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| Deathspell Omega – Diabolus Absconditus Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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the whole track is a paraphrase of bataille's "madame edwarda"... the parts that aren't like the 6th and 3rd to laugh verses are reflexions on the idea that an omnipotent god who predestines the beings he creates is responsible for their every action. |
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| Deathspell Omega – Carnal Malefactor Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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this is about the trauma of the virgin mary witnessing the crucifixion. it's blasphemous because it suggests that she distracts a dying jesus from his mission to atone for all man's sins....or that she would want to take his place. Moreover- and this is a topic in a lot of DSO songs- it states that the immortal nature of god is corrupted by jesus' descent and death on earth, and hence it fails as a sacrifice for at salvation : "his birth does death subdue no more" and "he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." the obssessive focus on the mortality and abject body of the virgin mary is not much less insulting... |
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| Dev – In the Dark Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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maybe she's telling a guy that she's pleasured herself thinking of him.
a few past girlfriends have told me that, and it's an immense turn on.
btw- does anyone know where the sax sample is from ? |
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| Pitbull – Culo Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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actually if you want to specify the booty, and not the anus, you can say 'nalgas'... |
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| Slint – Good Morning, Captain Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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you mean it's about the expedition to vehssuva (sp ) ?
could be, but it might just as well be about the failed antartic trips before shackelton. |
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| Adele – Rolling in the Deep Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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easily one of the top three songs of the year for me.
is it possible that the expression 'rolling in the deep' is british slang we yanks aren't usually exposed to ? |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Tous les Garçons et les Filles Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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un tas de conneries !
the title is not translated as "find me a boy", which is something francoise hardy never says in the original. the transcription is bad, the above translations are both bad...blu_girl_4eva's comment is inane... and amanda palmer's french is garbage. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Up Jumped the Devil Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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the "swallowed my lucky star" line has always struck me as odd... is this based on some british or aussie figure of speech ?
a look at the life of someone the calvanists would surely call "reprobate" |
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| The Rolling Stones – 2,000 Light Years From Home Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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something else to keep in mind when listening to the lyrics of this one: it was written towards the end of the 60s when the differences between the kids and their counter culture, and the previous generation were becoming sharper... so there's a sense in which this song is about being alienated from your family and from 'straight' society. and jagger did write this while he was jailed, so that would've intensified that feeling. |
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| The Church – Ripple Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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the narrator is infatuated with a younger woman, who while she isn't intelligent is rather cunning. she has shady friends, and an obvious drug problem. as the song goes on, you get the impression that he's waking up to the fact that she's no good... |
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| The Church – Chaos Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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whoever did the transcription fucked up- the third line actually says "underneath the czars is nothing", and then what follows is "underneath them is a void"... so it's about the violence unleashed by the Russian Civil War. something like a half the songs on this record were about history. |
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| M.I.A. – Come Around Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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ah, timbaland... putting the myth that people of color are somehow inherently more understanding or 'progressive' to rest at a stroke. |
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| M.I.A. – Come Around Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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ah, timbaland... putting the myth that people of color are somehow inherently more understanding or 'progressive' to rest at a stroke. |
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| Joe Jackson – Happy Loving Couples Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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the comments are missing something, that like a lot of joe's best songs, this one 'cuts both ways'; yes, the narrator is jealous and perhaps a tad self-righteous. but he also sees the flaws in his friends' relationships ("he's found another girl" - emphasis on the second to last word) and how their shit comes up short ("talk so kind"). it's pretty idealistic of him to wait for something real....
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| Neil Young – Cortez The Killer Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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great song... but the lyrics are awfully far from the facts. the aztec empire, and yes they did practice imperialism, was horribly violent, built upon the war neil claims they didn't know. if you think about it even a little, this kind of 'noble savage' shit is really racist. |
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| Neil Young – Cortez The Killer Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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yes, absolutely... anyone who claims or implies that there were no wars in pre-columbian mexico is either historically illiterate or a propagandist. look up "Flower Wars" or "Cortezes Allies" on Google and you'll see what I mean. |
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| Ke$ha – Tik Tok Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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a song this bad needs a crass expression to summarize its ugliness, so: when kesha is done writing songs, i hope she uses toilet paper.
the worst part might be trying-to-seem-down uses of slang, or the self important and nonsensical "tonight imma fight 'til we see the sunlight"... pure torment. |
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| Tom Petty – Free Fallin' Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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i always heard "a glad death over mulholland" which if this about a guy ruminating on a break up would add to the feeling of guilt... either way, a great song |
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| Tom Petty – You Got Lucky Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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yeah... he knows he's vulnerable, but he's not going to take any shit.
compare to lou rawls' "girl you're gonna miss my loving" which is a little warmer... |
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| Big Black – Jordan, Minnesota Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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this song is doubly frightening: for one thing that it delves so closely into such an evil act, and then that it was written before anyone realized that a lot of the mass child abuse cases in the early 80s were only hysterias. people's lives were ruined by this blind zeal to punish. |
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| Big Black – Jordan, Minnesota Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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no, son- at the time there was a 'zine interview where albini said, and i quote: "we're basically just saying that people should not be fucking children."
i don't see where you get some point about the supposed banality of evil or anything like that. |
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| The Zombies – Care Of Cell 44 Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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if it was jail, why would the narrator ask if he/she were feeling better ?
couldn't the "about your prison stay" line be just gently kidding ? |
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| Big Star – Thirteen Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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where is their any hint of humbert humbert type shit in the lyrics ?
it's a song about innocent, albeit melodramatic teenage love, and that's it. |
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| Big Star – Thirteen Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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sadly they wouldn't have known about big star... their radio play and album sales were both just this side of non-existant. |
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| Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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hippie folk rock ? not only is that an awkward coinage, it only barely describes parts of the first record.
anyhow, people talk about how a major theme over all three big star albums is disillusion... well the poor narrator is gonna be disappointed by religion too. |
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| Big Star – September Gurls Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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big star deserved to have at least one radio hit, and i always felt that this, or maybe "ballad of el goodio" should have been it... |
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| Big Star – O, Dana Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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i doubt it's he's talking about a vibrator; remember that these songs were written in the early 70s in the deep south. and women owning sex toys wasn't exactly common or talked about.
a lot of people read tons of drug stuff into big star lyrics, and i know chris bell had a brief but rather severe heroin habit- was chilton a druggie too ? |
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| Nile – Lashed to the Slave Stick Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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a lot of people, too many people ;) , thought that "abata ankh tkhet" was actually something containing "up the cunt" when this first came out.... |
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| Nile – Sarcophagus Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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the section where the drums adopt one of the belly-dancing rhythms (sorry that i don't know the name) is purely awesome. |
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| Lady GaGa – Bad Romance Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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this is the most sinister top 40 song i've heard in a while- the chanting of the broken syllables just adds to that.
songs about the attraction of disfunctional relationships ("russian roulette" ?) are enjoying a vogue.... |
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| Lady GaGa – Bad Romance Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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actually, that "e" in "je" is dropped/deleted all the time in quickly spoken french.
look up the "e caduc" in a book on french phonetics, and you'll see what i mean. |
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| Limp Wrist – Fake Fags Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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no, smallezerchina is on to something: this song is definitely essentialist and stupid. i'm a straight guy with (read 'who endured) quite a bit of youthful experience with the punk scene, and it is as guilty of crushing individuality if anything is.
"what is really being said" ? if the band writes a song that is open to easy misinterpretation, just whose fault is that ? |
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| Felt – Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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maybe that's why it was marked with an asterix...
anyways, if i remember right, the single version was the one that mentions "the book of the dead". it's the album take that references "saison en enfer". |
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