| Bob Dylan – Precious Angel Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Attempting to analyze this song, or Dylan's entire born-again period, without a thorough understanding of Advancement Theory, is more difficult than a rich man entering the kingdom of heaven. | |
| The Unicorns – Sea Ghost Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The "we weren't welcome" line is repeated almost verbatim from Ghost Mountain (albeit louder). | |
| The Band – We Can Talk Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"'dontcha see' he shouts, in an extraordinary flash of vision, that seems to reveal the secret America holds, even as it hints at deeper secrets, 'there's no need to slave.' 'The whip,' he sings, 'is in the grave.' Those lines, I think, deserve a pause -- there is no bottom to them. Nothing I know captures with such mystery and clarity the circle traced by American optimism, and by the dread that optimism leaves behind and inevitably meets again. You couldn't ask for a more perfect statement of the conviction that America is blessed, or of the lingering suspicion that it is cursed. When the two ideas come together -- in a story, a voice or a group -- all things seem possible. The lines touch both sides of the country's soul at once; the tension they create can push out the limits of what an artist can accomplish, for just so long as the spirit of the lines can support their contradictions." --Greil Marcus, "Mystery Train" |
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| No Age – Eraser Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "stupid hip-hop shit" is a pretty stupid comment. bridge the gap, people. | |
| The Mountain Goats – Pink and Blue Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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could the colors have anything to do with the Husker Du song "pink turns to blue"? Not to make it a drug thing, but... |
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| The Mountain Goats – Fall of the Star High School Running Back Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| mirrors the fate of Chris Klein's character in Election (except for the drug dealing and prison time) | |
| David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| lol flamewar | |
| Sam Cooke – Bring It on Home to Me Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| did you even read the comment you're replying to? | |
| Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I like how when the backup singers say "someone" in the chorus, he keeps saying "some chick" instead. Also the word "deliverance" seems like an element of Sam's early gospel days, which makes the "Frankenstein" line that much funnier |
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| Madvillain – Fancy Clown Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I heard the last verse as Vic Vaughn tryin to preserve his pride saying "you fucked around on me, well two can play that game bitch!" Only it's all a bunch of bull (no mother fucking going on around here) and really MF Doom (tin man) 100% pwned his ass | |
| Lil' Wayne – Georgia Bush Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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CORRECTION: "So what happened to the leverage, why wasn't they steady Why wasn't they able to control this? I know some fok' that live by the lever that keep on tellin me they heard this, stole this" should read "So what happened to the levees, why wasn't they steady Why wasn't they able to control this? I know some folks that live by the levees that keep on tellin me they heard the explosions" Obviously this guy printed bad lyrics as part of a CONSPIRACY |
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| Sly And The Family Stone – Spaced Cowboy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Innocent? Bullshit. It sounds like a junkie child molester poking at you from a dark alley with his sharpened cane carved from his brother's thighbone after he killed him over a hand of poker. Sly is fucking evil on this song, this whole album. So fucking evil that he's holy. | |
| The Beach Boys – I Get Around Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I read this somewhere on the internets: "This song is about an intentional vehicular homicide. 'My buddies and me are getting real well known/Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone,' right boys? Maybe they’re staying away because you just killed their family and drove around town with their loved one’s remains dangling from your bumper, you sick bastards." I can't say whether or not the song is really about running people over with the cards, only that the "wah-wah-oohs" probably signifies police sirens, and it's not implausible that the couplet "We always take my car cause it's never been beat/And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet" could refer to 1) not having been overtaken in a police chase and 2) repeatedly marking their chosen victims (always female, just like the best serial killers!) with the tire treads of their mustang. Kurt Russell's character in Death Proof might have been based on Brian Wilson. In which case, Tarantino is a fool for not getting this song onto the jukebox in that bar scene. Just a thought. |
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| Young Jeezy – My President Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| That's true, tergar, but if you put up something about "irish pride" or "italian pride" it wouldn't be considered racist. Considering history there's a good reason why celebrating anglo-saxon heritage is in poor taste. | |
| Wu-Tang Clan – Shame On A Nigga Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| "warriors come out and playiyay" is a reference to the 1979 cult movie "The Warriors". So the Clan wasn't just watching kung fu | |
| Pavement – Brinx Job Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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wikipedia: The Great Brink's Robbery was an armed robbery of the Brinks Building in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on January 17, 1950. The robbery resulted in the theft of $1,218,211.19 in cash, and over $1.5-million in checks, money orders and other securities. At the time, it was the largest robbery in the history of the United States. Skillfully executed with only a bare minimum of clues left at the crime scene, the robbery was billed as "the crime of the century". The robbery was the work of an eleven-member gang, all of whom were later arrested. |
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| Lil' Wayne – Feel Like I'm Dying Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this is poetry | |
