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| Defiance, Ohio – Grandma Song Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The correct lyrics are:
"And how are you feeling? All the white in these hospital walls can't quite wash out your tired weak eyes." |
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| Oi Polloi – Sell-Out Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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It's clearly about folk 'selling out' and going against all the values they used to hold. |
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| Oi Polloi – Mindrot Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Fae Wikipedia:
"'Bread and circuses' is a phrase that can criticize either government policies to pacify the citizenry, or the shallow, decadent desires of that same citizenry. In both cases, it refers to low-cost, low-quality, high-availability food and entertainment that have become the sole concern of the People, to the exclusion of matters that some consider more important: e.g. the Arts, public works projects, human rights, or democracy itself. The phrase is commonly used to refer to short-term government palliatives offered in place of a solution for significant, long-term problems" |
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| Oi Polloi – The Right To Choose Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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There's also a wee bit that goes:
"Abortion clinics bombed, medical staff shot and murdered - a sinister campaign of right-wing terror. We're not just talking about a bunch of religious fanatics trying to impose their views on everyone else - the issue of abortion affects us all as it is the doorway through which many people are brought to the broader reactionary agenda of the new right. SPUC, Operation Rescue, the BNP - make no mistake about it - unless we take on the nutters and fight we'll lose the right to choose" |
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| Babyshambles – Lost Art of Murder Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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"You said too much, you been too unkind"
A reference to The Cure's Boys Don't Cry perhaps? "But I know that this time I have said too much, been too unkind"...
Pete seems an unlikely fan but considering how similar the start of There She Goes is to The Lovecats, it isn't a huge jump. |
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| The Organ – Can You Tell Me Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I'm pretty sure the first line is "I skateboard to your house in Fall", as in autumn. Would make more sense I think and it would also rhyme more with the second line.
Great song. :) |
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| Propagandhi – Nailing Descartes to the Wall/(Liquid) Meat Is Still Murder Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The full title of this song is 'Nailing Descartes to the Wall/(Liquid) Meat Is Still Murder'.
Rene Descartes was a 17th century philosopher who postulated that animals are merely biological machines who cannot suffer or feel pain, and that any reaction they might have is purely mechanical. Descartes is at least partly responsible for the prevalence of this view at at the time. As a result vivisection was carried out without anaesthetic for many years, and indeed is still carried out today. |
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| The Organ – Let the Bells Ring Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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According to The Organ's website, the line is "I treat myself... so I treat more", not "I dream of death". And then "I take a sword in my hand", although it does sound more like 'hold'. It should also be "When I spin touching you's less of a chore".
This song's really beautiful. |
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| Morrissey – Skin Storm Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This is a cover of a song by Bradford, who supported Morrissey at the Wolverhampton gig in '88. |
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| Dead Can Dance – American Dreaming Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I'm pretty sure the first '???' you posted is:
"Feel alone in the brands of rapture
And leave alone for the loss"
And the other '???' line is:
"Here alone on the grounds of allegiances we've left behind"
And of course the word before 'somnambulistic' is just 'forlorn' again.
Hope this helps. :) |
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| Morrissey – Dear God, Please Help Me Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Hmm. I'm quite skeptical of the view that the song's about his love of Rome because of the verse:
"Will you follow and know
Know me more than you do
Track me down and try to win me"
It seems to me that someone following him and tracking him down would apply more to a person than a city. |
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| Morrissey – Sunny Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I think it's about the boxer Sonny Liston.
"Punched and fell then you felt embarrassed" - there was a famous bout Liston had with Muhammad Ali, where he was knocked out in the first round. It is alleged that he threw the fight to pay off debts to gamblers.
He died of a drug overdose, and was supposedly found with a syringe in his arm, which would fit with the third verse. |
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| Morrissey – Mexico Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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In the album version of this song, "If you’re rich and you’re white you’ll be alright" is changed to "If you're rich and you're white you think you're so right". |
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| Morrissey – Pashernate Love Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Yes, it's titled 'Pashernate Love'.
I think Morrissey is basically talking about how love can supposedly do all these fantastic things, bringing people back from the dead and so forth, but "it wouldn't lay one single finger on me".
"I'm always there, it's always elsewhere" suggests that Morrissey's there, waiting, but love just seems to be something that evades him. |
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| Morrissey – Let The Right One Slip In Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I think it's about being more open to people in the hopes of finding "the right one", and as enolf said, not automatically rejecting everyone and holding them to impossibly high standards. |
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| Morrissey – A Swallow On My Neck Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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As well as referring to Jake's penchant for fake tattoos, a swallow on one's neck could also be a Morrisseyism for a love-bite - ie. swallowing on someone's neck. Would make sense, considering:
"He drew
A swallow, deep and blue
And soon, everyone knew " |
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| Morrissey – King Leer Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I agree with muadDib76, it's about the narrator trying to please someone but they're having nothing of it really. He tries to ply them with drink, give them gifts, but they still don't phone back.
For those who don't know, Tizer is a cheap-and-nasty red soft drink.
The performance of this on the 'Live in Dallas' DVD is indeed fantastic. |
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| Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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In regard to benfoldsfan's query about the French lyrics, "fais" comes from the verb 'faire', which means 'to do'. Although what you have heard is probably correct, as French phrases can sometimes not make sense when taken literally, I think what alexboy wrote makes sense in this context. |
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| R.E.M. – Electron Blue Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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At the Balloch concert on 18th June, when introducing the song, Michael Stipe said something along the lines of:
"This song is about a new drug called Electron Blue, and it's made of light. It's set in the very near future." |
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| David Bowie – Starman Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I'm fairly certain vampiresshumane was talking about new music in general, not Bowie's new stuff. Silly people...
I think the song is commenting on the general close-mindedness of adults, and how we're so set in our ways and oppose change. So yeah, the Starman could be the literal meaning (ie. he's an alien and wants nothing to do with most of our race) or he could represent change (for the better). That's my interpretation anyway. |
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| Bauhaus – Boys Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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For some reason, I've always assumed it was about cross-dressers/transsexuals. |
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| Green Day – Minority Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The lyrics aren't exactly rocket science, the song is basically about being rebellious and not following the crowd.
Now let us all laugh at "preps" for being conformists... while wearing our new Green Day t-shirts from Hot Topic, as advertised on MTV. |
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