| Rancid – 1998 Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| 11 years later...\r\n\r\nYou\'re not wrong, but I think the song is about both of them. in 76 the Ramones toured the UK, where Dee Dee famously hung out (and did dope) with Sid Vicious, hence "Hanging out with Sid yet again" sid being an allusion to both Sid Vicious and heroin. Dee Dee was still hanging out with "Sid" in 1998, literally living at the Chelsea Hotel in the suite Sid allegedly killed Nancy Spungen in. He wrote a horror novel while living there called "Chelsea Horror Hotel" | |
| The Ataris – Your Boyfriend Sucks Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I can understand why some people say the quote (which is from the movie "A Bronx Tale" - Good flick) does feel as though it matches the song, it, when taken at face value, really doesn't. The song is about a guy pining away in the "friend zone" because the object of his romantic desires prefers to date jerks. However, the situation in the movie portrays a teenage kid whose already established a mutual romantic interest. The quote is about testing the considerate nature of a "girlfriend" in a (quite honestly stupid) test. I see this as problematic for the simple reason that people more often than not tend to be more considerate of those they are romantically involved with than they are their friends. I'd reach over and unlock the door for my girlfriend. But if it was my buddy? Woman or man? Your consideration doesn't extend quite as far. I question if the intent of the quote was to cast the singer as in the role of the "kid" and the girl as the romantic interest, as that would be the most logical conclusion, since the song casts the "kid" as the victim and the girl as an indecisive idiot. However, art isn't always logical, so perhaps the intent was to cast the song-girlfriend as the "kid" and the ineffectual boyfriend as the self absorbed jerk who won't unlock the door. If the latter is the case then I would say the quote fits, but if not, it doesn't really, because the quote isn't talking about two friends, but rather, a young couple. |
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| Rancid – Time Bomb Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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It's about someone getting into the organized crime world: The second verse: the kid doing time in Youth Authority (prison for minors). Third verse: "he's runnin' numbers from the bar", implying that he's running the numbers for an illegal gambling operations that are often run out of bars and social clubs by the mafia. The Fourth Verse is the guy carrying out a killing to "make his bones". |
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| Propagandhi – Dear Coach's Corner Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song is pretty literal, so its not really much of a mystery to unravel. One of my fave p-gandhi songs, though. I'll do a thought by thought break down. "Dear Ron MacLean. Dear Coach’s Corner. I’m writing in order for someone to explain to my niece the distinction between these mandatory pre-game group rites of submission and the rallies at Nuremburg." Pretty obvious he's addressing this letter to Ron McClean the saner of two hosts of "Coach's Corner". He's asking Ron how he should explain the "rites of submission" (<-more on this later) in relation to the Nuremberg Rallies. Which, if you don't know, were the Rallies held in Nuremberg, Germany during the rise of the Nazi Party (~1933). " Specifically the function the ritual serves in conjunction with what everybody knows is in the end a kid’s game. " Here he's getting more specific and asking Ron how to explain the traditional events surrounding a cultural event (like hockey night in canada) when "everyone" knows Hockey, is, in the end, a kid's game? He's basically asking why do we have these "shows" which preface a kid's game that serve no other purpose than to "sell" the federal government to its people. He's implying that it's a form of indoctrination, indoctrination at the hands of a buffoon (Don Cherry). "I’m just appealing to your sense of fair play when I say she’s puzzled by the incessant pressure for her to not defy the collective will, and yellow ribboned lapels," This part is a little confusing. It's like he's asking how its fair to indoctrinate children, basically "getting to them" before they have a chance to make up their own minds (sort of like religion). Telling them they must support "the troops" etc.. "yellow ribbon lapels" I couldn't tell you what this refers to, though he's obviously referencing those ribbon's people button to their lapels to show their support of some cause. "as the soldiers inexplicably rappel down from the arena rafters (which, if not so insane, would be grounds for screaming laughter)." There have been some excellent explanations of this line already so I won't bother. " Dear Ron MacLean, I wouldn’t bother with these questions if I didn’t sense some spiritual connection. We may not be the same but it’s not like we’re from different planets:" He's basically saying look dude, (although I doubt chris Hanna calls people dude for some reason :P) we may not be beholden to the same virtues and values, but in the end, they are both humans who (more or less) grew up in the same cultural climate. "we both love this game so much we can hardly fucking stand it. Alberta-born and prairie-raised. Seems like there ain’t a sheet of ice north of Fargo I ain’t played. From Penhold to the Gatineau, every fond memory of childhood that I know is somehow connected to the culture of this game." This is just an explanation of how interconnected hockey has become in Canadian culture. And how this game has affected the many facets of his life, including many of his fond childhood memories. "I can’t just let it go. But I guess it comes down to what kind of world you want to live in, and if diversity is disagreement, and disagreement is treason,"" he's asking which sort of world you'd rather live in, one of diversity where people of all walks of life express differing opinions or one where children are indoctrinated from birth on what to think and believe? A world where to dissent is akin to treason. "well don’t be surprised if we find ourselves reaping a strange and bitter fruit that sad old man beside you keeps feeding to young minds as virtue." Basically saying Don Cherry is spreading the "bitter fruit" of his bigoted opinions to children, and people in general, I guess. " It takes a village to raise a child but just a flag to raze the children" In other words, it takes a multitude of people to raise a child, parents, siblings, extended family, teachers, jobs, etc, but it only takes one person waving an ignorant statement around to spread said ignorance. " until they’re nothing more than ballast for fulfilling a madman’s dream of a paradise where complexity is reduced to black and white. How do I protect her from this cult of death? until they are nothing more than the balancing structure for an ignorant man's idea of what the "perfect world" constitutes. Where he reduces the complex ideas of identity, culture, ethnicity, sexuality, etc.. into the simplest terms of black and white, which for obvious reasons, is not a good thing at all. AT least this is what I took from it. Some may disagree. :] |
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| Propagandhi – Dear Coach's Corner Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Awesome interpretation, but I believe the song is only half about Don Cherry, here's what I think: it's not really, entirely about Don Cherry, otherwise this hypothetical letter would be addressed to him and not Ron McLean. Don Cherry is often the unwitting tool of the establishment, and while I don't think he means any ill intent, his words carry a lot of weight and influence. Trouble is, his old timey "support the government, military and the status quo" does not mesh with the opinions of these modern times. But then you have Ron, playing second fiddle to this crazy old man. And you can tell Ron shares few of Don's world perspectives, and is just sort of sitting there going a long for the ride. The song isn't truly about Don Cherry in that it is more about how the hockey culture in Canada can and is used as a tool for the Canadian government to steer public opinions towards their espoused ideals and opinions, they've also used it as a venue to showcase their militant arm and making it seem like war, military, etc are an inescapable part of our culture. So he's asking Ron, how do you and "I" accept these truths and justify spending money and supporting a sporting league where the owners allow it to be used as a place to display "propaganda" (for lack of a better word) ? Clearly they both love hockey, but are uncomfortable with the fact that it can be used to sway public opinion in politics, war, and whatever else is on the docket. Yet Ron, is overshadowed by Don Cherry and often sits in silence while Don Rambles about governmental rhetoric. |
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