| Disclosure – Latch Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song has got kind of an eerie feel to it - gotta give it to Disclosure and Sam Smith for creating such an excellent and well-crafted tune. I think that what's great about this song is they took the traditional love song idea of, "let's make this a serious, exclusive thing", but they've given it this kind of weird, paranoid, obsessive undercurrent. "Latch" as a word can mean the way it's used in this song, to be about latching up or tying the knot so to speak, but it usually has that much creepier, parasite connotation of "latching on to" someone or something. So, in short, it's a love song that's about an unstable person wanting to lock down their partner so that they won't have to be alone anymore, and really hyper-fixating on that aspect of the relationship. |
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| Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin' Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Enlightenment is Fallacy: A Post-Colonial Reading of Chromeo's "Bonafied Lovin" Spincycle's observation that the central argument of "Bonafied Lovin" is a rejection of enlightenment principles is an astute summation of larger themes in the Chromeo canon. When Dave 1 croons, "'Cause you can't compete with a man like me/ And that's just how it works", he is mocking a traditional logical process -- the because/therefore logic (Macklovitch). Ironic statements like these are typical of the middle period Chromeo works and reflect the maturing political views of Dave 1 and P-Thugg. Dave 1 and P-Thugg had just begun their attempts to bring peace to the Israeli-Palestine conflict before the release of "Fancy Footwork". Through a series of concerts and dialogues between artists in the embattled Gaza Strip, Chromeo sought to reject previously held biases and schemas that were clouding the views of the body politik. Also, Chromeo. is n control. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Colleen Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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So, I'm running with this, having taken it from the "Chicago Reader", but "Colleen" can be seen as a story about the expectations and gender roles placed on women, and, in Colleen's case, her hidden desire to break from these roles. "I was blessed among all women, To have forgotten everything." seems to say that the luckiest women are those that do not think or question or remember a life before servitude and "the gilded cage". Joanna references that Colleen, despite her inability to keep plants alive, is starting to go down the path towards motherhood, that her subconcious dreams of "a funny sea, as soft as a newly born baby", which she cannot grasp entirely. But this aching is interrupted by a deeper self that is angered at Colleen for having not only abandoned her wild and free roots, but has, in a certain way, lashed out against them. The most pivotal line, "is that my very own baleen?" reveals the link between victorian era (or any era, really) roles for women and the ocean. While the ocean serves as a metaphor for freedom from the expectations of men and society, it can also be read literally; the ocean has always represented the great unknown, a place that we once came from but can never truly return to, despite our best efforts to. But I digress. Similar to the painting, "The Gilded Age" in which a woman looks out her window longingly at the dancing gypsies, Colleen comes into contact with some travellers from the sea, whose leatherbound book reveals to Colleen her connection to the ocean. It must be noted that it was not a book found in a study, or given to her by a scholarly man, but travellers from the ocean, living a free life out on the sea. Colleen is deeply connected to a life she does not lead, a life of freedom and seafaring and no expectations. In the end when she dives into the ocean and forgets everything, the story has come full circle: She was taught all of the things of servitude and womanhood to wipe from her mind the memories of her old life, one that society puts on par with being a "thief or a whore", but now she has forgotten all of those things, " so, soon", as Joanna aptly puts it. And yeah, the squeak is brilliant. I'd be hard-pressed to find another song where the chorus of the song is just a little yelp in the middle. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Colleen Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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So, I'm running with this, having taken it from the "Chicago Reader", but "Colleen" can be seen as a story about the expectations and gender roles placed on women, and, in Colleen's case, her hidden desire to break from these roles. "I was blessed among all women, To have forgotten everything." seems to say that the luckiest women are those that do not think or question or remember a life before servitude and "the gilded cage". Joanna references that Colleen, despite her inability to keep plants alive, is starting to go down the path towards motherhood, that her subconcious dreams of "a funny sea, as soft as a newly born baby", which she cannot grasp entirely. But this aching is interrupted by a deeper self that is angered at Colleen for having not only abandoned her wild and free roots, but has, in a certain way, lashed out against them. The most pivotal line, "is that my very own baleen?" reveals the link between victorian era (or any era, really) roles for women and the ocean. While the ocean serves as a metaphor for freedom from the expectations of men and society, it can also be read literally; the ocean has always represented the great unknown, a place that we once came