| M.I.A. – XR2 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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XR2=Ford Fiesta model 808=an English house group called 808 State MP3=music file MC8=MC Eiht, Snoop's homie? XOX the MC5=hugs and kisses for the band that made "Kick Out the Jams" MTV has ADD=self explanatory NBC and BET=ditto BBC is OAP=stands for Old Age Pensioner. Means the BBC is for decrepit fogies like MTV is for lazy stupid kids REM=out of Athens, GA? KLF=another 80s English house band. IQ up the ICQ=multilingual instant messenger CB4=movie starring pre-fame Chris Rock as a rapper CPT=city of Compton BBD=the Calcutta business district ATL=Atlanta PDD=pervasive developmental disorder BIG=notorious NYC had R&B=yes it did OPP=Naughty By Nature hit, refers to "other people's pussy" YRB=Yellow Rat Bastard magazine? TLC SWV=two girl groups from the mid-90s; the latter stands for "Sisters With Voices" |
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| The Futureheads – Le Garage Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| sounds like "le garage-raj" and "outsource it," both references to the indian subcontinent | |
| Frank Zappa – Catholic Girls Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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VD VOWDY VOOTIE also warren cucurulla and vinnie coliuta were musicians in Zappa's band |
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| Nas – Ether Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"wearing jaz chains no tecs no cash no cars no jail bars jigga no pies no case just hawaiian shirts, hangin with little chase you a fan a phony a fake a pussy a stan" The most devastating line in this or any track, period, both because of the lightning quick issuing of insults and takedowns, and the references to Jay's 1990 appearance in Jaz-O's truly embarassing video "Hawaiian Sophie." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG8lEYhR00I |
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| R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| ever call your car "girl" or "baby"? This is the natural reversal of your little habit, and it sounds way way better | |
| Jay-Z – Heart of the City (Ain't No Love) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| best song of his career, without a doubt. | |
| OutKast – So Fresh, So Clean Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"by StormyWatersAngel: This song is so funny, if you really think about it. Ludacris "What's your fantasy?" but I think they tried hard, not bad." FIXED |
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| OutKast – B.O.B. Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Gulf War mass-bombing campaign turns into the greatest sex metaphor in the history of hip-hop, if not all music ever | |
| Sean Kingston – Me Love Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| so it's just short of plagarism and the production is tinny and cheap. whatever, this song is the guilty pleasure of the year. | |
| The Clash – Hate & War Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| but only because peace and love never really had a chance and John Lennon, great as he was, only kidded himself | |
| The Clash – Hate & War Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| punk rock as hippie-counterpoint. Peace and Love? No, Hate and War! | |
| The Clash – Rock the Casbah Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| not their worst song by any means, but they wrote at least 30-40 that were better | |
| The Clash – The Sound of Sinners Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| lyrically and thematically similar to "Sin City" by the Flying Burrito Brothers. This one's better because cheeky gospel >> country-rock | |
| The Clash – 1977 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the song's not about celebrating the death of Elvis, but the irrelevance of every rock act that came before the Clash and the punk wave of 77. Considering the stylistic expansiveness of the band's future discography, these lyrics weren't 100% earnest; as such they stand almost completely alone among Clash songs. | |
| The Clash – Janie Jones Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the Situationists wrote "NEVER WORK" all over the streets of Paris in the 1960s, influencing the Pistols and the Clash and the rest of the punks. This song is why. | |
| The Clash – The Magnificent Seven Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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doesn't sound like rap now but compare it to Grandmaster Flash and it's the same (except with the voices of english whiteboys instead of black new yorkers). Lyrics are about the drudgery of the white-collar worker and the absurdity of any individual buying into a system that treats him as nothing more than a commodity/instrument |
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| The Clash – Car Jamming Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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feels a little like what he was talking about in the Magnificent Seven - the drudgery of the rat race and buying into the system of moneymaking. With the added bit about the Vietnam vet there's the question of "this is all we're fighting for?" Definitely among the stranger lyrics Joe ever wrote, he was heavily influenced by Ginsburg and the Beat poets while working on Combat Rock |
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| Sublime – April 29, 1992 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the "wanna let it burn" segment sounds like an homage to the Doors' "Peace Frog." | |
| Jay-Z – Girls, Girls, Girls Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| great album, but this song is just a weaker version of Too Short's "Freaky Tales". | |
| Too $hort – Freaky Tales Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| like Jay-Z's girls girls girls, only way better. | |
| Islands – Volcanoes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| world hasn't ended yet! | |
| The Unicorns – Child Star Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"does anyone else want to punch "iluvmyfender129" in the ovaries?" TRUTH |
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| The Unicorns – Jellybones Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| where can I buy a bone Camaro? | |
| The Unicorns – Jellybones Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| where can I buy a bone Camaro? | |
| TV on the Radio – I Was a Lover Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| can't it be both? Elvis Costello melded political imagery with songs about relationships ("Two Little Hitlers"), why can't TVOTR? Great, great song with lots of overlapping metaphors/references and no clear definition - muddy, and perfectly so. | |
