| Sufjan Stevens – Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| More like England reminds you of this. Which it should - same key, many of the same intervals and progressions, and we already know Sufjan has had a steady and healthy relationship with Dessner and company. What can you do - artists are mostly thieves. | |
| David Gray – Lately Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Since the "official licensed lyrics" are wrong as hell, here's what's happening: That the sky would lift That I'd find my place That I'd see your face in the door And the sun would glint On a time well spent On a time that ain't no more Taste the broken hearts In the vacant lots See the fruit that rots on the trees Try to turn my head Leave it all for dead But it's in my mind always Honey lately I've been way down A load on my mind Honey lately I've been way down Load on my mind Someone tell me where did it go Darling I'm damned if I know I seen that look in your eye No one ever gave it a chance I could have said in advance You saw it all at a glance And goodbye Drag a salted kiss From this cup of bliss Watch a new lie twist on the breeze You can paint it red Leave it all for dead But it's in my head always Honey lately I've been way down A load on my mind Honey lately I've been way down Load on my mind Someone tell me where did it go Darling I'm damned if I know I seen that look in your eye No one ever gave it a chance I could have said in advance You saw it all at a glance And goodbye Goodbye Honey lately I've been way down Lately |
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| Solas – Bruach Na Carraige Baine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Translation: And west by the river, without a doubt or lie There is a quiet gentle beauty And her waist is a bright as any swan on the wave From the crown of her head to the soles of her feet She is the woman that tormented my heart And left me heartbroken There is nothing that will cure me Since my true love rejected me I would prefer, than all of Ireland Or the wealth of the king of Spain That you and I could be together in a quiet spot In a wood far from our friends Oh you and I to be married, my love With the permission of father and mother Oh young maiden of the sweet kisses You're the sun of the White Rocks Oh beauty of the white hair, if you would be mine You would have everything your friends would like From silk to hats, from head to toe And the best of everything in the city Your cows would be driven every noon to the town And the bees in the meadow would sing sweetly for you You would have your fill of drink and have coaches to take you All around the edge of the White Rocks |
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| Solas – Bheadh Buachaillin Deas Ag Sile Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Translation: Sheila would have a lovely man If she married me I'd kill the trout on the tide And the rabbit on the dune as well I wouldn't ask her for a horse or sheep Or gold or silver Because I'd prefer to have her as my wife Than any king's daughter that lives Sheila's mother has no compassion And not much feeling either She has a big purse filled Looking for a man with land She doesn't care if he's tall or short Of fair or dark complexion Straight or crooked As long as he has sheep or cows That's not how my sheila thinks She'd rather me than any other Because I'd merrily play my pipes And do a lively dance for her I'd sow the seeds And reap them as well And when I'd get home I wouldn't But converse lightly with my love My deal is set with Sheila And nothing in Ireland will break it Without depending on her mother and family She'd be better off I'll marry her this month And pay the priest well And I wouldn't stay in this country But roam happily around from here on |
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| Opeth – For Absent Friends Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Is the fact that 30 years before Deliverance there was a Genesis song of the same name coincidental, or is Akerfeldt alluding to it? http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/1618/ |
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| Anti-Flag – A New Kind Of Army Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| why so blue? | |
| Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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As if this weren't the second worst song on Shepherd's Dog to begin with. Thanks again, you fucking hack series. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Pay for What You Get Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Oh, and it's great. At first I really only liked 3 or 4 songs from UTTAD. But slowly, as I've progressed as a fan, Lover Lay Down is really the only one I don't like or love. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Pay for What You Get Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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No way this is about Anne. This song debuted in September 92, well before the murder-suicide in 94. Once again, he's writing ambiguously for the sakes of listener accessibility. This song is about whatever you want it to be about, just like any other lyrically decent song. |
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| Bob Mould – See a Little Light Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| Opeth – When Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I overlooked this one for a long time until I heard the Roundhouse Tapes version. This is so great - 2nd fav on MAYH now. Great vocals, infectious shit. I'm not a big fan of most 90s Opeth but this is awesome. | |
