| Rush – Subdivisions Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't think this is so much a manifesto against suburbia as it is a musing on the patterns of modern society. Youth want to move closer to the action where they believe they can find the pace of life they've desired for so long stuck in the orderly and boring suburbs. After years in the rat race and being burned like moths in a flame, many find the comforts and stability of suburban life to be a source of harmony than the vastness and potential of the city. I think the only reason there's a bias in the song as per the use of suburbia as a model for the subdivision commentary comes from the fact that these guys were\are as adventurous as you can be. They're musicians for christ's sake! There's not no greater "fame, fortune, two sheets to the wind, I'll do it my way" career than that. The titular subdivisions, I think, are presented as a major catalyst for the youth urban sprawl described in the story. |
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| System of a Down – Cigaro Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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In a delayed response to "my_nothing"... I was being sarcastic... when you have McDonald's in every major city, you forfeit the right to call yourself Communist. |
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| Rage Against the Machine – Guerrilla Radio Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Internet tough guy alert. I sense major fail in this sector. | |
| Weird Al Yankovic – Another One Rides The Bus Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| "Weird Al" didn't used to be so squeeky clean with his lyrics, because he was writing music for a college audience. He went cleaner with them when his audience expanded because he recognized that his popularity will be as much (if not more so) with children as with adults. | |
| Weird Al Yankovic – White & Nerdy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Aulakauss, Stephen Hawking is currently revered as the best theoretical physicist on the planet, probably the smartest man alive, and has been for some time, save for a few years where he couldn't solve the information paradox but still supported a theory that sounded insane to the academic community. | |
| Weird Al Yankovic – White & Nerdy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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ProfGlitch, This song is written in advance, therefore you are not "freestylin'" it on karaoke night. |
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| Weird Al Yankovic – Canadian Idiot Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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JackR, moose don't have beaks. It's moose meat. It's definitely "Cheaper med, low crime rates, and clean air" And it's probably "Break THEIR nose and they'll just say sorry" Otherwise these lyrics are pretty good, and of course the song is excellent. |
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| System of a Down – Dreaming Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I am listening to this song on my iPod and double checking a lyric I thought I had wrong on my computer, drinking powder iced tea that we made with publicly available tap water and store in our refrigerator, and working on some homework for my online college classes that I have loans out for co-signed by my mother. Am I a hypocrite? Meh. Too much to think about. Best to ignore the possibility and get back to my homework. |
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| Vanessa Carlton – Half a Week Before the Winter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Oh, quick sidebar: A lot of artists\poets do that unintentionally, but I wouldn't put it past Vanessa Carlton to have written the song intending there to be multiple logical interpretations for exactly the reasons I outlined. She's a brilliant artist. | |
| Vanessa Carlton – Half a Week Before the Winter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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No, look: that's the whole point. She's writing this specifically about the music industry and how she has evolved in her understanding of it, from a naive little girl artist thrown to the top then slowly fading from that. Bear in mind now that this would have been written prior to the failure of Harmonium (as it is ON Harmonium), so some of the "The streets are mine" and "I carry on..." images of her leaving the "vampires" in the industry is pretty foreboding (She credits the commercial failure of Harmonium mostly to her management and record label, and I agree because the album is glorious). As she grew to understand the record label and industry, she became less and less appreciative of it and left that adolescent phase of her artist life. Now, that's the specific point of the song, as presented by the posters that have correctly reported her statements at concerts and shows. However, this is not to say the rest of you guys are WRONG either... If I say "My slow addictive suicide; soon my heart will stop" i could be talking about cigarettes, a relationship, being self-loathing, or any number of other things. Point being: your background and experiences will probably decide your interpretation of imagery, as your experiences are going to be how you relate with those statements. If a smoker read my sentence and equated it with smoking, but I was really talking about a relationship, all he's done is discovered an excellent analogy by which he can really understand my feelings. Good poetry and lyric relies on this premise to reach a diverse audience, helping people relate to another's experience. It's a fundamental point to all storytelling, and an especially essential point in quality artwork. All Vanessa has done here is written a really great piece of art, and if you read her words as "abusive father" or "sad parent-child relationship," you're understanding exactly what she's trying to say, though maybe not exactly who she's saying it about. That's no big deal, really, because you've probably emotionally intuited her message better than anyone else by drawing that analogy to something you're more familiar with. Take what you feel hearing her song, consider what specifically she's talking about, and you'll understand the circumstances that brought her to write it. Then, you'll appreciate this song even more than you do right now (and judging by the comments... she's done that leg of her job already) Hell, how are any of us supposed to understand what it's like to be a recording artist fighting with a record company and a corporatized music industry WITHOUT metaphors anyway? |
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| System of a Down – Sad Statue Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I don't think this song is so much about what it's saying but more what it's supposed to make you think - i think, likewise, that finalxhour and ms self destruct are right on. But it also seems to be trying to get us to do something about it, because we can - this generation. Basically: "Conquest to the lover" those who 'love this country' have received their war hungry president for a second term, and he continues to play his games "and your love to the fire" those who love (most Americans, we that disagreed with this war and Bush's actions) have lost this battle, and their love (for people, their passion for how America should be, etc. - take it as you wish) has been thrown to the fire. "Permanence evolving in the absolute" our inability to stop this train is becoming the permanent mark of our generation "Forgiveness is the ultimate sacrifice" I take it as 'sacrifice of your morals, etc.' meaning DON'T forgive what has and will happen these eight years "Eloquence belongs to the conqueror" The old line of 'history is in the eyes of the conquerors' - but perhaps these conquerors refers to the next election. Seems to me that he wants us to think about what America has done this decade and change it, FAST - "What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering NOW" i just haven't figured out the "Justified candy, brandy for the nerds" line - perhaps the reference is something to the effect of: candy is sweet, immediately gratifying but too much carries negative consequences, whereas brandy is bitter and tough to swallow... who are the nerds? Those who will grow up and look back on what we've done? Us now who disagree? At any rate, i think the point of this one is to think about how you want history to see us. |
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| System of a Down – Violent Pornography Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think From Dust has hit it on the nose. | |
| System of a Down – Cigaro Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure it's more of a general interpretation of American foreign policy. We've placed in power some of the worst dictators this world has seen, then we invade countries when they get "out of hand" under the guise of liberation. Not only that, but we veto more bills in the U.N. than every other security council member combined, we place embargos on countries like Iraq and Cuba, then turn around and play puppet master with countries like Saudi Arabia and China (which once was ACTUALLY communist). In saying "we're the regulators that deregulate" they're basically saying we use lame-ass excuses (free trade = everyone buys OUR stuff) for all of the terrible things we do (google the world trade organization). "We're the animators that deanimate" is similar, we install puppet governments to control a government that, consequently, might as well not be a sovereign nation since it's really just under our gun. "We're the propogators of all genocide"... well, we pretty much are. This probably, yes, strikes a personal note for them on account of their heritage. We do terrible things, and we do them because we're arrogant. America: You're going to stop us? Every other country: YES! America: ::takes a puff of his cigar:: "My cock is much bigger than yours" We suck sometimes. |
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