| Bash & Pop – Fast & Hard Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Tommy Stinson is awesome! | |
| Hot Snakes – Why Does It Hurt? Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Speed trials... probably irrelevant now, since your post is 2004... but I think I read somewhere this song was written from or about the perspective of an adult performer. Don't quote me on the validity of this, though.... but it does seem to fit. | |
| Shellac – My Black Ass Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| threw* | |
| Shellac – My Black Ass Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Steve is a giant baseball fan, for those who didn't know. This either has some tie-in to maybe the negro leagues or MLB in general (the Satchel Paige part is definitely in the song, I knew my ears weren't deceiving me and it's nice to see the comments clarified that)... or he just through old Satchel's name out there for some reason. I always found it funny how Albini was a White Sox fan, but now roots for the Twins... can't even keep their own fans. :$ |
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| Eminem – Drug Ballad Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| you guys totally missed her joke. L7s.... | |
| Eminem – No One's Iller Than Me Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think it's simply called No One's Iller for what it's worth. That whole EP was nuts. I still remember the first time I heard it, sometime in '98 I think, and I wasn't quite yet a teen yet so I felt like I shouldn't be listening to it until my mom heard it and liked Eminem almost as much as my brother and I did. My cousin initially exposed us to him and made a copy of the Slim Shady EP on cassette tape for a drive down to FLA from Chicago on a vacation/trip. Then a flip-side cassette of The Slim Shady LP/Marshall Mathers LP, which I still have somewhere. This and Low Down Dirty are two of the best Em songs period, let alone on that EP (Just Don't Give a Fuck sounds a little different and is cool too). |
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| The Replacements – Fuck School Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| when i get a taste of music, i turn it right off.... | |
| The Replacements – Alex Chilton Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| yeah, that does make more sense and i always thought the same thing... but then in a live version i heard clear as day, he says runnin round the house with mickey mouse and MOM IN HER BATH ROBE, falling asleep with a flop pop video on... and its clear that it's flop pop or pop flop or something very similar.... my guess was that it was from his pov as a younger child. perhaps when the box tops were still active... though i dont know how old westburg would've been then and im too lazy to look it up, "mom in her bath robe" gives me memories of my childhood if i've ever had em... and maybe he called them the flop tops as a kid or something silly. but the mom in the bath robe line, thats definitely flashback material in my eyes | |
| The Replacements – Kids Don't Follow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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that's really interesting (the part about pirnier). i've always wondered about the beginning to the song and its origins... anyone know? if anyone comments on replacement tunes anymore..... |
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| Big Star – Don't Lie to Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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this song, the chatter before it, the whole thing... reminds me of the replacements. those two bands will always have a connection together for me man... great big star tune, change of pace from most of their stuff. has a bluesly, garage rock feel with a little cheesiness to it (in my opinion just because it isnt much like the stuff- as the other user said, in contrast to "thirteen" for example.... still a great song anyhow!). |
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| The Replacements – Alex Chilton Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| meant to write, "and in general just having too much talent..." .. not that the paragraph was structured properly anyway, but that part makes little to no sense as is so yeah. | |
| The Replacements – Alex Chilton Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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indeed..rip Alex & thanks for the tunes... also of note- Big Star's influence on the Replacements, especially their later work as they matured (or more so their later work I guess?), has always seemed evident to me. Both great bands, and both seemed very underappreciated- while having a cult following obv., they both seem like they held the commercial appeal most alt. rock bands that have made it pretty big have & hold (i.e. R.E.M., Radiohead, etc... not comparing music, but just talent & songwriting and in just too much talent to ignore*). One of my favorite Replacement tunes that I've been listening to more often lately (by no coincidence, to be perfectly honest). *maybe Big Star is more appreciated- esp. now that Chilton has passed and they've regained some mass appeal, but it seems like a lot of people just know the Replacements as that band the fill-in GnR guitarst played for in the 80s... perhaps my perception is misconceived, but I don't know. |
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| At the Drive-In – Bradley Smith Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| yuupp, fifi got it right from the get-go... and that guy or gal above cemented it. Good song... not everything has to be a metaphor for a metaphor. it's one of the firsT ATDI releases (officially) too, no? I dont remember + it's early... so spare me the guilt if I'm wrong. I think it's on one of the early EPs... it's old's all I know, 'cuz for yrs before I became a better pirate, I didnt even know about the EP. =[ | |