| Dave Matthews Band – Sugar Will Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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http://dmbalmanac.com/Lyrics.aspx?sid=279 There's the directory for alternate lyrics, including 08 versions. IMHO, the comeback debut (7/9/08, Ford Ampitheatre, Tampa FL) was the best this year so far. Gorge version was okay too. As I listen to this more and more, I come to realize how brilliant it is musically, but I also find that this is one of the few songs where I can't really take Dave's vocals. Just don't like his stylings on it at all and I'd like to cover it with something just as fluid but a little less...messy. You know, coherent and shit. Great song, glad they brought it back. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – The Idea of You Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Lovin these Gryphon songs 6/28/08 Nissan Pavillion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, Virginia aka LeRoi's Last Show. "I stumble falling In front of you and all your cool friends You pick me up, you brush me off I grin But you know I just wanna disappear One day when you fall for me girl And I know that days' gonna come I'm not gonna brush you off, no way And I'm not gonna pull your hair" Awesome. Don't know why that's always affected me like it has, but it just does. |
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| Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| Dave Matthews Band – The Dreaming Tree Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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A duplicate lyric of this song is about to get deleted, but the posters on the duplicate had some pretty good points and interpretations, so I've moved them all over to here. ======================= by AMVDM23 on 05-11-2007 @ 11:21:33 AM When I first heard this song, I immediately thought of Bruce Chatwin's book Songlines. Which is a book about the Aboriginal people of Australia. I would not be surprised if this song (and possibly 'Dont drink the water' was inspired by that book) The aboriginals have a "dreaming" which is associated to each individual and clan, and which embodies an animal or object (sometimes it could be a tree)... natural elements. And this dreaming forms part of a song that connects the people and their land through certain pathways/ lines (hence songlines) and the line 'the dreaming tree has died.. I cant find my way home' points (for me) to these broken songlines that western progress has 'replaced'. Also references to the admirers (of aboriginal paintings?) and alcohol misuse point me to the Australian situation. I dont know a lot about the native american indians, and i'm sure many americans will assume that the song is about the american situation...it depends on your position and your personal take on the lyrics. ------------------------- by ilive4dmb on 06-13-2007 @ 01:47:31 PM I believe that this song could be a "green" song. Dave seems to be very conscerned about our environment and the effect that we have on it..(live at central park: "...remember two things: love new york city, and leave only your footprints...", meaning: DON'T LITTER) I think that this song is about how "before these crowded streets" things in nature like a "dreaming tree" were plentiful and no one thought of taking them down. Now, when all of the people arrive, the tree can no longer live there... it's "out of place". I love this song. It reminds me to think about the impact that i make on the world every day. ------------------------- by KACTenorQ9 on 09-05-2007 @ 02:14:23 AM I feel this song is a bit more literal than others have interpreted. While we all tend to internalize things based on our own experiences, I think it may be pretty simple...still deep, just more simplistic...let me explain. The song for me is about a couple who have come to the end of the man's life. He is conveying is feelings and remembering his past about his younger years of sharing time under a tree (no longer there due to some sort of progress). The second half is about his partner (soul mate) who is now faced with this situation and trying to deal with the realization of his passing (or near passing), then once he is gone she is left with her thoughts and the surrounding people who have showed to pay thier respects. Obviously there is more to the detail of the thoughts (for each of them), but the basic premise is fairly straight forward. Just my humble opinion as a musician who loves this bands musical compositions. The fact that it is in 7/8 time signature makes it very catchy and it is an ingenius way to use this rythmic pattern for such a catchy hook. ------------------------- by sikhmanbedi on 11-14-2007 @ 04:20:00 PM i think a dreaming tree is a place where everything is happy and good. but then his girlfriend dies and the dreaming tree isn't there anymore because he is no longer happy. when it says "i would leave you now," he's talking about the boy forgetting about his girlfriend but he doesn't have the strenght to. when he asking "won't you speak please?" he's asking the girl ot come back to life. i don't think this song is just about the environment. ------------------------- by trustyleftpeg on 12-03-2007 @ 10:40:36 PM This song is about Stefan's baby baby girl who, was born with some sort of disease and shortly after the birth she died. The lyrics clearly state it here."From the start She knew she had it made