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Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
or maybe one of these days eugene is going to cut you into little pieces. just an observation.
Echo AeroLed286 on this one. I remember thinking "Hey, I didn't know Ray Manzarek played with them, and Iknow a lot about the Doors" the first time I heard it. The guitar is cool, right, but it's nothing compaired to the feeling, the creeping and shivering atmosphere led by the organ... and the progression to the sheer madness of Roger's shout... This guy is really insane. Hopefully he had music to express it, rather than becoming a psychokiller... (note to all Roger's fans out there : I'm joking...)
naww-Pink Floyd used to like to give nonsense titles to thier songs. I think the title is a joking PLAY on axe murder AND playing on the guitar-or axe; I think this is just a vivid dream, that comes to climax, then recedes. I love the way the song quietly and delicately builds to a crescendo, then just as delicately fades away....the middle eastern scales add a sense of sensual mystery to it all. the song was meant to be appreciated as it was under the influence of acid or pot-it had its own meanings howerver covert.
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Just had to post and say that this was one song that scared me when my older brothers would play it back in the early 70's- I probably was about 4 years old.
Anyway, the way that I interpreted this song (thanks to my brothers) was that not only was the song about an axe murderer, but a cannibalistic one.
Now I'm going by the version on "Relics"- so follow me as I try to explain as best as I can. The best hint about this comes near the end of the track:
5:24- drums have dropped out of the song, bass plays cycling two-notes, keyboard notes ebb down the scale. Eugene's victim is near death and quickly fading away.
5:26- sound of lips smacking. Eugene begins his feast.
5:30- squeak noises. Innards of victim being devoured.
5:40- sound of lips smacking. Eugene has consumed his "prize" and finishes with a satisfied "ahh!" as the song ends (turn up volume to hear this)
Hey, I'm willing to admit that I may be way off the mark, but this has been my view of the song for the past 30 years.
Down down... out loud... the stars are screaming... baby cry...
I’m much more familiar with the Ummaguma version, but along the lines of the axe murderer theme I imagine the repeated whispering of “careful with that axe, Eugene” being the voices in the crazy guys mind and the since they keep repeating and getting louder he screams and then makes his kill which is the second scream.
An axe murderer claiming their latest victim... played out through music.
The first part is where he's sneaking around... muttering gibberish but generally keeping quiet... then the adrenaline builds up as he gets closer to the victim... then eventually, once they're within reach, he takes to them with his trusty axe :-).
Then we hear the scream of the victim as they realise what's coming to them. That's where the band kicks in and it all goes ballistic... as killer and victim flail around wildly. Then it starts to go quiet... as the victim's life slowly leaves them and then everything slowly fades out....
They did something very similar when they played 'Cymbaline' live in the late '60s, with the sounds of footsteps walking around the venue.
I think 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene', is actually supposed to be phrase the killer says to the victim just before he kills them... like it's his catchphrase he uses before each killing.
And only Roger Waters could create such a violent, depraved character and then call him Eugene :-).
good post
Maybe the whispering "careful with that axe Eugene" is a voice inside the killers head, but Eugene decides not to listen. Or maybe he just carefully swung the axe into the victims back!
ch0gan is most definitely correct, it is about an axe-murder. But one thing, I feel that the slow, quiet part is a killer and someone he knows sitting down and having a silent, sort of awkward moment. Then Eugene grabs an axe, not knowing what's going on, the victim says "careful with that axe, Eugene." The intense part is the actual killing.....blah....blah....blah
it's definitely an murder scene that this song is describing. there is no band like Pink Floyd when it comes telling a story through an instrumental song. that scream made me jump the first time i heard it. i hope i'm not the only who jumped...