from but can never truly return to, despite our best efforts to. But I digress. Similar to the painting, "The Gilded Age" in which a woman looks out her window longingly at the dancing gypsies, Colleen comes into contact with some travellers from the sea, whose leatherbound book reveals to Colleen her connection to the ocean. It must be noted that it was not a book found in a study, or given to her by a scholarly man, but travellers from the ocean, living a free life out on the sea. Colleen is deeply connected to a life she does not lead, a life of freedom and seafaring and no expectations. In the end when she dives into the ocean and forgets everything, the story has come full circle: She was taught all of the things of servitude and womanhood to wipe from her mind the memories of her old life, one that society puts on par with being a "thief or a whore", but now she has forgotten all of those things, " so, soon", as Joanna aptly puts it. And yeah, the squeak is brilliant. I'd be hard-pressed to find another song where the chorus of the song is just a little yelp in the middle. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| In response to those who are wondering about "skin stirred into my tea", when I'm stirring tea, I'm usually brooding over something, or looking into the distance, day dreaming. So "your skin is something that i stir into my tea" to me means that this person is someone that she thinks about in the mornings, that she ponders over and then lets warm her inside and out. But I love the milk or sugar compliments her well idea as well. | |
| Joanna Newsom – Only Skin Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I know we shouldn't use songmeanings as a place to chat, but I saw her last night at the Great American Music Hall in SF, and she was incredible. And more so than just her, EVERYONE was incredible. The opening act was an accordian player and what looked like a lute player, and they basically just jammed together. Anyway, shouldn't be using this space for this, but she was amazing AND to top it off played 2 new tunes for us, one of which felt like a Mender song and another felt like a crazier Monkey and Bear. Definitely worth more than 21 bucks to see her live. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Only Skin Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Does anyone else think this Annelise person is freaking awesome? I mean, no joke, I'm as crazy about Joanna as the next person, but the extent to which this girl has made the beauty of the intricacy of Joanna accessible to all is incredible. Joanna Newsom is in debt to you near as much as myself, Annelise. Thank you. If you'd care to post what else you listen to, I'd be much obliged. As for this song, I haven't had the chance to sit down and analyze it either, but I know that one of the things I love about Joanna is the connections I make between her lyrics and my life. "I see the blossoms broke and wet after the rain little sister, he will be back again" recalls for me the year before I left for college and how my own sister and I's relationship in some ways came to a close. Truly beautiful, though not quite as catchy as "Cosmia". |
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| Joanna Newsom – Sawdust and Diamonds Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Without reading the whole thing, and just commenting on the first and last stanze in the song, I'm pretty positive she's talking about eternity. There was an interview with Joanna where she said that all her songs are an attempt to remake a dream she had when she was a little girl about these dogs and cats with party hats, but anyway, there were these stairs, and she had these sense that they were eternity. Check it out at Milky Moon. So, there's probably more, but I thought that was pretty cool. | |
| Joanna Newsom – Peach, Plum, Pear Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Where can I buy "Walnut Whales"? I'd like to know. | |
| Joanna Newsom – Three Little Babes Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| How come it says there are 42 comments. Where'd they all go? Anyway, this is an old traditional, right? Anybody know where from? Any story? | |
| Joanna Newsom – Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Your skin is something that I stir into my tea. Oh, I knew how that was for so long, but words never expressed it as beautifully. Thank you Joanna. | |
| Joanna Newsom – Bridges and Balloons Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Well, going out on a limb, and I know I'm wrong, but I feel like the song is about someone that Joanna loved "My love", and how they were kind of someone who didn't quite have the lust for life that Joanna had, and so she took them out sailing, and how at first they didn't enjoy it but as time went on, "A Thimblesworth of Milky Moon can touch hearts larger than a thimble". | |
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Anointed One Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| ya, my girlfriend is convinced it's all about him. I'd believe it. but it's probably a double-meaning one. There's a song , I can't remember, but it feels like there are parallels being drawn between two different things so as to not have to go either way. | |
| Broken Social Scene – Cause = Time Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I thought it was about all those priests sexually abusing the children. Good song, anywho. | |
| Ben Folds – In Love Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I like it. I wish more people would do what Shatner does, or Shatner would do what he did with Common People and LSD more often. I think in some ways it has more emotion than plain singing, because, seriously, when i'm emotional, I don't go and sing it all out. Usually... | |