Easy up till then For sure she'd make the grade Adorers came in hordes To lay down in her wake Gave it all she had But treasures slowly faded Now she's falling hard Feels the fall of dark How did this fall apart? She drinks to fill it up A smile of sweetest flowers Wilted so and soured Black tears stain the cheeks That once were so admired She thinks when she was small There on her father's knees How he had promised her You'll always be my baby Daddy come quick The dreaming tree has died I can't find my way home There is no place to hide The dreaming tree has died" ------------------------- by KitScott on 12-23-2007 @ 12:52:36 AM I always looked at this song as being pretty literally about two different people that just wish they had their younger days back, when they would just run to their folks and they'd say "you'll always be my baby" and everything would be alright but they're lost coz the world has changed so much and they can't bring back their happier days. And The Dreaming Tree as being simply their dreams of a good future they couldn't never achieve, so it died, so it's all about shattered dreams. I have heard that the song was written for Stefan's daughter and if that's the case I could really think they could be her parents, who just had a treasure in their hands that was lost and they just don't seem to be able to come back to when they could dream about it. And maybe their feelings that they couldn't stay together after having lost a baby, and their sadness about the situation, and for themselves. well, just some thoughts I had, really. ------------------------- by Me2 on 01-16-2008 @ 01:25:49 PM the interpretation of this is complex with a message forgotten by man. the dreaming tree is the tree found in the bible. its the tree of life or another way of thinking about is jacobs ladder. it the pathway from heaven to earth. the two passages in the son referr to a statement made by a father and a mother. both bringing a reflection to their child. to remind them that they are children in the flesh. to remind them of their existence of self. the bible states that we are all born in death with a future consequence of leaving the flesh to become a spirit. the dreaming tree is a memory of the child who once remembered their fall down the tree connecting heaven and earth..as well as their pathway back to heaven. as it is the fate of all men. to return back to god via the "ladder of jacob"..ie., the tree of life found in the garden of eden. the "dreaming tree has died" is the loss of innocence found in ignorance and the beginning of the degeneration in a life in the human flesh away from the memory of God and their past spirit existence in heaven.. always desiring to return as an innermost message left from the fall. who do you think is saying that if i could i i would leave you up to your own devices. its dave desire to leave this fallen world but its gods inner strength within him to tell us that the dreaming tree still exists amd its gods strength to speak through man to remind himself...its a message from our creator calling us to remember the pathway.. the dreaming tree.. i said its complex... "take me back" is mans constant attempt at asking God to invite them back up the tree. for it is Gods timing and power when each of us begins our journey back up the tree. ------------------------- by auzy07 on 04-25-2008 @ 01:36:39 AM no, I'm sorry but everybody is wrong, except for trustyleftpeg. stephan helped write this song about his daughter that died as an infant. thats all there is too it, nothing about "green," or any biblical term. do some research and see for yourself. ALPINE VALLEY '08 IS GUNNA BE AWESOME!! ------------------------- by Ziggy45 on 06-06-2008 @ 02:03:42 AM It very well may be about Stefan's baby girl, but as Dave once said, take his songs as you want. Meaning, if one song means something to you and something else to someone else, that's fine. That's what the song is made for. ------------------------- by tylerbet on 09-07-2008 @ 01:38:06 AM I believe its a song of lost innocence. The old man has lived his life, seen the environment change and lost love. "Remembered mother's words There beneath the tree No matter what the world You'll always be my baby", paints an innocent picture underneath the tree which has died. Runs parallel with the innocent beautiful girl where many men have come to lay with her, yet her beauty fades and she sulks in the past. ======================= Personally, I had a sort of weird interpersonal interpretation of this, but Trustyleftpeg's idea that it's about Fonzie's daughter fits well, I'll buy that. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Melissa (Allman Brothers cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This one's only been performed 3 times. The first time was at Piedmont Park in Atlanta 9/8/07, a concert that got released later that year. It was performed as a duet with Greg Allman himself, who was in the house having opened for DMB. Greg sang the first verse, Dave sang the second, Greg sang the bridge, Dave sang the third, and they traded off the last stanza. It was also performed 2 more times early in the 08 Summer tour, but has been MIA since June 4 2008. Which was the 3rd or 4th show of the tour. I miss it already. Piedmont's was so good. Just the subtle little lyrical change from "fall away" to "float away" made a world of a difference. This was a great cover. Top 5, IMHO. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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One of the more popular of the 2008 Summer Tour covers. Originally from So, 1986. 