| The Rolling Stones – Ventilator Blues Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I think it's funny how literally some people take Rolling Stones' songs. They think Bitch is about an actual "bitch," or that Ventilator Blues is about a room lacking ventilation in Keith Richard's basement. Sure, that's what the books say, but you'll get much more out of the song if you don't go for the low-hanging fruit and really analyze what you're hearing. The song is about growing old and dying. In this case, a ventilator means a breathing machine, not ventilation for a basement. Listen... Lyrics: "When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake, Heart is bursting and you butt's gonna break." [--meaning: When your body is breaking down--] Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream, You feel like murder in the first degree. [--meaning: When love has grown old and spiteful--] Ain't nobody slowing down no way, Ev'rybody's stepping on their accelerator, [--people are ignoring their age, living faster / harder--] Don't matter where you are, Ev'rybody's gonna need a ventilator. [--but, eventually, everyone is going to grow old and die--] When you're trapped and circled with no second chances, Your code of living is your gun in hand. [--When you're too old to change the past or yourself--] We can't be browed by beating, we can't be cowed by words, Messed by cheating, ain't gonna ever learn. [--you're too old to be brow-beaten, intimidated, or suckered--] Ev'rybody walking 'round, Ev'rybody trying to step on their Creator. [--Everyone disrespects their parents / elders--] Don't matter where you are, ev'rybody, ev'rybody gonna Need some kind of ventilator, some kind of ventilator. [--but, eventually, you're also going to grow old and need a ventilator--] What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do? Gonna fight it, gonna fight it?" [--Will you?--] --- Then, the song doesn't really end, but transitions into "Just Wanna See His Face." That means these songs are linked. "That's all right, that's all right, that's all right. Sometimes you feel like trouble, sometimes you feel down. Let this music relax you mind, Let this music relax you mind. Stand up and be counted, can't get a witness. Sometimes you need somebody, if you have somebody to love. Sometimes you ain't got nobody and you want somebody to love Then you don't want to walk and talk about Jesus, You just want to see his face. You don't want to walk and talk about Jesus, You just want to see his face." [---To me, this implies that the character speaking in Ventilator Blues is either making or has made his final peace.---] :) |
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| The Rolling Stones – Bitch Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[Boss:22118] Man That's thanks to the late-great Bobby Keys, the Stones' long-time sax player, and Jim Price, who played the trumpet. The Sones' songs were always great, but when Bobby Keys and Jim Price were on the brass, the tracks became ultra sexy! | |
| The Rolling Stones – Bitch Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Hi, kids. Since this is one of my favorite and, arguably, one of the most underrated Stones songs, I felt compelled to create an account just to clear the record on this song. This song is about heroin. Period. Anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong. It’s not about a girl, and it’s not about cocaine. --- Lyrics: “Feeling so tired, can't understand it, Just had a fortnight's sleep” ---meaning: Heroin puts you to sleep, often for a very long time. “I'm feeling so tired, I'm so distracted, Ain't touched a thing all week” ---meaning: heroin use causes disjointed thoughts and short-term memory loss. I'm feeling drunk, juiced up and sloppy, Ain't touched a drink all night ---meaning: heroin use causes one to slur his/her speech, even though they’re not “drunk.” I'm feeling hungry, can't see the reason, Just ate a horse meat pie ---meaning: “Horse” is street slang for heroin. Yeah when you call my name, I salivate like a Pavlov dog ---meaning: Ivan Pavlov is the father of classical conditioning. He discovered that he could condition dogs to salivate with the ring of a bell, once they associated that sound with food. In the song, Jagger uses this as a metaphor to describe how he feels when he needs to fix. Yeah when you lay me out, My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright ---meaning: heroin literally “lays you out.” He’s excited to get his fix. Yeah, you got to mix it child, You got to fix ---meaning: you literally need to mix heroin before drawing it into the needle. it must be love, It's a bitch ---meaning: it’s a “double-edged sword.” Some authors claim this song is using heroin as a metaphor for love, but they have it backwards. The song clearly uses love as a metaphor for heroin! Sometimes I'm sexy, move like a stud, Like kicking the stall all night (meaning: This lyric has multiple layers. Heroin causes short-term euphoria (sometimes I’m sexy, move like a stud). Often, horses kick their stalls when bored or to get their owners’ attention to feed them. It’s a compulsive, addictive behavior in horses that Jagger uses to associate with getting a sex and/or drug fix. And, again, “horse” is slang for heroin, so the reference could not be clearer) Sometimes I'm so shy, got to be worked on, Don't have no bark or bite (meaning: heroin use can cause one to become socially withdrawn and literally avoid eye-contact with others). --- Additionally, it’s worth pointing out that the entire album makes various heroin/sex references, often juxtapositioning heroin use against love/sex. “Sticky Fingers” could be taken to mean sticky fingers from touching heroin (some types are sticky, such as “black tar” heroin), or it could have an obvious sexual meaning. “Brown Sugar,” another track from this album, also plays heroin use against sex. Some heroin is a brown powder, not unlike brown sugar (yes, “Brown Sugar” references sex with slaves, but taken in the context of the entire album, it’s clear that Mick/Keith were making a point about heroin use being like sex, and how they’re slaves to “brown sugar” in more ways than one). What a great piece of rock and roll and an epic, must-own album for any Stones fan. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Bitch Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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