| LFO – Summer Girls Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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A lot of people will call out the work of a singer or band they really detest as being "the worst song ever written." Almost every time, this is mere hyperbole, a case of the person's tastes being in conflict with what the band was trying to accomplish with the song. That is not the case here. This is truly the single worst song ever written. Worse than My Humps, even (which it surprisingly has a great deal in common with). But I'm not here to talk shit about "Summer Girls." Enough has been written about the fact that this is the worst piece of lyrical garbage ever formed by a special song-producing computer (The Matrix? Yeah, that's what the writers actually call themselves - look it up). No, I figured it'd be more fun to deconstruct a few of the user comments made by people who actually like the worst song ever written. I say like because a song this bad can't be loved, and people this shallow are generally incapable of love anyhow. For each set of quotes I'll explain what I'm getting at in normal language, and then I'll dumb it down so all the fans of this song can have a hope of knowing what I'm talking about. First, the grammar and spelling mistakes which suggest a generally low intelligence level among this song's fans; if you like this song it's probably because you're stupid. "This song is like the epiphany of summer" meant to say epitome, or high point. An epiphany is a realization or discovery, e.g. after hearing LFO's lyrics I came to the epiphany that their fans must've been retards. "reminising on past summers?" the word has a "c" in it. Ten guesses where! "Think about Shakespeare. He came up with his own WORDS" Actually, he didn't. He may have made up a couple names (not many) but the words in his plays were all part of the English language 400 years ago. The truth is that English has become far less elegant over the centuries thanks to mouth-breathers like yourself who can't expend the energy to speak in complete sentences or even finish syllables. Next the inflated sense of self-worth produced by mass acceptance of a pop-culture trend: MTV makes you think you're cool when you're really just another loser. "I may be a hardcore guy, and I may be one of the coolest people I know" dude, there's no better way to advertise yourself as a grade-A douchebag than to call yourself "hardcore." Anyone who describes himself as cool automatically isn't; hasn't anyone ever told you that? "ONLY hot girls wear abercrombie because FAT girls don't fit in those clothes" Translation: "I look down upon people who can't afford to buy thrift-store quality skirts at a 500% markup, especially when they're less obsessed with looking like an emaciated whore than I am." Personally, I'd fuck a thousand fat girls before I touched one hottie in an A&F slutsuit. This quote also leads me into the last point which is the disturbing connection between teen-pop and consumer culture, which few songs more nakedly expose than this one; boy bands sing songs that tie into brand names, making you want to buy lots of shit you don't need. "who doesnt like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch" It's not that we don't like the clothes, it's that we don't like dumb bitches who identify themselves by the brand of halter top they're wearing. "It reminds me of hanging out with my cousins in Minnesota at the Mall of America." There are places all over the world and even in America known as Cities, in which there is more for young people to do with their time than hang out in a mall, eating bad teriyaki chicken and running in and out of the American Eagle changing rooms. These "cities" include New York, Chicago and San Francisco, any of which you may have seen in a movie or referred to in your copy of People magazine. Cities are centers of culture, commerce and art, and provide countless opportunities for their "Citizens" to better themselves and become well-rounded individuals. Malls, on the other hand, offer you an opportunity to buy lots of crap and see how other kids your age behave so you can shape yourself to act more like them. "It makes me think of these girls dressed in hollister and abercrombie and maybe some pacsun brands" This sums it up: the first thing she thinks of when hearing this song is not one, not two but three different brands of clothing. And then being a gigantic slut. But it's okay, because her clothes were expensive and it's Summer!! In short, if you like this song I don't ever want to know you and if I find out someone I know is a fan of this song I'll cut off all contact with them immediately. And you borderline-illiterate fuckheads have shown perfectly why I'd be right to do so. |
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| Ugk – International Player's Anthem Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i'm pretty sure Pimp C is talking about the supercharged Mercedes-Benz known as a Kompressor. best rap track of the year |
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| M.I.A. – Paper Planes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this is the kind of gangsta shit that makes weezy from the 17th ward look like weezy from the jeffersons. killer clash rip too | |
| Pavement – No Life Signed Her Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| sounds more like "no life for gingers now" | |
| Elvis Costello – Alison Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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yeah this is pretty much about the disgruntled narrator wanting to murder his ex-girlfriend long after she's moved on. See: -"I wish that I could stop you from talking" hear that drum break? Bullet fired by lyrical implication. -"I can't stand to see you this way" she's back in his life and not with him, it's tearing him up and he can't take it. -"I know this world is killing you/Alison/my aim is true" self-explanatory. Or it should be. |
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| Elvis Costello – Hand in Hand Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| it's about cunnilingus ("if I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come") and mutual masturbation (the title is obvious), along with the sexual/romantic angst that defined Costello's lyrics. | |
| Elvis Costello – Riot Act Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the song refers to the incident in which Elvis drunkenly called Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant nigger" while fighting with Stephen Stills and his entourage. That "slip of the tongue" cast him as a "villain," unfairly to some extent. Ray accepted his apology so I'm pretty sure it's all good. Plus it inspired Elvis to record an album full of soul-driven songs like this one, so +1 | |
| Talking Heads – Cities Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| goes into David Byrne's recurring theme of searching for a home ("find myself a city to live in") as also explored in "The Big Country" and "Don't Worry About the Government." | |
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