'twas Pete's biggest hit on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Eh, I don't like it as much as most people seem to. It would actually be pretty boring to me if it wasn't for Timmy, Fonzie, and Dave's occasionally good vocal delivery. But Boyd and especially Carter must be bored out of their fucking minds on this song. Was okay when I saw it. Which leads me to mention, the outro has varying lyrics based on which one you're listening to. The lyrics I submitted were derived from the 8/13/08 version. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Money (Beatles cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Again, a 2008 Summer Tour cover. And again, I haven't actually heard this one yet so I copy/pasted Beatles lyrics. If they're fucked up, VVV report it. | |
| Dave Matthews Band – Money (Pink Floyd cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Yet another 08 Summer Tour cover. I've never heard the DMB version of this before, so I just copy/pasted the Pink Floyd lyrics. If you think you can do better, please use the report thread. | |
| Dave Matthews Band – Burning Down the House (Talking Heads cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Another 2008 Summer Tour cover. Originally from Speaking In Tounges (1983). Obviously based around the album version, because his vocal stylings fit more into line with them than the Stop Making Sense live version (1984). That and the fact that DMB has yet to incorperate the SMS version's fuckly awesome jam at the end. Still a great crowd pumper. And I'm pretty sure Rashawn plays little of this one if any, and focuses on dueting the vocals with Dave. Didn't know the big guy had such pipes. I'm kind of starting to dig the man. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Thank You (Sly and the Family Stone cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Oh, and of course the name of the song is a modification of the phrase "Thank you for letting me be myself again". But you already knew that. ;) |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Thank You (Sly and the Family Stone cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Originally from the "Thank You" LP, Sly and the Family Stone. 1970 or 1971, I can't remember. Debuted as a DMB song once in 2004, then didn't come back until 2008. Was used as the encore closer to the first show of the 2008 Summer tour. Then was used extensively (most hardcore fans would say excessively) for the first half of the Summer tour as an encore closer. It now seems to be played a little less sparingly, although it did close out the final nights of all 3 of the "big venues" of the 2008 summer tour: SPAC 6/21, Alpine Valley 8/10, and Gorge Ampitheatre 8/31. Personally, I like this cover more than most people seem to. 'twas a great song to begin with, and then Dave came in and gave it a fresh coat of paint and a little bit of jazz. Fonzie is a fuckin animal on this. |
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| Led Zeppelin – The Crunge Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Major lolzers on an influential level. Dave Matthews Band ;) |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Sugar Will Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Such a unique song in it's structure. Very very interesting to listen to, hypnotic, then bittersweet, then hopeful, then just pensive, and back again. I'll post the 2008 style of lyrics eventually, but right now there isn't a recording out there where Dave is coherent enough to understand. To be expected, hahaha. But still, so so great musically. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Get in Line Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Rumor is that earlier today this was soundchecked (Gorge 08 N3) for the first time since 1999, and it hasn't actually been performed since New Year's Eve 94. But the show's not over yet, hopefully it gets resurrected. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Grace Is Gone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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As if this song didn't chill me to the bone at first, but now? R.I.P. LeRoi Moore. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – So Damn Lucky Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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As for the meaning of the song itself....eh. Don't really care. Probably not a connotation thing, probably a really bad mixed metaphor thing. But musically? Wow. Especially during this tour - anyone who hasn't heard it with the extended outro yet, check it out. Timmy, you are a fucking freak. I know it was a Some Devil song, but fuck me I hope this makes the new album as a full-band version. It's just so damn good. |
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| John Petrucci – Animate-Inanimate Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I submitted this song as an instrumental, cause it's listed as one and there aren't any lyrics for them. But am I the only one who hears voices at 7:20? Freakin me out, seriously. Still very musically interesting though. My second favorite song on the Suspended Animation album. |
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| Shel Silverstein – The Smoke Off Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I heard this song today for the first time in at least 2 or 3 years. He gets so exclamatory sometimes it takes you by surprise, and there's such good imagery. I mean, fuck marijuana, but still - this song holds such a great sentimental value to me. And it's pretty fucking long for a comedy song. But yeah, I used to jam this shit back in my Dr. Demento days. This song kicks. |
