Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
So cool, calm and collected
You had a style, a rakish style
Well, my poor heart never connected
You'd stay so long on my mind
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world?
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
Looking back so long ago
You had a knack, a knack of making women know
Ooh, there wasn't the time
And I knew you'd never be mine
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world?
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl
Isn't it midnight on the other side of the world?
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
You had a style, a rakish style
Well, my poor heart never connected
You'd stay so long on my mind
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world?
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
Looking back so long ago
You had a knack, a knack of making women know
Ooh, there wasn't the time
And I knew you'd never be mine
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world?
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl
Isn't it midnight on the other side of the world?
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
The face of a pretty girl? (The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
(The face of a pretty girl)
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
When We Were Young
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This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
This is a great track and always makes me think of a certain person! I think 'the girl' she is referring to in the song is herself. This is a nostalgic track about someone she feel in love with but who would never be hers or just didn't feel the same. My impression is that she is still in love with this person and 'the midnight' part is about things not being set in stone and that in another time and place things could have possibly been different or that indeed they are! She is also hoping that this person thinks about her, 'the face of a pretty girl' from anywhere in the world.
My slant on it is that she is singing about a womanising male and she is hoping that he remembers her as 'the girl with the pretty face'.<br /> I also think it could be about that moment when, out of the blue you can find yourself thinking about someone and for no reason at all, maybe this track was written while the band were on tour, midnight in a hotel room on the other side of the world.
To me, this is a frustrated song, both in the lyrics and the music, IMO, It can be counterpointed quite well with one of Christine's other big tracks on the Tango in the Night album, Everywhere:
Everywhere is typical Christine McVie... Soft Rock (Or at least as Soft Rock as you can get with the instruments and style of the late 80s -- Very much in the same vein as Over my Head and Warm Ways from the Fleetwood Mac album). The word music and the words are about as schmushy as you can get.
Isn't it Midnight is dark, and that lets Lindsey Buckingham gain a greater prescence than in Everywhere. He gets full parts all the way through, and even gets a solo. The song's tempo is faster and more hustled than Everywhere, which adds to the frustrated feel. It's emptier than Everywhere, too. Especially in the verse, where just the four main instrumental parts play. There are no rhythmic 'tickles' (I don't know any better word than that, but I hope you know what I mean) or additions here. Lindsey's solo is somewhat distressed.
Lyrically, I'd imagine this one was about infatuation with a man. 'Midnight' can be time for inner reflection, and I feel that the singer is spending her inner-reflection-time thinking about this man. Because she is infatuated, she wants this man to be thinking about her own pretty face during his midnight. To me, the 'other side of the world' means she does not even know him well enough to know where he lives.
song means lots. it's amazing! get commenting people.
My favourite non-single Fleetwood Mac, could be my favourite song altogether actually. I wish I knew more about the meaning of this song.
i love this song!!! but i am very confused as to it's meaning. it the singer a lesbian? because yes, it's a female, singing about a girl with a pretty face. then she says: You had a knack, a knack of making women know Ooh there wasn't the time And I knew you'd nver be mine pr maybe she's talking about a daughter...?