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| The Beatles – Revolution 1 Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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sure you can interpret it all through the lens of Chinese Communism, and it is true that the only specific reference in the song is a negative one towards 'Chairman Mao'. But consider how much was going on in both the west and the east (and even the middle east!) in '68, and it seems unlikely that the Beatles weren't trying to speak to and about a larger audience. |
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| The Beatles – Revolution 1 Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I think the slow song was written first: John wanted to have it as a single but the others objected since it was too slow; then they re-recorded it faster and released it as the other half of the 'Hey Jude' single. I agree with you though, its awesome that they made two awesome versions of the same song. |
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| Refused – Beauty Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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in light of this song it's really funny that Dennis was voted sexiest man in Sweden |
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| Ozzy Osbourne – Don't Blame Me Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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the version you're listening to might be one of the additional tracks on the remaster of "No More Tears", I have that version and the lyrics are different from this one. |
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| Pink Floyd – Cymbaline Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The Shakespeare play is Cymbeline, not Cymbaline. Similarity between the two is probably not much greater than incidental. |
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| Kansas – Dust In The Wind Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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yeah so we're dust and meaningless, why have we managed to write a towering stack of bullshit about this song? |
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| Bad Religion – Unacceptable Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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though released in 1990 , this is even more relevant today as we continue to realize the coming effects of global warming. |
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| Subhumans – Subvert City Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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so how is it possible to prevent these power structures that cause oppression from emerging within any given society (if we could demolish them in the first place)? Even in anarchy, wouldn't small power concentrations form and gradually expand? |
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| Pitchshifter – Microwaved Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This and WYSIWYG are part of the Twisted Metal III soundtrack.
since' the day the country died' refers to the Subhumans album of the same name, I think. |
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| Harvey Danger – What You Live By Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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living by 'nothing' is still living by something (not choosing is a choice). I think this may be more about what you live by 'killing' you to other options-you become dead to possibilities, and can only live in one manner. Every positive choice is the denial of a (practically) infinite set of alternatives. So choose carefully |
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| The Clash – Living in Fame Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I think it's mostly self-referential for the Clash but could be applied to many people/groups in general. Once the built up a reputation as a punk band with their first album(s), their fans expected them to keep churning out the same rehashed material-living up to their name. This is saying how this notion is simply part of a game; they wanted to change their sound, ala Combat Rock and Sandinista! (and even London Calling) , so they did without respect to whether or not they were "selling out" or living up to their name. And that's real punk |
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| The Clash – Four Horsemen Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song is awesome!
I would guess that the 4 horseman refers to the biblical notion that 4 horsemen: white, red, black, pale, which forebode the apocalypse, or in a personal sense, perhaps death.
I am not too sure about the lyrics, they seem to have a flavor of acting in a meaningful way before those horseman get you-don't sit around bitching about how unjust or bad life is if you don't try to do anything about it. Drugs and holding yourself up to your own (perhaps lofty) standards-put yourself on trial are featured as well. |
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| The Doors – I'm A King Bee Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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the grateful dead perform a nice cover of this song, I'm not sure who originally wrote this song, could be the stones |
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| Death – Spirit Crusher Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song reminds me of annoying critics who viciously enjoy lambasting and trashing almost everything without creating anything of their own.
and those damn people who create spyware |
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| Black Flag – Slip It In Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song gets almost boring because of all the repitions, but they function perfectly within the song to emphasize slipping it in, time and time again. Not much depth here, but an enjoyable song nonetheless. |
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| The Dead Milkmen – Moron Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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A better version of Instant Club Hit, in my opinion...they're basically about the same thing, but this seems to cover more ground |
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| The Beach Boys – I Know There's An Answer Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I love the timpani on this one; I suppose it's about trying to teach people about something as profound as living without a knee-jerk isolating reaction...and such things |
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| The Beatles – Taxman Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I love the song and of course greatly respect George as a (dead) person and musician, but this song seems a little ironic when compared to the his usual mantra of love, selflessness, spirituality...is the money all that important? Perhaps Zappa had a point in "we're only in it for the money" |
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| Subhumans – Subvert City Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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possibly about a cycle of civil war/government overthrow...when "the people" rise up, some new cabal will emerge from the former subverts and take control...there's no way to estabish a truly fair and democratic system. |
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| George Harrison – Beware Of Darkness Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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It seems fairly straightforward, don't dwell too much in darkness, pain, suffering, etc. While they may be useful tools for personal growth, they need to be overcome to reap benefits. Also, self-awareness: don't be a shoe-shuffler wandering aimlessly-try to realize yourself |
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| Bad Religion – Fertile Crescent Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The fertile crescent contains much of present-day Iraq, Kuwait and Israel/Palestine. I'm guessing that this song was written in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and subsequent gulf war, putting an end to the extremely naive notion that following the collapse of the USSR, some kind of New World Order was going to perpetuate peace. Agression and retaliation create further conflict, false/arbitrary boundaries (invisible lines) rationalize hatred, etc., etc. Pretty standard BR |
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| King Crimson – One More Red Nightmare Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I don't think red needs to be interpreted literally, the color red usually implies danger, power (as in an explosive crash), etc. It reinforces and further defines the 'nightmarishness' |
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| Bad Religion – Atheist Peace Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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castrophony has a damn good point, you know...religion is often used as a justification for war to rationalize it for a nation/group, but it is not the actual cause in many cases. Without religion, international anarchy, fear, greed, hatemongering, etc. would still exist; the governments/institutions who conduct war would just have one less tool to use in selling wars. Yes, wars would be harder to justify to "the masses" without religion, but the geopolitical and economic causes of many, especially modern, wars would still exist. |
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| Harvey Danger – Diminishing Returns Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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diminishing returns is of course an economic concept but can apply to many many areas of human action. its the point where further production, effort, etc. becomes counterproductive as costs outweigh benefits. Seems to be about finding a balance between, generally, optimism/pessimism, and philosophical or political points of diminishing returns. The rest of the lyrics fill out this concept nicely and speak for themselves. |
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