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| Opeth – The Lotus Eater Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The blastbeats are cool, but the best part is after that ambient guitar part. Neo jazz fusion spasmatic keyboard fucking freakout!! Love it. I bought Watershed the day after it came out, 5 weeks ago today. And this is still my favorite on the album, without a doubt. Pretty fucking good effort, considering the absence of Lindgren IMO. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – The Best of What's Around Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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They even named the greatest hits after this song and it's still grossly underappreciated. I hope this is the last song they ever play. Encore #3 on their last concert. Man, that'd be so awesome. I miss the DMB of the 90s. |
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| Disturbed – Perfect Insanity Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Your username is retarded. The third A is redundant and adds an unnecessary syllable - should be megalomanical. 3ngrish ph4yl. | |
| Maroon 5 – Must Get Out Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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They suck, this is their only good song. But I must say, it's one of the best songs of this decade. Good intro/outro, good reprise. |
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| Live – I Alone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Megalomaniac idiot Christ loving chauvinistic peons. How dare you assume that a loose connection to religion automatically leads you straight to Christ. Do you know Ed's religion? Have you listened to Selling the Drama or Operation Spirit? "And to christ, the cross but to me, the chair" Nimrods. Adi-dam. |
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| Dire Straits – Solid Rock Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The intro on alchemy is simply brilliant. I mean, don't get me wrong, the rest of the song is great as well, but everything up to the point where he starts singing is really the best part of the whole thing. I don't like the Making Movies version much at all, but the live version ROCKS. | |
| Elton John – Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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| Dire Straits – Industrial Disease Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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at the very end: "I'm off. I'm out sick" hahaha |
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| Dave Matthews Band – American Baby Intro Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I only have the LT6: Boston version of this song, that's it. But I have to say, this is one of the most intense songs I've ever heard in my life, which is weird considering the source. Really morose, pensive, melancholy, esoteric, reflective, all those things that make up a good sad song. But with a mounting implacable intensity to it as well, but not breeding from anger either, which is what makes it so different than a lot of other intensity factor songs. I love Butch's work on it. Oh, and those weird little nature sounding effects on the first few bars and those first 3 or 4 piano notes....incredible. And it keeps a great, steady 3/4 signature with a 4/4 at the end of every one. This song is just so alive. I love it. And I can't think of any other song that it could open that would do it justice besides two step, so perfect. Praise that entire 4 disc set. Well, not disc 2, but whatever. |
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| Boston – Foreplay/Long Time Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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d00d, no. Tom made Boston, and you're just giving Delp a sympathy vote. Not that he's not talented, I mean RIP man - you're great. But Tommy S. is the epicenter of Boston. Always. I think the song is getting over something, not someone. It might be a reach for your dreams kind of thing, but I don't think so. I don't think it's about a relationship either. Maybe leaving all his high school buddies behind at graduation. Maybe getting over drugs? I mean hell, even for a radio friendly band like Boston it was 1976 for everybody... One last afterthought: maybe leaving his family and friends behind for a musical career. This song was on the debut. |
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| Jethro Tull – Living In The Past Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Yep, you pretty much nailed it. Hedonism by way of loving his woman. This song is very underrated. | |
| Billy Joel – Sometimes A Fantasy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I listened to this song for the first time in about 2 years today. I had kind of passed it off, but I forgot how much of a good tight smooth beat the verse had, especially with the snare. Musically overlooked at best. I agree with amishgirl in the sense that they don't have much of a personal relationship but that it's all phone sex. It might even be a sex hotline he's calling, not a real person. He seems too emotionally detached especially in the first verse when he's feeling slightly guilty and he's bashing himself about the head to get some extra sympathy to whomever he's talking to. But yeah, essentially phone sex. |
