| Bob Dylan – Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Lyrics | 19 years ago |
|
I definetely agee with the cynical thing. The lines Goodbye's too good a word, babe So I'll just say fare thee well and I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind You coulda done better but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my precious time among others definetely support that case. In the first lines I quoted, he's basically saying that she doesn't even deserve to be told good bye; thus he only states fare thee well, a lesser farewell statement. In the second set of quoted lines he's basically saying she was unkind (even to an extent if you consider the meaning literal) and then goes on to say she wasted his time. A wasting of time isn't something to be taken lightly, it's a serious attack on their relationship. I definetely think this is a bitter break-up between Dylan and his ex, and that she was mainly in the wrong. |
|
| Rage Against the Machine – People Of The Sun Lyrics | 19 years ago |
|
To Ghostly: The Aztecs were strictly Central America and are very much a huge part of Mexican culture. The Mayans, while primarily in southern Mexico, also existed in other Central American countries (Northern Honduras for example). More importantly though, the Mayan civilization died out way before Columbus, and their culture is not significant in this song. And the Aztecs, are known as the People of the Sun. Overall, without getting into all of the history and symbolism used, this is a Mexican (Hispanic, but specifically Mexican) unity song. It explains the punishment and injustices suffered by the indigenous Mexicans, as well as modern day Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. It's a rallying cry for Mexicans (and in a more liberal sense, Hispanics/ Latinos in general). |
|
| Rage Against the Machine – Bullet In The Head Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I agree with most of your interpretations. I would just like to add that "Bullet in the Head" is a statement from Orwell's 1984, in which the protagonist, who is at first independently minded in the end because a faithful follower of his government's propaganda. In the book, Orwell describes this as recieving a bullet in your head. | |
| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Oh and btw, czar can be spelled either CZAR or TSAR. Both are correct. | |
| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 19 years ago |
|
This song's lyrics are actually amazingly complex. We find ourselves being told by the Devil in first person, that we, humanity, should have some sympathy for him. But should we? The juxtaposition of Satan's politeness ("Please allow me to introduce myself") and of Satan's 'deeds' (Christ's cruxifiction, the Bolshevik Revolution, Germany's aggression during World War II, and the death of John F. Kennedy) seems a little perplexing. Obviously, this spokesperson is not to be trusted. If any doubt still exists as to whether Satan's asking for sympathy is benign, we get a threat from Satan (Use all your well-learned politness or I'll lay your soul to waste). Thus, the lyrics are not to be taken at face values; Satan is evil, and his beg for sympathy is a ploy. This ploy though, is a small set of a greater ploy; this ploy is brought up when Satan tells us, "But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game." In other words, Satan's ploy is to confuse us, to keep us from understanding evil, and in a sense, from making us committ evil for him. Who killed Kennedy? According to Satan, "after all it was you and me." Notice that the "you" came before the "me." Yeah, Satan played a role, but it was humanity that gave Satan a vehicle to actually commit the deed. Who decided Christ get cruxified? That's right Pilate, a human being did. Still, the "false gods" section of the song bothers me. I'm not really sure if this is Satan at all; it might just be some general evil or the nature of evil. The "false god" line really undermines Christianity, seeing how the English word "king" highly relates to the belief of the Christian God appointing someone to look over his land on Earth. Still, this song is unbelievably complex; it's almost like a novel in story song. It's definetely not to be taken at face value. Succinctly, the song is about how evil lulls us into a safe sense of security and apathy. We beleive we aren't to blame for the evil on Earth, but we are. |
|
| Nas – Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| One of Nas' classics. Although everything off of Illmatic is pure golden. | |
| Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
|
Yeah, I remember the California Raisins singing this song. I agree with the previous statements on how amazing this song is, and how amazing Marvin Gaye was. As to what the song means? Well, Mr. Gaye has heard rumors that his girlfriend/ woman/ significant other is cheating on him with her ex-boyfriend and is seriously considering leaving Marvin Gaye. Marvin Gaye is asking her how it's possible that he heard the rumors first before she decided to tell him vis-a-vis. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.