| Imogen Heap – Kidding Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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| Frou Frou – Psychobabble Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I do appreciate how songs can evoke different responses from different folks... But I'm surprised at how similar most interpretations of this are. Either a love song, or a stalker 'love' song, seems to be general consensus. Maybe I'm just taking it a little too literally, but between the inconsistencies in topic and the name of the song, I always took it as being the babble of a psycho. I find it very easy to imagine a girl sitting alone somewhere rocking back and forth, muttering all of this to herself. Whatever the subject matter, it's a fantastic song and I love it. |
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| David Bowie – Candidate Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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The music builds like an orgasm. Pretty fitting, given how sexual the song is... The Alternative Candidate is obviously extremely homosexual, which leads me to believe that Bowie's got a gay character in mind for Candidate regardless of the version, and nothing here contradicts that... And as we're all aware, I'm sure, our Candidate is a prostitute or something similar. So... A song, about a gay hooker, that plays like sex. I love this song. |
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| David Bowie – Space Oddity Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Given what all I know about the english, I'd have to say that, obviously, David Bowie- back in 1969- hopped into the TARDIS with Patrick Troughton, travelled to the year 1995, and saved Tom Hanks from being assassinated by Meg Ryan who was actually being mind-controlled by some new Dalek superweapon. Anyway, in thanks, Tom showed them the finished bits of Apollo 13, and Bowie was so impressed that he both made out with Tom, and wrote Space Oddity when the two went to get bananas from some mall or other. The Doctor told him that that would mess with all sorts of time causalities and such, but Bowie pointed out a record shop nearby, in which there were copies of Space Oddity, and The Doctor admitted that if it happened, Bowie should make sure that it still happens. So, Bowie gets partway through the song and gets writer's block. He's got no idea what to write. The Doctor decides that something has to be done about that, or there's no way the timeline will be preserved, so he grabs Bowie and takes them five minutes into the future to find out how The Doctor fixes Bowie's writer's block. Witnessing himself fixing Bowie's writer's block, he then takes Bowie one minute into the past, and does what he saw himself do. Bowie and The Doctor share a kiss, travel back to 1969, and Bowie releases the song and becomes a major star. |
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| David Bowie – Velvet Goldmine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love how liplex takes every song Bowie's written and turns it into some sort of yoga/chi thing. I'm being about half sarcastic, yeah, but also half serious. It's entertaining to see, even though it's... Flawed logic. Bowie was first and foremost a sexual superstar. He bendered da genders, he publicized bisexuality, and homosexuality... He took off his shirt, wore tight spandexy pants, and sang about mellow-thighed chicks, and how when you're a boy other boys check you out, and all that fun stuff. Yes. Velvet Goldmine is about intimate moments between him and a man. A lot of Bowie songs are full of deeper meanings, and a lot of them require no translation- this is one of the latter. |
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| David Bowie – Up the Hill Backwards Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Personally, I always considered it to be basically a more upbeat version of Quicksand. Bowie, singing about how everything's going to Hell, and managing to make it sound cheerful and fun. As far as an analysis of the title line goes, I'm not sure which, but I'd go with "up the hill backwards it'll be alright" meaning that up the hill, reversed, is downhill; and so either things are going downhill, but it'll be alright, or alternatively, that it's easier to go downhill than up. So just take a different approach to the problem, and it'll be alright. |
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| David Bowie – Magic Dance Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It iiis rather funny that someone posted this on SongMeanings... I don't think it's quite one of those songs you can analyze. It's not like it's the verbalized thought process of a man pondering how to rid the world of babies by the power of dance, like some sort of Pied Piper or something. Aaanyway- Bowie's still hot. Even at 60, I'd take 'im. |
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| David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Well, I get the feeling that the folks that are saying "It's about god, or the devil, or jesus, or Adam and Eve!" are rather mistaken. Bowie has never been big on religion. He seems to make a fair study of it, but every time he does a song that touches, or potentially touches, on religion, it's something like Saviour Machine, or Loving the Alien, or God Knows I'm Good- none of them even really acknowledging the force behind a religion, especially the christian one. So given that this song would seem to relate directly to, and give credibility to, one of those forces; I sincerely doubt that's the case. ... As to the meaning, I can't recall where, but I remember a long while back reading a short story about a man that was approached by an alien in disguise as a human. The alien met him in, I forget, a bar or something I think... And told him, since the man was a salesman of some sort or other, that he wanted to buy a bulk amount of basically useless items. He offered a ridiculous sum for them, too. The man accepted, and the alien forked over the money. That happened a few times- I think three or so, and the man was incredulous at first, in total disbelief that anyone would pay that much for junk, and eventually decided that the alien was nuts and an easy mark. The final transaction, the alien tells the man that he would like to buy Earth. The man, again just thinking this is some insane rich man, gladly accepts. The alien insists on a receipt, and then reveals what it is. The man is horrified at what he's done, realizing that he just literally sold the world. I honestly don't have the vaguest idea when it was written- I don't even remember the name, it was half my life ago that I read it, but it seems to me that if Bowie read that same story, this song would make a fair bit of sense in connection with that. The man and the alien have a chance encounter, passing upon the stair so to speak, they get friendly, the guy thinks he's in total control, and finds out he's the man who sold the world. Admittedly, there'd be some perspective issues there, we'd have to assume there's a lot of POV-shifting in the lyrics, but Bowie's good at that. And at any rate, I'm not saying that's the definitive meaning, but it'd fit, and it'd be interesting, eh? If Bowie can get inspiration from The Uncle Floyd Show, no reason to think he can't get inspiration from a story about a man unknowingly selling the world to an alien, especially given his Fascination (Sure 'nuff) with aliens. (Yeah, okay, bad pun. I just couldn't make 'loving the alien' work.) |
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| The Beatles – Maxwell's Silver Hammer Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's so incredibly obvious, if you'll just think about it for a second, what this song means. "Joan" represents the progression of science and technology, hence her apparent devotion to study. "Maxwell" represents the common people, objecting to change, who are quick to try to kill Joan out of fear. The silver hammer is representative of the legal system, which is why it's a hammer, akin to the gavel; it's justice. The teacher is enlightenment and higher levels of thinking, which Maxwell opposes because he fears that which is smarter than him. So, bang bang, Maxwell's silver hammer goes to work. When the judge comes into play, it's actually showing how all this came back on Maxwell- the legal system goes to work against itself, for these prior misdeeds. So, Maxwell's silver hammer smacks itself right in the face. No, I'm not serious. But that was fun. |
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