| Naked Raygun – Backlash Jack Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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‘Don’t touch the stuff, I think once is enough, his ears think the sounds, he dreams what he has found.’ Heroin, pure and simple. Latin Kings have a straight pipeline from Mexico to Chicago, and beyond. Why do people become junkies? Because, for some, it’s how they get through life. It works for them. I’ve personally met a few that just nursed their habits along for years, occasionally coming down but not to clean up; their tolerance had gotten too high, so they went through the withdrawals on their own, like a reset. One guy (who’d just shot up in his car ten minutes before) told me ‘if you don’t think you know any heroin addicts you’re wrong.’ But not to sound like a dick, he was just stating a fact. Then some chemist in Mexico started making Fentanyl and addicts started dropping like flies. This guy I knew was one of them, and he ODed and died. But addicts went crazy for that shit- they wanted that harder hit. I got hurt, couldn’t work, went on opioids. Funneled down to Morphine and Percocet for about a decade, until they stopped working. Withdrawing was insanity, literally. Banging my head on the wall, not showering because I couldn’t stand the thought of water hitting my skin, it was like going through a bad car accident about 15 times. Backlash Jack said it would happen to me. He wasn’t wrong. |
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| Naked Raygun – The Mule Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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This is my favorite NR song, though it’s a dark bit of wisdom that always makes me think of mass-shooters, spree killers, and psychopaths. Which I guess is the point. A mule is a sterile hybrid of a horse and donkey- Man playing God with basic science to his own end, and damn any bad outcome. The first verse is interesting- four lines describing a human/mule metaphor, the next four bringing the metaphor into a sociopolitical context. But it’s the third verse (or second verse following the bridge/chorus) that really drives the point home: ‘In a spiraling humanity’ (Population growing exponentially) ‘There’s a cycle we can see’ (Prediction of a killer) ‘In a throng’s monstrosity’ (Too many people, crowded) ‘Odds are there’ll always be a mule’ (A large cross-section of humans increasing the risk of at least one with psychopathy) ‘You never can predict / The mind of a lunatic / A mind so badly sick / With strange arithmetic’ The guitar solo part is cool, and really ties the whole thing together. Fairly simple and repetitive (but catchy), it’s a good illustration of the song’s intent rather than an obvious crazy-out-of-control guitar. The madness has a method, the runaway train is still on the tracks. But oh man, look out. Then slam- back into the bridge-verse, the second verse, and concluding with the bridge-verse. You almost expect a mic-drop. I was listening to this song when I saw the news about the Vegas Shooter. A weird moment of coincidence. Sickening... but I thought, Yup, there you go. Raygun said all this years ago. |
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| Sonic Youth – Theresa's Sound-World Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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The last time we saw Sonic Youth the people I was with wanted to hear this song over and over, on the way home. We must have listened to it more than a dozen times, and loud. This is my favorite SY track and it’s still a mystery. There’s a certain dialect in the words, maybe Southern Gothic. If you apply religion you feel closer to it. Theresa seems to be infirm to this world but far more intuitive to other dimensions. The music fits this well; it’s basic minor key then slowly becomes chaotic. Theresa might be deaf to this world but understands frequencies most people can’t hear, and she reacts with powers most don’t understand. She’s trapped but she’s also free in a sense of difference that those around her don’t understand so she’s sequestered and kept quiet. Imagine if an autistic girl had supernatural powers. This is just one interpretation. Next time I run into one of the Youth I’ll ask. |
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| Rancid – Poison Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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First, before I found the lyrics, I thought he said ‘And I spit in their eyes to annoint them’. Second, because of the word opium I took it to mean addicts coming around and trying to infiltrate their circle. I used to be close to a band and their circle of friends, and they were beer and pot people. Then cokeheads started coming around so I did some blow. But didn’t want to lose my friends so I stopped. I felt kinda protected with my people. |
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| The The – This Is the Day Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| It’s the second verse that always gets me- ‘You could have done anything...’ etc. Usually before large family gatherings I listen to this song, sob for a while, take a Xanax, and go show up wherever I’m expected. A lot of people told me for a long time how talented I am/was. I invested a lot of time, money, and energy toward that, and for nothing. I feel bitter and angry, and the flipside of that coin is sadness and despair. Treatment-resistant chronic depression. I attacked it aggressively for years and years. Now my memory is fried from meds and electroshock and I’m still in the same place. I could have done anything. Yeah... but the thing I couldn’t do was die. Suicide completion failure is such a hopeless thing. You think ‘I couldn’t even do that right.’ Everyone thinks I’m lucky- in many ways I am- but the thoughts that haunt me relentlessly every day make me want just one thing. To be forgiven. | |
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| Alice Cooper – Blue Turk Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I’ve loved this song since I was a little kid back in the early 70s but could never figure out the title. Then a few years ago when my wife was working for an entertainment magazine she said she was going to interview Alice Cooper and I said ‘Ask him one question for me- what does Blue Turk, the title, mean?’ So as she’s wrapping up she says ‘Hey Alice, my husband has been a big fan for a long time and wants to know one thing: what does Blue Turk, the title mean? And Alice chuckled and said ‘Yeah, that’s interesting, that’s the one song we never played live. {obviously, because of the jazz part} But the title- we had this song and couldn’t think of what to call it. So, because the jazz part in the middle reminded us of Beatniks we thought of what a Beatnik coffeehouse would call itself. And we thought ‘Blue Turk’. So after all these years I had my answer, straight from the source. So Alice and my wife chatted for a few more minutes but before she hung up Alice said ‘Hey, don’t forget to tell your husband about Blue Turk.’ I thought that was cool of him. Incidentally, Alice’s aunt lived down the street from where I grew up and my parents still live. My folks bought a house almost directly across the street from her, to rent out. This was over ten years ago and between renters I came in and fixed holes and then repainted the whole place for them. One day I didn’t make it over there. The next day my dad goes Hey, who’s that rock star guy with the makeup and snakes? And I go, Alice Cooper? And he says Yeah, he was over here across the street visiting his aunt last night, they took a little stroll down the block. And it suddenly occurred to me that I had read Alice was playing in town. And I missed my chance to meet one of my faves, just walking down the sidewalk. Oh, burn! Dammit. |
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