| Peter Gabriel – The Family and the Fishing Net Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Traditional culture (Mexico?) Premarital sex results in pregnancy And required wedding The creepy vibe - everyone feels trapped Thus the title, and the last couplet The family and the fishing net / Another in the mesh / The body and the flesh |
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| Devo – Shrivel-Up Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song is about sex (like many of Devo's songs). Specifically, the penis shriveling up after it has done it's thing :) There are a tonne of little hints: -the music sounds like it is "coming down" - the whole song is a denouement -the drip drip drip sound -"you can't go back" - after you come, you're done -"buy 'em by the sack" - yes also a White Castle reference, but the topic of this song also comes by "the sackful" -"can't get pissed" or you won't get it up -"may be just another rap / but you're running out of sap" is pretty obviously on this theme -"it's a god-given law that / you're gonna get small" clear enough |
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| Talking Heads – Papa Legba Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I love the beautiful and varied percussion in this one, a very underrated TH song. Papa Legba is invoked first and last in any Voodoo ceremony, as the mediator between the loa and the mortal world. The lyrics are quite literally describing / transcribing the ceremony. |
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