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| Creed – Riders on the Storm (The Doors cover) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| go to hell | |
| The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Sorry for the shitload of spelling mistakes and everyone I likely offended, it's quite late at night. | |
| The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I try to respect dissenting opinions, but the only comment I've read so far that was so innexcusably wrong was that the stones wanted to write a song that was accessible to depressed people, and then concluding that this was it. It's intentionally very very very esoteric. And I'd bet that everyone that's commented so far on what this song means is very much wrong. But there are several perspectives I've read so far that I'm gonna analytically break down here: -Vietnam war Let's get this out of the way first before we move on to more serious theories. Always nice to open with a joke. Because this is a damn joke. It's bullshit. That's how the cunt who decided to slap it into FMJ slipped in seemed to relate to it, but it was baseless. He made a connection of the two based on little to nothing, and apparently there seem to be thousands of little sycophants in this ugly ugly world who take it on as their own opinion. If you people could think for yourselves you'd realize how wtf this point of view is. Same thing for all you guys who try to break down every word of American Pie. Holy shit, it's just a fuckin song. Bob Dylan's a jester now? gtfo ---------------------------- -Depression Ironically, I think this is going too deep. Most people listen to the song lyrically because it's so ellusive. A great deal of people also listen to the song musically because it's so infectious. But tell me, how many people listen to this song vocally? Mick sounds bitter and frustrated when he's singing this. Not so much depressed, and the song is too up tempo to have such a depressing theme. Regardless of the rediculous comments(I'm sorry I have to pluralize this word...) I read about this musically being a parody on jewish wedding songs, I don't think the song would be so seperated between it's music and it's lyrics. Even though the music and the lyrics were indeed written by two different people that don't reciprocate well and can't help but hate each other. I still just can't see that connection. Or rather, the lack thereof. I can see it being about pain, and this is hard to deny for anyone. It's just that I don't think he's facing it with depression. I'll get to a master lock of win opinion later down, but first to address the things that he's supposedly "dealing with". ---------------------------- -Drugs Doubtful. Even though the general rule of thumb for a darkish song you don't quite understand is to go strait to drugs, this isn't one of those. It's taking the easy way out. Paint It, Black is much much deeper than a couple of obnoxious washed out 60s hippies blastin some chronic gonja then writing one of the best songs in history. Or at least I wouldn't hope that it is. ---------------------------- -Murder Basis of the vietnam theory, I suppose. Whether he's a senseless serial killer, a sexually obsessed peadophile, or someone who only killed once for personal reasons is purely subjective. It's plausible I suppose, but it doesn't quite fit as well for me. ---------------------------- -Significant other leaving his life Family member, wife, girlfriend, whatever. Again, I've seen every line broken down with this in mind five times over and I can't contradict it. It's just that I see this as a deeply introverted song, and not to make light of having something like that happen, but it seems shallow to me to think this is what it's about. It goes without saying that 'shallow' is a relative term. I reiterrate - purely subjective. ---------------------------- -Suicide Easily the most accurate theory I've read thus far IMHO. But I don't think it's about the action of suicide, obviously. Hard story to tell when you're dead. The same way I disagreed with the opinon this was written for the perspective of the depressed, this is still very esoteric. He (whether it was mick or keith) wrote this personally and experienced every word that's being sung. There's no way it was told vicariously, just no damn way. It's too descriptive, too whole. However, it might be about the impulse to kill himself. Maybe about the longing. I'm definitely willing to concede that as it's true meaning, and I'm glad the perspective was opened to me, but I have a different feeling about the song altogether: ---------------------------- I've only seen the thought mentioned maybe once or twice very passively and not taken seriously. But if it wasn't absolutely written about it, here's at least what I personally take away from the song. I think Paint It, Black is about madness. Not that kind of crude, easily manipulated chuckle madness. Not the kind of contemporary insanity that's become just as much of a fad as the next one. Madness is a word that's been kicked around a lot to the point of where it's lost it's meaning over time, just like 'love' 'hate' 'anger' 'friend' etc. I'm talking about the real McCoy here. Madness to the point of where you literally have no control anymore. Where the laughing doesn't make you feel better anymore. As for the lyrics, most of them including all lyrics of perspective and desire is about the madness itself and how it's controlling him. He simply wants what he wants and he has no reason or control for it. He