| The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make? Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This lyric is like a sequel to Hand In Glove. | |
| The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make? Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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What difference does it make... if I love you? The speaker has just told the other that he loves them and they have recoiled. The relationship is over. The word 'prejudice' suggests that the person who has recoiled may have done so because the relationship is same-sex. |
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| The Smiths – Handsome Devil Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Sorry that should have read 'statement of opinion' not 'statement of fact'. | |
| The Smiths – Handsome Devil Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This is a character assassination of one of Morrissey's former teachers: "I crack the whip And you skip But you deserve it" The lyrics are written in the first person (I) but this is a device to lay bare the contents of the speaker's mind. This technique is confusing because the convention in pop music is for "I" to mean "me, the person singing the song", not some other character, as you find in literature. This teacher uses language with a flourish... language which Morrissey admires, "mammary, conjugal, etc..." but his sophistication is superficial and his motivations are base, i.e. lust. Morrissey is exploring what goes on inside this guy's head.... Morrissey suspects that his thoughts are full of sexual fantasies about his pupils. If you approach this guy with an innocent question (asking him the time) he will interpret it as a come-on. It doesn't matter whether the object of the speaker's lust is male or female... the song is about the speaker himself. Morrissey drops the technique of exploring another person's personality using a monologue.... within The Smiths' material anyway (can't speak for the rest)... because I think he realises that it works great in theatre but not in pop music. The next time Morrissey attacks his old teachers, he uses a much more straightforward bald statement of fact: "Beligerent ghouls run Manchester school, spineless swine, bastards all..." |
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| alt-J – Handmade Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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DIY tattoo? full stop mark made on skin (kids in my class would do this to themselves with a maths compass) 'scratch scratch now i'm bleeding' carving away at skin like making a wood carving - hand made this happened when he was a child? or when he was naive and innocent, i.e. childlike. childhood references - bears in the woods - 'are you sitting comfortably, then I'll begin' - "watch with mother" voice from old BBC early childrens prorammes - doesn't appear in the lyrics but is in the song. This is a sinister addition as it suggests the compliance of a child in a child-adult relationship: "then I'll begin..." |
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| alt-J – Intro (This Is All Yours) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think it's about the hateful predictability of music festivals only people with a certain amount of money can go to them which is why the demographic is so predictable - and these people behave like sheep 'the canon' is the repertoire of pop music which has been elevated to become a kind of 'establishment' through repetition and the acceptance of people who don't know any better |
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