it doesn't, it's not really music. Prime example? Placebo. Lost love, not being understood, gender confusion, you name it. The real difference is that emo music sucks. It's whiny and half the time, you can't understand who's singing. On the note of "understanding," EVERYONE goes through most of the shit that comes up in "emo" music, but it seems that emo kids are more hesitant to get the fuck over it. I know a guy who's dad killed himself and he makes fun of emo kids as much, if not more, than I do. So shut up and listen to good music. |
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| Placebo – Because I Want You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"I don't know how you could download the album leak :P It's torture not doing so but I prefer to have something physical in my hands to listen to." Well, shoot, so do I, but I'm still going to listen to it until I can buy it. Prepping myself, if you will. edelaney@gmail.com if you want. |
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| Bon Jovi – Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Meaningman, I think it's a bit of a stretch saying that this is a song about Bowie, but hey, I TOTALLY dug the Ziggy reference. Such a wonderful song. Catchy, too. | |
| Placebo – Nancy Boy Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| As the self-proclaimed gayest straight guy alive, I love this song. Granted, Burger King is a better song, but I can (and saying this makes me sound like a dumbshit emo kid on a rant about how great Fall Out Boy's "Sugar We're Goin' Down" is, but) relate to this song more. Femme boys need love, too. :( | |
| Placebo – Protege Moi Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This is the most beautiful song I've heard in a while. Due to the fact that I don't speak French at all, I can't give any sort of interpretation, but I still stand by it being gorgeous and haunting. | |
| Placebo – Because I Want You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is a great song. I downloaded a leak of the entire album (e-mail me if you want it, but I will send it to you under the impression that you will be impressed enough to purchase the album when released...I know I am) and the entire album is great. I like this song because it has the edge of their debut album and the emotional appeal of "Sleeping With Ghosts." To me, this song is about a couple told from the guy's perspective. He's torn, because he likes/loves her, but because he's drunken and abusive, he wants her to be happy and find a guy that's better for her. |
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| Placebo – Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| releaseme88, it's different. I can't say which one is "better" because they're appealing to different groups of listeners and more than likely mean something different to Robert Palmer and Placebo. | |
| Placebo – Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| releaseme88, it's different. I can't say which one is "better" because they're appealing to different groups of listeners and more than likely mean something different to Robert Palmer and Placebo. | |
| Hawthorne Heights – Ohio Is for Lovers Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song sucks. Emo sucks. Everyone has these feelings, but only emo kids decide that it's just such a tragedy that they need to bleed themselves to get attention. Grow up and listen to real music. Like Bowie. Hell, even Barney songs were better than this. |
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| Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Worst song ever. This video is a much better interpretation than any of you assclown emo kids can come up with. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4068767512452275304 Get the fuck over yourselves and quit whining. Especially you, whatshername101. Getting all riled up about a guy in an RPG? Goddamn, what are you? Twelve? |
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| Marilyn Manson – Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"lmao. Yournewgod, you have to be the biggest moron on the face of the Earth." He's not the biggest moron; that title goes to a guy who said that Bowie's "Space Oddity" was written because Bowie was moved by Tom Hanks' performance in Apollo 13. But if Yournewgod isn't being, as Nintendofann11 puts it, "a sarcastic bastard," then Yournewgod comes in second. Now, my interpretation may be wrong (and it probably is; I'll have to consult another forum to be sure), but because this song was written during Manson's Mechanical Animals phase, I think this song was meant to play into that. I think it speaks of Adam from Holy Wood rising to become the rock star, Omega. |
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| David Bowie – Moonage Daydream Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I read somewhere that this song was "written by Ziggy" as his emergence as a sex, drugs, and rock n' roll idol. Green Day chord-lifted the opening bit for "Jesus of Suburbia," more than likely do to the fact that JoS talks about the emergence of a sex, drugs, and rock n' roll idol (although, not nearly as well as Bowie). | |
| Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| For the record, Falloutboysucks, I love your username. | |
| David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm not sure what this song means. It's one of my favourite Bowie songs, though. "I think about a world to come Where the books were found by the Golden ones" ^It's a reference to "Anthem" by Ayn Rand |
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| T. Rex – 20th Century Boy Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think this is one of the most brilliant songs ever. I mean, Placebo did a fantastic cover, but it's no T Rex (especially with that little orgasmic shout in the beginning). I believe that the lyrics are open to interpretation. His lyrics never made much sense anyway, so I think however you mean to sing it is how it's meant to be sung. |
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| T. Rex – I Love To Boogie Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I adore this song. I'm surprised there isn't a band out there to make a decent cover of this song, because I can imagine this song a bit heavier. But regardless, this is one of my favourite Marc Bolan/T Rex songs. | |
| The Cure – Jupiter Crash Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Wow, thank you! I was curious as to what this song meant. Part of sorta thought it might be a reference to Lost in Space, but I really figured that wasn't it. Thanks again! :-D | |
| Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Alright, I'll admit that this song is pretty good. However, the video is bullshit. He put a song about his dead father to an anti-war video? What the deuce, man? The cut scenes interrupting the song make it worse. Then, in the parts of the video where the band is in the shadows, I got a little excited because I saw Billie Joe's shadow and thought, "Robert Smith [of the Cure, morons]? This video might wind up decent if he's making a cameo!" But no, it's just Billie Joe wishing he was Robert Smith. I'm sorry; worst video ever. Even up against NIN's "March of the Pigs" video, which, even as huge of a NIN fan as I am, sucks. | |
| Green Day – King for a Day Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| As I mentioned in regards to Jesus of Suburbia, I'm not much of a Green Day fan. I didn't really understand this song till I started listening through some of their stuff again. As a fan of Rocky Horror, I can appreciate a song about wearing womens' clothing (while still being straight, mind you), I absolutely love this song! Ranks right up there with "Kill Miss America" by the Murderdolls. | |
| Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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sodapopandritalin, do you really think that's it's impossible for Green Day to be such messiah's in music that they don't, oh, I don't know, maybe every once in a while throw a word or line in for the sake of rhyme or rhythm? Even my boys Bowie, Freddie Mercury, and Marilyn Manson throw stuff in for those reasons. Knuxman, I acknowledge that they are different artsits (and I'm not even sure the second part of your comment was aimed at me) and two different times, but Queen is a timeless band to the point where they were one of the few groups/artists (Bowie was another) who were recognised as musical geniuses years after that brief period in music known as the age of glam rock. They surpassed fads. However, while Green Day will be remembered, I don't think it will be with the calibur that Queen is. |
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| Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Now, I know that many of my points have been covered before, but seeing as many of these comments are along the lines of "OMGz greenday rulesz" or "this song is my favorit song evar!1," I figure I'm contributing something. First off, no one should compare this song to Bohemian Rhapsody. One, Queen had an impact on music that Billy Joe would like to think he does; I'm sorry, he's just no Freddie Mercury. Second, they're completely different songs; the punk rock opera was brought up, and why I don't have much against that sort of "riff-lifting" thing (unless we're discussing "Ice Ice Baby"), Bohemian Rhapsody was something completely original and revolutionary for the time, ie, ten years from now, more people will know Bohemian Rhapsody than they do Jesus of Suburbia. Next, I must say that I’m not a huge Green Day fan. I like the Nimrod, album, though (specifically, “King For A Day”), and I notice a possible connection in “Prosthetic Head,” in which it mentions Whatshisface, who was also mentioned as possibly marrying Whatshername on American Idiot. I don’t know, just a possibility. (Although I do recognise that it is a general term for someone whose name you don't know.) The concept of the “Jesus of Suburbia” is a very common concept. “The Sounds of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel covers a similar concept, as does Marilyn Manson’s Holy Wood album (and depending on who you ask, it feeds into a trypich story with Holy Wood as the beginning, Mechanical Animals as the middle, and Antichrist Superstar as the end). The “namesake” of Jesus of Suburbia was originally a book which later became a BBC miniseries with a soundtrack by Bowie (someone once told me it’s Bowie’s worst work). On the note of Bowie (I got lazy and skipped some pages, so I'm not sure if this has been brought up), but somewhere else where this song was discussed, it was brought up that the chords used in the first two openening guitar bits (before "I'm the son of rage and love" and then the next one before "the Jesus of Suburbia") were the same chords (albeit played slightly differently) as those played at the beginning of Bowie's Moonage Daydream (before "I'm an alligator" and the next one before "I'm a mama-papa commin' for you") on his "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" album (one of the best albums ever...ask anyone who knows anything about music). This may or may not have been intentional, but I nominate the former, as Moonage Daydream is about the creation of Ziggy Stardust as a quasi-religious rebelious sexual alien on his quest to save the Earth from its destruction in "Five years." However, Billie Joe has mentioned that they’re going to start filming for the American Idiot movie in early 2006, and I have to say, as a fan of rock operas and concept albums, I look forward to it. |
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| HammerFall – Blood Bound Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is awesome. I'm a power metal junkie, and this is one of my favourite songs of the genre. I think this is a song about commradery during revolution. |
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| Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age Of Grotesque Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| The thing about this song is that it was written while their piano was on fire after draining an entire bottle of absinthe. | |
| The Darkness – One Way Ticket Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| It's definately about coke. I'm not sure the kind of spin that's on it, but it's an amazing song that ranks as this generation's Dr. Feelgood. | |
| Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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To me, this song will always be about masturbation. Not too long ago, I had a LiveJournal community by this name devoted to those of us who enjoy self-pleasure. As for the music video, I love it; the whole cybergoth sci-fi feel (that has nearly nothing, save for a few seconds of footage of a girl dancing, from what I recall) is always something I like in videos. |
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| Placebo – Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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To me, it seems like Johnny is a musician or an artist or a writier of sorts, but one whose ego makes him think he's better than he is. "Mary counts walls, knows he tires easily" To me, I think that's about their sex life. She fakes everything but is never satisfied because he doesn't have the stamina. |
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| David Bowie – Velvet Goldmine Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| It's supposed to be simply about a makeout session with another man. Nothing more, nothing less. | |
| David Bowie – Time Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I agree with BowieOwnsAll (and oh he does!), however, Bowie himself, in an interview once said in regards to this song something like "Oh my god! I've written a GAY song!" | |
| David Bowie – Lady Stardust Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| In terms of the ZS story, it isn't so much Ziggy himself playing, but Ziggy recognizing the impact he's had on young men starting in the music world. | |
| Marilyn Manson – Apple Of Sodom Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| "I'm dying, I hope you're dying too" is supposed to be a take on Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes," in which he says "I'm happy, I hope you're happy too." | |
| Marilyn Manson – Vodevil Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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You know, you all should quit debating about Manson and instead debate about the meaning of the song. This is, after all, songmeanings.net. This song, the way I see it, is sort of a tribute to Bowie, one of Manson's heroes. There are several allusions to Bowie songs (two that I can identify, but I'm told there are more). For example, the chorus is a play on that in "Cracked Actor." "This isn't music and we're not a band/We're five middle fingers on a motherfucking hand" is a take on "D.J.", in which Bowie sings "I am a DJ, I am what I play/Can't turn around no, can't turn around." |
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