can't even articulate it in a lucid way, so he uses the first and only thing he can think of to express and define the madness, which is what the madness apparently must have commanded him to do. The colour black. The people turning their heads and quickly looking away is one of the few extroverted lines in the song, but it's one of the most meaningful lines as well. I think this refers to how he's misunderstood and rejected in his insanity. Towards the end of the song his frustration of his madness and how it's fucked up his life and his hope mounts to the point that instead of changing himself he'd rather change the world. This is, of course, directly resulting from the cancer that is his madness. It's very paradoxial, and that's why he's singing so bitterly. He simpy can't escape from it. Personally, I'm actually extremely terrified of real madness. I don't know, I'm probably reading into it too much. I should probably take a deep breath and quietly concisely remind myself several times that bob Dylan is not a fucking jester then try to go to sleep. One last note - it's musically infectious as well. It's very easy to get lost in the rhythm of the drums, and of course the Sitar is eargasm. This song is like an obsession for me. I love it, it's hard to live without, and I want to paint it black. |
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| 911 – Rock Me Gently Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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| Traffic – The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I suppose I'm gonna have to hide behind the shadow of the most recent post cause my interpretation's rather different. I don't tend to get very allegorical, but I don't take this song literally. I take the low spark of high heeled boys to be an energy force in a new generation. On the note of the title itself, the fact that the boys are in high heels tells me that they're shameless and that they'll smile in the face of ignorance for the sakes of being what they are, to paraphrase Sting. In the first verse, the low spark is identified with loud music and of something mysterious (the star, for instance). In the second verse, the low spark represents the feeling that haunts you (or disturbs you as it were) in regret of missed opportunities. The 'take a chance while you've still got a choice to even do so' attitude, again, fundamental teenager stuff. But in a classier way. Like a lovable bad guy. Dr Lecter kind of stuff. The 'man in the suit' reprise focuses on class and justice. Rebellion over tradition, and doing something about corruption, elitism, and bigotry. The final verse opposes my direct outlook on what the low spark is. I see it in this form to be the realization of when he's been betrayed, like your mother smacking you in the face after you gave her a compliment. But I find it more difficult to associate this with the youth and the respective vitality, awareness, and class analyzed in the other 3 stanzas other than the last line before the reprise: "but spirit is something that no one destroys". So, to me of course, the low spark might not be exclusively about the dubbed 'glory years' of 16-25 year olds. But I do feel as if it's some otherwise ineffable, unexplainable energy force - I can't help but think it. It might have something to do with the power of the song. Most people take it to rather slow and bluesy, but I can feel the intensity in this song. Sorry if some of what I said seemed righteous - nasty habit of mine. All opinions are subjective, of course. But I can just read so deeply into a song that's so great musically, even though it's long and repetitious the first few times you hear it, so great vocally even though Winwood has one of the thicker brittish accents in music, and lyrically even though it's not poetic and there aren't really any "big words" per se. If I was to be quite literal and objective about this song in any way it would be to say that it is one of the best songs of all time. And it is. Truly a masterpiece. 10/10. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Going to California Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Only one person's even come close so far. The song is about the Oklahoman/Californian dust bowl. Read the Steinbeck novel. | |
| The Goo Goo Dolls – Flat Top Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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So amazing in every way. Again, clearly a political song. Very bitter and cynical, but it's all true. He takes no side, and he takes no prisoners. He has a very defeatist attitude about the situation, but there's really no known way out of what he's talking about. Caustic, bitter, and brilliant. Plus the guitar work is simply amazing, and extremely overlooked. This would be the greatest closer to a concert ever. Any concert, Googs or not - doesn't matter. Love it. |
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| Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (Eric Burdon cover) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Holy crap, two comments up for the best song of the 60s? What's up with that? Fantastic. | |
| Band of Horses – Ode to LRC Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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DUMB BITCH ASSHOLE. NEVER STRETCH THE FUCKING "MOST RECENT COMMENT" BOX LIKE THAT AGAIN. STRETCHES THE WHOLE GODDAMN LEFT COLUMN. EAT SHIT. EAT MY SHIT. *flaming shit of the black flower, ancient chinese secret* |
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