| Drive Like Jehu – Good Luck In Jail Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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yea, I'm more with Mzw but JohnnyDeath has the overall premise here too. The "Ged route" of the modern day... the type of guy who is stuck at home replacing the engine in his firebird all fuckin' summer that he bought on pinched pennies used, when he probably shoulda gotten a bigger car w/ more roomspace and a better job instead. Life is lame at the post-hs, pre-college... or middle of college (in my case) stage. there's not much else to do than get fucked, fuck, or fuck around on nothing- unless youre at a university or somehow landed that life job already. Most people are in this situation than others realize, I think... a lot of us put on a front and act like we have our life planned out at 22 and it's the furthest thing from that, and i live in a suburban white shithole thats probably middle-class, but pretty depressing nonetheless. i know people who would kill to be 22 again tho... this song reminds me of someone i used to know very well, and now know not at all (but for reasons unavoidable). |
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| Wesley Willis – Michael Jackson Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| heh you gals & guys think they're both ever gonna encounter eachother and have inpromptu sex in the afterworld? maybe at a gas station or on a train?? | |
| The Replacements – I Will Dare Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Well said. I think I've done that a'many mornings and nites. just a great song all together... probably my favorite Replacements tune. Just a perfect pop song with a gritty touch. | |
| R.E.M. – Crush With Eyeliner Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I THINK, PERSONALLY, COURTNEY LOVE IS SILLY AND THIS SONG IS REALLY ABOUT STIPE'S CAN OF ORANGE CRUSH (WEARING SOME EYELINER). K! |
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| PJ Harvey – Plants And Rags Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I've always liked this song a lot. No idea what exactly its meaning is derived from- but it seems to be a song based on a person (assumingly female) who is in a very murky & deep state of depression. I love how PJ Harvey's songs from album to album- even track to track, a lot of the time- can alter so much in mood, element, emotion... Take a song like this. Then compare it to a later work, such as Good Fortune. Or a ballad-like rock song like Dry. Or something like The River... Electric Garden. etc. The diversity in her music has always kept me interested and listening consistently- one of a few artists constantly in rotation on my playlist. Great music, great lyrics. |
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| Le Tigre – Eau d'Bedroom Dancing Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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thank you! That's the quote I was trying to find while everyone else spouted their mouths. Wow, she was 33 then? I think I actually remember reading that quote somewhere when it was fairly fresh (or whatever lol). If she's 39 or 40 now... then 2003, that wouldn't be off I don't think. I managed to see Le Tigre 4 times- once as an opener I think and I forget to who, and once at a festival thing (I don't remember what it was, but there were stages... almost positive unless I'm getting mixed up). Then I saw them two seperate times at a smaller theatre, and both were a blast. The last time I saw 'em they dropped confetti from the ceiling during deceptacon and they let some kids got up stage & dance (not sure if they were pre-selected from before the show or not- this venue form past experience isn't the most "user-friendly" or accessible to stage-diving and/or dancing, whereas some shows and smaller clubs I've been to it has happened spontaneously, most notably more than a handful of T(I)NC shows I went to- but they were definitely audiance members and from the crowd. Really memorable show because it was the last time I got to see 'em before they went on hiatus. I think I saw SK that yr put on an amazing show at a similarly-sized theatre, only much nicer and less of a dive + more floor room. But what I was going to say to everyone arguing over the drug/high/whatever debate- KH has written a lot in zines, articles, and spoken about this sort of thing in various interviews in the past. In Bikini Kill time when she had been putting out 'zines, one titled April Fools' day (I know that was only a few days ago, but I'm not kidding) dealt solely about addiction, ways to deal, etc. and a lot centered around her bouts w/ her own addictions. I'm in no way trying to slander her by stating this- infact the zine is one of the most inspiring reads I have had the pleasure to make it through (prolly 'cuz its only like, 30pgs. or so and a lot of lists & pointer-type pages, interviews, etc.) in awhile. I would recommend it to anyone who can find it cheaper than i did, since theyre all published in some libraries- i know a bigger one in ny for certain... |
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| Bikini Kill – Speed Heart Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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hahahaahahah that chocolate bar part I always thought said hamster ball! and maybe it's because the next song on the album was called hamster baby, but i swear to fucking god you can hear hamster ball i know hamster baby's lyrics are something like "where is your next show?/in honolulu" and some shit like that... but I've never seen these anywhere online up until now. Some of it sounds accurate to the posters credit. and i just noticed ricks' reply was 2006, god i need to let go of the past. lol |
