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| Sweet – Ballroom Blitz Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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i too bought this 45 but i was very very young at the time.
i think the lyric is actually "the girl in the corner is everybody's mourner, she could kill you with the wink of her eye." |
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| The Beatles – Do You Want to Know a Secret Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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john lennon at the time was either just married or about to be married and it needed to be kept a secret from the female fans.
DocDrex how can this song not be about lennon when he wrote it? keep taking the tablets! |
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| The Smiths – Panic Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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For fuck's sake, keep it quiet or they'll have Mozza down the copshop again! |
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| The Specials – Too Hot Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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it's a bit pointless to compare the specials to the likes of Prince Buster. the specials weren't just a ska band, they incorporated many styles into their music from punk to psychedelia. |
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| The Smiths – Reel Around the Fountain Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Bees with no knees eh! "The Bees knees" is a British expression which basically means: top-notch, first class etc.
If you remove the "It's time the tale were told" section, then this would read as a tale of unrequited love. When Morrissey sings "I'll take it now" its almost as if he had a chance for physical closeness but didn't have the guts to go through with it and now he wants another chance...another fifteen minutes. Those opening lines however seem to suggest that something has already taken place, while the rest of the song suggests it hasn't.
I think you'll have to ask Morrissey! |
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| The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I thought the king lyric was right.
It's quite funny trying to imagine Mick Jagger as a street fighting man...now Keith Richards...thats another story!
By the way: this song is great! |
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| The Rolling Stones – Dear Doctor Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Middle-class Hillbilly Mick Jagger tries to dull the pain of his wedding day with alcohol. Suddenly he gets a last minute reprieve. May as well have another drink then!
I love the drunken sloppy feel to this song. |
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| The Beatles – Hey Bulldog Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is my favourite beatles song. I think the lyrics are pretty much gibberish (if quite dark gibberish sometimes) but the music is great! There's that killer riff plus what must be one of the best Beatles guitar solos. |
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| The Specials – Friday Night, Saturday Morning Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song by singer Terry Hall deals with a familiar Specials subject: apathy.
The singer clearly hates what he's doing: is bored out of his fucking mind with what he's doing, but, what else is there to do?
Terry Hall's vocal is perfect for this and it's easy to conjure up a picture of him standing miserably in a taxi-queue with piss on his shoes. |
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| The Specials – Nite Klub Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is about pissing your hard earned cash straight down the communal toilet!
Bassline to oblivion! |
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| The Specials – Do Nothing Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song was written by guitarist Lynval Golding during Thatcher's reign when alot of people had fuck all and fuck all to look forward to either. I like the picture of someone walking down an endless, lonely street, looking only for some hope at the end. Lynval makes a pretty pointed reference about racism in the police force too.
There are 2 "proper" versions of this song and the best in my opinion is the one with Jerry Dammer's Valium keyboards. |
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| The Specials – A Message To You, Rudy Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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yeah this was a cover song but i think you'll find most of the specials songs were self-penned, devilreggae. this was the only single they didn't write themselves! |
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| The Beatles – Don't Bother Me Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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When George wrote this he was in bed suffering from the flu (hence the title.) The original title was "Piss Off and Leave Me to Suffer on My Bed of Pain!" but obviously it wasn't snappy enough. |
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| The Beatles – Eight Days a Week Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The Film "A Hard Days Night" was originally going to be called "Eight Arms to Hold You" (shit title) so Paul McCartney wrote this to be the lead track.
When they decided to change the title to "A Hard Days Night" John Lennon legged it home to write the title song to get it in before Paul could come up with a new song. |
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| The Jam – Town Called Malice Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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If you look at the lyrics on their own; Weller paints a pretty depressing picture but as on songs like "Saturday's Kids" the music almost turns the song into a celebration!
"I could go on for hours and I probably will!" |
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| The Jam – The Gift Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is bursting at the seams with positive vibes. The message is get up and strut your funky stuff and let the world know that you're alive!
Peace! |
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| The Jam – Beat Surrender Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The Jam's final single was always going to be number 1 in Britain, but this song seriously deserved that position on it's own merit. This rock-soul hybrid absolutley thunders along with a great double-tracked call and respond vocal from Paul Weller.
"You see me come running, to the sound of your strumming!" |
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| The Jam – Shopping Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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of the 5 songs on the Beat Surrender EP only the title track and the cover of "Move On Up" retained the original power of the Jam. The others - including this - could have been performed by the Style Council! Nice jazz-punk guitar though! |
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| The Jam – Move On Up Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I like the original by Curtis Mayfield but the Jam's version is much more exciting. Paul Weller delivers a great vocal on the Jam's best cover. |
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| The Jam – Man In the Corner Shop Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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i agree the lyrics are very conversational for Paul Weller around this period. this is my favourite 'slow' Jam song; just love that melancholic refrain! |
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| The Jam – Sounds From the Street Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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In the City Pt2. Punk meets the Beach Boys.
I don't think the harmonies are up to the standard of the Beach Boys but Bruce Foxton was pretty damn good at it; especially while playing those complicated basslines |
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| The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Paki-bashing was rife in Britain around this time and this song refers to it. "Too many right-wing meetings" indicates the National Front while curry was associated mostly with the ethnic minorities back in the 70's
One of the Jam's greatest; this song is almost like dub-rock on the verses contrasted with Weller's wailing guitar on the chorus.
What can I say? Pure class! |
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| Morrissey – Alsatian Cousin Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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You'd associate leather elbows on a tweed coat with teachers usually. Then theres the forecourt, the desk and the camping trip!
Or maybe it's about his cousin who's a bit of a dog! |
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| Ralph McTell – Wait Until the Snow Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's crazy that most people just know Ralph Mctell for "Streets of London," when he's written so many great songs!
This is my favourite because it gave me a bit of a push to see something of the world when I was still a young man. |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair/Canticle Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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the original scarborough fair was a song about witchcraft. more specifically: a man asks someone to remember him to a former lover who is a witch. the herbs: parsley, sage rosemary and thyme were associated with witchcraft. the man asks the witch to do impossible tasks like make him a shirt without any seams or find him an acre of land between the salt water and the sea strand (quite difficult if you think about it.)
I don't know which war Paul Simon's referring to but it's a great song! |
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| The Stranglers – Duchess Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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the stranglers put a bit more pop in their punk with this smart single. i learnt a new word to insult the upper-classes from this song; infact this song could be said to be having a pop at the toffs by implying that the chinless "rodneys" aren't good enough for our "duch" and she should aim a bit lower.
the stranglers dressed as choirboys for the video to this song which resulted in it being banned for being blasphemous!?! |
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