| Oasis – Gas Panic! Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Anyone ever seen the movie 'Salem's Lot'? Replace the panic attack interpretation with vampires and this song makes just as much sense. Creepy. | |
| U2 – Staring At The Sun Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Funny how no one's brought this up yet. The song is most likely based on Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The following explanation is taken verbatim from U2 fansite "U2MoL": For those that have read Plato's The Republic the analogy of the cave is familiar. In the text Plato uses this cave as an analogy of the way human nature is enlightened. Plato tells of how humans are held captive in a very dark cave, chained so they can only see one of the walls and behind them there is a fire, between the fire and the people objects and puppets pass, casting shadows on wall where people can see. People are deceived into thinking the shadows are reality, until one of the humans is suddenly set free and brought to see how the "reality" of the shadows were actually created light cast on different objects. Then he is forced outside into the bright sunlight and is at first blinded by the intensity and the pain from the brightness. But soon he realizes that the the reality of the sun and its light is much more real than the darkness and shadows of the cave. He has pity on the people in the cave and decides to show them how they are misled. The people in the cave think he is crazy and eventually kill him. Plato then relates truth and the search for enlightenment to the analogy of the cave and how humans are easily deceived and persuaded to believe in what the perceive and are not open to new ideas if they are offered outright. But knowledge can be taught in degrees to gradually allow the soul to become accustomed to the "light" of truth from the Sun. Staring at the Sun captures this idea of Plato's teaching. ~don't try to hard to think dont think at all~ Humans are not willing to think to reach their conclusions, they believe only what they see. ~there's an insect in your ear/if you scratch it won't disappear~ In the cave analogy there are voices that the people hear that they can't understand where they come from. They don't go away. ~I'm not the only one Staring at the sun~ There are actually other people that are teaching this person about the truth of the Sun. ~Afraid of what you'll find, if you step back inside~ The thought of going back in the cave to teach the people about the light of truth is frightening and afraid that they will be killed if they go back inside. ~Not just deaf and dumb, staring at the sun, Not the only one who's happy to go blind~ This is happiness due to the discovery of what real truth is. The brightness of the sun is blinding at first but soon they see the good of the light (truth) and are happy to go blind, staring at the truth. |
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| Doves – Break Me Gently Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Actually, I think the garbled muttering in the background is a drunken voicemail. It sounds a lot like Jimi. He doesn't know where he is and is waiting for his ride. | |
| Foo Fighters – Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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mxmattd is right, this was a spur of the moment performance from the Craig Kilborn episode where they played 'Breakout'. I fully believe he forgot the words...which makes it all the more hilarious because his reaction is authentic. A couple interesting notes about this... The performance wasn't originally aired, but only showed up months later during a Kilborn thanksgiving special episode. Also, some hardcore Zeppelin fans were outraged over this cover claiming Grohl "disrespected" the song. Proving once again that classic rock fans can be just as guilty of music snobbery as the indie crowd. |
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| Roland Orzabal – Bullets for Brains Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I've always read it as a scathing, sarcastic take on religious fanatics. This is one of the best solo songs Roland has done yet, and that includes his 90's TFF output. | |
| Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Best. Guitar. Solo. EVER. Put on a pair of quality headphones, turn off the lights, close your eyes, and just take it in. If this song (and that solo in particular) doesn't take you to another world...there is no hope for you. |
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| Catherine Wheel – Hole Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This is one of the better songs on the inconsistent 'Happy Days' album. Pretty obviously about Kurt Cobain's death, and probably addressed to Courtney Love. | |
| Tears for Fears – Badman's Song Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Famously about members of the road crew on the Big Chair tour who Roland overheard badmouthing him one night through his hotel room wall. Room 628 was the party room. | |
| Tears for Fears – The Working Hour Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This is probably my favorite song of all time. It's about the pressure the band was under to release another album quickly after the success of The Hurting. It's amazing how much you can say with just a few words. | |
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