Thats Entertainment Lyrics
When I hear it I think of someone in a less than standard living space just looking around. Instead of getting upset and mumbling curses about it he's found a kind of humour in it all.
My thumb almost breaks off trying to play this song. I don't know why.
Use a pick then... and if you are, loosey goosey baby, loosey goosey
Use a pick then... and if you are, loosey goosey baby, loosey goosey
None of Weller's examples were meant to be taken as entertainment-- he is obviously being sarcastic. He is describing the dire conditions of lower class life and what a sorry state it is when police sirens, the smell of petrol, the sounds of a burglary in progress, etc. are your chief form of entertainment. And I believe the lyric is "and the kicking of balls", not "a kick in the balls".
I think this brings out the feeling a lot of people have when your near 18 in an enlgish town or city watching all the goings on and thats what you do most weekends. Reminds me of my youth.
total_blam_blam is the only one who gets it right. This song is Sarasm in it's purest form.
It is about how depressing everyday British life is, but we mask it with a sigh of "that's entertainment". Is the pinnacle of our life really watching Eastenders and wishing away the days to our fortnight in Spain?
Such a sad, bleak song that is so easily misinterpreted.
A story of living in any dirty old town in England. A classic.
Ask me the meaning?
Life sucks, its mudane, trivial.
What is being described these are the things we see, the things we experience and the things we do to cope or convince ourselves that we might as well hang around for another day.
This song always makes me smile.
Very punk POV.
If you enjoyed this song: see Elenor Rigby, The Beatles.
This song is amazing - and if you didn't know, he came home from the pub absolutely pissed one night, and wrote it in 10 mins :D
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat - Lights going out and a kick in the balls -
That's fuckin genius!!!.
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"Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude"
"Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude"
Those lines always stuck with me about this song.
Those lines always stuck with me about this song.
this song gives me goose bumps and makes me fill up every time i hear it. this song was my life living on an over crowded, filthy council estate with my mum on benefits, these brilliant lyrics were how my life was and give great praise to the genius of weller.... i now own several properties and two successful businesses. thats entertainment humbles me to my roots
Takes me back to being out of work with nothing to do. Takes me back to my childhood too, parents struggling for money, can't afford to do much other than look out of the window in my rough part of Bradford.