| Scott Walker – Psoriatic Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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- A "bougie" also means a candle, from the french "bougie". I think this definition makes more sense in the context of the song. - There are several clear references to psoriasis (it's in the name so...): "scaling comes scaling comes red is patchy Snows the silver". - There are several villages named "Donje" in the Balkans and in India too. The previous song on the record, "Buzzers", also contains references to the Balkans. It's something I've noticed in several Scott Walker songs : see The Cockfighter followed by Bouncer See Bouncer on Tilt and their shared Holocaust references. - The "Angelus" is the prayer for the angel Gabriel who's come to announce to Mary that she would conceive the Son of God . The Angelus bell rings to mark the time of the prayer at 6 am, noon and 6 pm. Still don't know what to make of this song despite these explanations... |
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| Scott Walker – The Escape Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Wind blown hair in a windowless room A lifeline of knuckles waddles into the afternoon Look into its eyes It will look into your eyes" Made me think of te famous Friedrich Nietzsche quote : He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you. |
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| Scott Walker – Cue Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Seoul has been subjected to the outbreak of the Seoul Virus, Sudan and Ivory Coast to that of the Ebola Virus, both viruses being hemorrhagic fevers. They're transmitted from animals to men, and between men by physical contacts and body fluids. A flugelman is probably a flugelhorn player, a flugelhorn being heard extensively in the song playing a recurring theme. Now if anyone can explain what "jigger raps pits" means that would be most helpful. |
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| Built to Spill – Big Dipper Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think Morrysseyscoot sums it very well. Here's what wikipedia has to say about the Big Dipper : "In North America it is universally known as the Big Dipper because the major stars can be seen to follow the rough outline of a large ladle or dipper. This figuration appears to be derived originally from Africa, where it was sometimes seen as a drinking gourd. In the 19th century, runaway slaves would follow the Drinking Gourd to the north and freedom." So maybe the Brontausaurus up in the sky that your imagination could conjure when you were a kid has turned into a bottle, and that's your only way to escape reality now. |
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| Elliott Smith – Poem #1 (Point A) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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| The Smiths – Shakespeare's Sister Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"I thought that if you had An acoustic guitar Then it meant that you were A Protest Singer Oh I can smile about it now But at the time it was terrible" I think david beauy's explanation is the best one - no matter what or who you may try to look like, you'll always be yourself - so accept yourself. But at the same time, in an overall sad song, this is your typical Moz wit. That line is very funny. And the last comment about his now gained perspective but past pain is very moving in its universality. |
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| José González – Lovestain Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm a bit confused by such enthusiasm for JG lyrics. Don't get me wrong I think he's a fabulous musician, I love his album (one of the best of 2005). But I still feel like he is a rather sub-par lyricist. It's not so much the extreme repetition that happens in his song, but I feel that overall he doesn't expresses much. Maybe I'm just dense to those lyrics. I read an interview in which he said he always wrote the music first, and then add some lyrics. He was rather dismissive himself as to his quality as a writer. |
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| José González – Hints Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I know this isn't a lyric comment, but this is probably one of the most difficult song to play on the guitar I know. And clearly the hardest on this album. Very good number. |
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| The Gun Club – For The Love of Ivy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I logged in just to reply to this post. damnrealb, if you don't know the Gun Club you might find the use of the word "nigger" to be offensive. Noone can't blame you for that. However, you must understand that its use is only a reference to a certain american culture, that could be named Southern Gothic, and which is present throughout the Gun Club lyrics. Noone in is right mind would find it offensive to read that word in a Faulkner's book. It's the same thing here. Jeffery Lee Pierce had a more than thorough knowledge of american culture, especially its "underbelly". He was also one of the less racist person I can think of. Jeffrey travelled throughout the world, lived in Japan, England, Belgium, South America and Jamaica (to name a few), and showed a relentless and profound interest in other cultures. His music, thoughout the years, showed influences from all sorts of blues, rock'n'roll, jazz, free jazz, raegge, rap music. I think it's a shame that the Gun Club isn't more largely known. It's one of the most complex and interesting project in the history of rock'n'roll. And also one of the most overlooked band there is (the number of lyrics posted here shows that clearly). The fucking White Stripes wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for Jeffrey's music. |
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