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| At the Drive-In – Initiation Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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yeah, I too would like to see where I could look up this atdi groupie theory. I know about the whole napoleon solo thing and the two chicks from cedric's former band (the name of the band escaping me right now, but I just heard their album for the first time actully only a few weeks ago) getting in a car crash and all of that, but i had never heard of other stories of "groupies" dying. and i know that those two chicks were more than groupies. id just be curious is all, not doubting you. but i dont know where i'd even look for that sort of thing. what do i google, the hits "cedric" "girls" "groupies" and then maybe "weird final destionation-like death"? i mean.. seriously I always thought this song was about selena being shot by her tour manager, but i dont even remember when that happened and that was just a guess. these lyrics are too hard to dissect unless you have some straight-forward connection with the band. or they're just overglorified tongue twisters, whatever, the musics still cool (and a lot better than mars volta or sparta....to me anyway) |
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| At the Drive-In – Give It A Name Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Yeah, that's what I thought. This song gets to me lately. amantillado! at the top of your lungs i can't hear you anymore so take your diamond bland shaped tears and maybe i'll see you in twenty years and i will always wear your ring you know the one that turned my finger green Those lines. I met a girl who had moved to my town recently (from Texas, of all irony...). I stayed w/ her over the holidays/winter break due to lack of anywhere else to go at that point and some big issues I was having (and still am really), basically pushing myself on her at a point when she had only been in this city for about a month or so, and then I pretty much let my dumbass fall in love with her. She didn't feel the same way unfortunately and once I told her how I did feel, got the rejection thing, acted like an asshole, and then reluctantly apologized after I realized how much I fucked up a decent compromise, if anything, as she would've been a great friend (and hopefully someday maybe she will be...)... the whole process kind of damnpened our friendship it would seem, as we've barely spoke since and I haven't seen her in person since the day I left her apartment. I gave her a mood ring I had gotten out of one of those 20cent machines when I was like 7 (I'm in my 20s now...) the very night I got there- she was one of those girls who has every single type of odd-ball jewelry piece you can think of, from gun-earrings to little 8-balls. Cool chick, I really miss her. |
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| At the Drive-In – Initiation (Lamacq Version) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Heh, it's funny cuz I used to always my friends who dug TMV and ATDI that their lyrics seemed like a bunch of mishmosh poetry almost. 90% of it seemed to make absolutely no sense, and when I would read explanations most of those didn't help much. What i did notice as I got older, is a lot of these songs are really self-explanatory... hullahoop wounds for example, I doubt I wouldve put that correlation together when I first heard it. but this song? I always for some odd reason thought it was about Selena & her tour manager, and that whole shindig- but for all I know that couldve happened after this song was written. lol I know that I'm probably 100% wrong, but the first time I heard it that's what popped into my head. dunno why. it just sounded right. |
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| Wesley Willis – Eazy-E Tried to Kill Me (feat. Pimp Daddy Welfare) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| i wonder if they're giving eachother warhellrides in hell nowadays? | |
| Wesley Willis – Richard Speck Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This man is a dangerous human being! | |
| Wesley Willis – Michael Jackson Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Heh I used to eat @ the Carson's Ribs on cumberland (or was it Harlem?) all of the time. they had a badass pacman arcade system goin' in there. that lot is still vacant too, with the big ass building just sitting there. god bless wes | |
| Shellac – Copper Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Dhampir Boy, I quite like your write-up & explanation (on copper/silver/gold as varying conductives all with their own advantage vs. disadvantage). Being a geeky audio engineer, it all makes sense. As for the chorus- maybe it's a metaphor for Steve's path in the recording industry up to the point of at least writing that song. This song came out in the mid-to-late '90s, yeah? Steve being an analog loylist... when now there are so many other methods & ways to record an album. Everyone will always question Albini for being loyal to analog, even in 20 yrs from now when technology has expanded even more. "Copper- you'll never be gold" could mean a lot of things, but from the perspective of this song (and after reading your writeup) I would guess it is biting frusteration about balancing your roots and ethics vs. trying to make a living in a skewed recording industry. Copper- you'll never be gold (gold record? audio engineer?... despite Albini's well-known and revolutionary style for production, countless of records by mainstream artists he has put out, and all of the rest i can't cram intothis box before i hit X amount of characters or had an add-moment, his mechanisms are still constantly brought into play... "never be gold") what's interesting though. Compared to a lot of Shellac's music I've heard, this is one of the more straight-up gritty punk/rock & roll songs they ever put out. Sure it's noisy and has that albini sound still, but it is structured unlike most Shellac songs.. |
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