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – I'm A Ghost Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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There's a common phrase, "You'll miss me when I'm dead", and I think that is the mentality of this song. He is fantasizing over the idea of being dead and coming back to a lover and asking the questions you would ask when you were dead, doing the things that you never could in life. "Why did you not talk to me?". He is probably not really "dead" either, as he says, "If I can talk 'til I'm dead and still not get in your head," I think it's a pretty interesting topic to tackle with a song. Kudos Ted Leo. This is a great album except for one song. Go buy it. |
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| Iron & Wine – Weary Memory Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Pretty straight-forward. There are all these things of a woman he has loved that has died, or left him, but death seems more like it. Cool song. Reminds me of NY. (Neil Young) | |
| The Shins – Girl Inform Me Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| the fart interpretation is funny though. And I wouldn't put it past ol' Jim Mercer. | |
| The Shins – Young Pilgrims Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| To me, it's about being different. James Mercer isn't someone who applies himself to the textbook "lofty tales", he doesn't want to live the normal life. The song is about taking life in your own hands, and not taking the other ways. Sometimes it might take you down Chutes too Narrow, but that's the inherent risk in life, is it not? Beautiful, Catchy song. | |
| Ben Kweller – In Other Words Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The butterfly line has always felt mis-placed for me as well. I like the feel of this song, mostly because there are a lot of other songs that sound just like it. But the truth is, Ben Kweller often will put awkward phrases into his songs. "Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti", what the heck? the butterflies thing is someone trying to hard to make something metaphorical that isn't. That "someone" is Ben Kweller. | |
| The Shins – Kissing the Lipless Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| "The Lipless, who bleed all the Sweetness Away". I like to think that "Kissing the Lipless" means trying to make something work that you know shouldn't. Trying to mend a relationship where all the sweetness has bled away, but eventually you realize all you're really struggling with is, how "it's hard to leave all these moments behind". | |
| Bob Marley and the Wailers – Is This Love? Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The lyrics are simple enough, but it is one of those songs that has the feel of love for me. There are few songs that capture it as well as this one, and Bob Marley has many more songs of different subject matter and caliber, showing his ability as a songwriter. | |
| Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Dan Fitz, that could be a song in and of itself. I agree with you, that people should be happy with what they have, and only take what they need. BUt why does the sun want steak? | |
| Cat Stevens – But I Might Die Tonight Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| A dad telling his son to be just like him, but the son is saying, "I could die tonight, and that would make it all nothing, so why not live in the moment?" It's kind of a Harold and Maude-esque theme. | |
| Cat Stevens – Hard Headed Woman Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think he's saying, there's a lot of people out there who just drift frrom place to place, and don't really care about anything "fancy dancers", and he's tried relationships with them, and while they're fun, he wants a woman he can settle down with. A "hard-headed woman" to me seemed like a stubborn woman, but I think he means someone who can stick it through tough times. | |
| Television – See No Evil Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Ignorance is bliss. I think that's the message really. | |
| Television – Marquee Moon Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think that this song is about coming to that crossroads in your life, or at least when you come to question where you are going in your life. In the first part, he's talking about a dark time in his life, when he remembers that strange things were happening, but he was paying attention to looking for something else. In the chorus he is talking about how just being one of the hive made him get laid, but he still thinks of where it all started and where it all ends. And he's underneath this Marquee Moon, which I'm taking to be just a metaphor for the changes you must take in life. In the man verse, it's pretty straight-forward, and then the Cadillac lines are about how he tries to take a stab at getting away, but instead is dropped back out in the graveyard. Maybe the message is that "As hard as you try to change, you're always going to end up back in that graveyard." Wow. Cool. | |
| Pavement – Here Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I don't know what it's about, but it gives off this kind of warm yet cold feeling, like, everything is wrong, but okay. I get the feeling he is singing about some girl who is alone, and tells bad jokes.... Okay, well all I know is that I really like it and play it a lot because it's pretty damn simple and I like making up other lyrics... but I always keep that crotch mavens and one-night plays line. It always makes me feel like happy to be where i am..... the drug-trip ends now... | |
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