| Blur – Fool's Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The tune is much simpler than deeper meanings assumed. It is reminiscent of that older Blur 'daily-observance of British life' Parklife-style of writing a la Madness and The Kinks. While no doubt some lines are not immediately understandable or may be symbolic/personal to Damon, this seems quite straight forward to me: Blur have gotten back together in early 2010 to cut a single. Damon's daily routine on the way to the studio is reflected in the lines - waking up, tv on, coffee/tea, breakfast, kids to school, biking to the studio, etc. The latter part of the song really hits on the 'reunion' of Blur. - "just can't let go" and "a shared love of music" - "civil war" (in fighting an tension leading to the original band breakup), - "don't capitulate...to the marketplace" (theyre not doing this for the money but just because they like playing together) - "consolidate" (getting the band back together) - "a cold day in springtime" (when the song was recorded prior to its release on Record Store Day in April of 2010. |
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| The Clash – Car Jamming Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Sounds like a very stream-of-consciousness approach to lyric writing...most of Combat Rock was written this way. I see this song as Joe Strummer using a car jam (being stuck in a traffic jam) in NYC as a vehicle to observe society circa 1981. Imagine him sitting in the car, paused at a light, looking around the avenues and connecting some dots of modern day problems of American culture. And, yes, he seems kinda high too. These lyrics fall in line with the Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver) worldview of a man-on-the-edge perspective-of-society...a la Red Angel Dragnet and Straight To Hell. As Stoner_77 says above, Verse 1 reflects on the Vietnam War vets trying to adjust to "normal" life, yet is the urban jungle any different than the Vietnamese jungle? Verse 2 expounds on this notion of "society as a jungle" (un)equating the 'haves with the have-nots' with animals, bankers, homeless, etc. Exhaust heat coming from bankers' buildings to warm the homeless - indeed an "accidental kindness". The 3rd verse, to me, seems like Joe began another stanza trying to incorporate themese religion, masses, culture worship, third world black markets, etc. In the spirit of a cool, edgy, drugged-out vibe (which Car Jamming really is musically) he shouts out from the back seat "Hey fellas, I thought I saw Lauren Bacall!" A look-a-like walking down the street? The other band members respond in disbelief, and the song sorta ends in a laugh. |
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