| Foy Vance – Gabriel and the Vagabond Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Beautiful song about hope and the role we can all serve in helping those in need - no one is unredeemable or beyond hope. Even more so, the broken, the meek, or the poor are often the ones whom God uses to do his work- whom he shows his love to more openly. In the Bible, Gabriel is God’s archangel. The Vagabond who receives hope from Gabriel begins to praise God and call to other people in the street: “there’s someone here you gotta meet.” While Gabriel is gone, the person whom the public needs to meet is Jesus, the savior of the world sent to reconcile our sin and get us closer to God- to a world where there will be no poverty or addiction or hopelessness. In the bridge of the song The Vagabond and the young girl, say “we are the voice of one crying in the wilderness.” This is a quote from Isaiah and again in Matthew 3:3 where John the Baptist is described as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’” John the Baptist was misunderstood by many, just like the Vagabond and the girl. But he preached of the coming of Jesus and gave hope to many, similar to what the characters do in this song. Truly a beautiful song about victory and hope for the (seemingly) hopeless. An epic depiction of the power of the Gospel. |
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| The Clash – Lose This Skin Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[sangsue:31393] I know the Clash didn't write IFTL. The original song lyrics are "lost my girl and I feel so bad, guess my race is run." But on the live album From Here to Eternity, Joe sings "Killed my girl and feel so bad." In my comment I was pointing out that this lyric, along with some lines in Hateful: "this year I've lost some friends," and in Lose This Skin: "that's not him anymore, he's dead," may be about Sid Vicious. |
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| The Clash – 1977 Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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One of the best songs from their early days. Always liked the “1984” ending to reference Orwell. Also interesting that the song’s sudden ending at 1984 -sorta- predicts the end of the band’s career |
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| Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Ramshackle Day Parade Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[phoebe9261:25293] thanks for this. you nailed it. This song is a masterpiece and I’m thankful Joe got to share it before he left us to lead the parade. | |
| Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Coma Girl Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[jbravo23:25292] amen. | |
| Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Burnin' Streets Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Not sure when anybody will read this But I’ll have a go. This has always been one of my favorites from Streetcore, which is definitely some of Joe’s finest work. In the Mescalero years his lyrics show this wise and almost father-like attitude toward his listener. I think Joe saw how crazy the world was becoming and knew we had to get ready. “London is burnin’, don’t tell the Queen”, seems like a casual self-quote - an inside joke between himself and his fans. Now that he’s older the lyrics change meaning to an idea of, “Yes, it’s still burning, and it’s only getting worse because no one’s trying to put it out.” No one seems to know the right lyrics for the next line. I don’t believe “speak garage” means anything, so although it sounds correct I wanna find the real lyric. Right now I read the line, “Somebody tried to speak out and then they burned down Bethnal Green” I’ve read before that the 9/11 attacks really affected Joe and I think you can sense it here. Ramshackle Day Parade talks about the event, but Burnin’ Streets is about how culture, politics, and the whole world was changing at the time. I can’t even imagine what he’d have to say about 2018. God bless Joe Strummer. |
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| The Clash – Lose This Skin Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Get the damn lyric right: “Turn a head to see”...ought to be obvious Weird, beautiful song. Stands out from other Clash songs mainly due to Tymon’s strange singing, but also because of the darker lyrics. “Come with me, I thought he said, But that’s not him anymore, he’s dead” Is likely a reference to Sid Vicious’ death. Basing this on previous Clash references to Sid: 1) I fought the law (live) - “killed my girl and feel so bad” 2) Hateful (song is about drug addiction) - “this year I’ve lost some friends” This song has a recurring theme of someone wanting to be somewhere they cannot physically be. 1) Lot’s wife looking back on their hometown which is being destroyed/she dies. 2) Can’t “come with me” because “he’s dead” now. So I’ve always interpreted it as the singer longing to “go away on a ride” to reach outside of their mortal body, literally losing this skin. But he considers others who have already “lost this skin”: Lot’s wife, his friend, etc and comes to conclusion that it’s “so free it looks like lost to me.” |
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| The Clash – Clash City Rockers Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[colabottle:24899] Clash fans who spend a lot of time talking about “Should I” or “Casbah” probably aren’t real Clash fans. | |
| The Clash – Clash City Rockers Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[BoHo:24898] the lyrics truly describe the way one feels living in London | |
| The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[ntwjones:24896] @[twintails:24897] You have to consider, they also wrote a song that says “if you wanna survive you better learn how to lie” and another “deny, you’re such a liar” on the same album. Gotta take each song as its own separate experience |
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