| Randy Newman – Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father Lyrics | 6 days ago |
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alone on the plain Please correct this line. |
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| Randy Newman – In Germany Before The War Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Randy Newman makes the feelings of a rapist personal, by switching the point of view from a story teller, to me 'thinking of the sea'. Then he goes a step further by making the fantasy of this murderer.. mine. "We lie beneath the autumn sky". Rather than gruesome, this is a touching poem. Randy Newman takes irony and sarcasm to a higher level, by this poem he does a similar trick; it's only clear if you want to understand it. |
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| Leonard Cohen – If It Be Your Will Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This is a prayer. Although I dislike religious thinking, the song touches me. Maybe because Leonard is bowing deep for the will of what he knows, he can't understand. Acknowledging the fact there is so much we humans are not geared to grasp, can't achieve, knowing not your ego is what matters. There is reassurance there, there is beauty in what you feel are your faults. |
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| I Am Kloot – The Same Deep Water As Me Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This song is used, appropriately in the series 'the A-word' (autism). The boy Joe sings along with the record at a moment there is a lot of family trouble. The father can't cope with his autism, wishes it away and feels he fails. His big sister feels too much responsibility and doesn't want to leave for university. I think this song means, don't allow your (negative) thoughts to overrule the love you feel. Let go of your fears and dramatic expectations, let love of life be the guide. It is a touching moment, for the beauty of the words and the song. |
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| The Kinks – God's Children Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[donutbandit:7461] and PursuitofLife: That's interesting information, thanks. Gives a better perspective than Ray Davies 'having found God'. Which wouldhave been a major putdown to my respect for him as a song writer. |
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| Klaus Nomi – The Cold Song Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[quamp:7456] This is indeed not a song of Klaus Nomi but a piece by Purcell, libretto John Dryden. Whether Purcell or John Dryden wrote the text of this aria, no idea. Changed attribution accordingly. The original aria is a fascinating piece of art on itself. Poetry of which there can't be a meaning given, it is about what it says (and it's chillingly beautiful and scary as hell at the same time IMO). The aria gets a new dimension by how Klaus Nomi sang it. He was an incredibly great countertenor and how he presented himself and this aria, will stay in our collective awareness forever. Klaus Nomi made history. |
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