| Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – New Year's Kiss Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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my take is that it is a girl who is the subject. "Woke up with fingers crossed" makes me think of an unprotected sexual encounter with the typical teenage reaction to hope that nothing goes wrong. i think it's also about the way new year symbolises the hope of a new beginning and new possibilities. the crashing of the party, is the lure of the unknown and the hope that she'll meet someone there that will fulfil her dreams. of course, it didn't work out that way so she just made do with a random guy. |
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| The Stone Roses – Standing Here Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| agree with Dommykeay18, the last two verses are absolute genius. i could never grow tired of them either. uplifting and heartrending. reni's understated drums, mani's exquisite bass play and the guitar part at 4:52 - so hauntingly beautiful. truly a unique band and we were denied their talent at the height of their powers by greed. such a great tragedy. | |
| The Stone Roses – Where Angels Play Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| all i know is that this song has the greatest last 1¼ minutes ever. everyone is at the top of their game and the guitar solo to fade is one of the most uplifting and heartbreaking i have ever listened to. i wish they extended it as john squire was going somewhere with it. i would have loved to have been in the studio when they laid that one down to hear it in its entirety. slipperytone if you're reading please give us an extended where angels play from the master tapes. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – The Village In The Morning Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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this is one of the ultimate morning after a one-night stand songs where the narrator is completely infatuated with the subject and knows that their 'window' with them is closing. the way stephin sings 'whisper goodbye' to fade is so haunting and moving. painfully, i first realised the power of this song after one such one-night encounter. how apt. totally captured how i felt. stephin merritt has a habit of doing that. i would really love an explanation for avenue pi and old queen river. i take it they have a particular meaning to 'village' new yorkers? |
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| Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Scattered Pearls Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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there is a great version of this song available here: http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1183/casiotone-for-the-painfully-alone-daytrotter-session it has Owen doing the vocals and it sounds so much better, although the song makes more sense narrated by a girl. i love the drum sample in this version too, it has the dull thud of an overheard houseparty next door that the beautiful people are having. there's a kind of careless abandon to this song; the kind of carefree attitude that the weekend brings. unfortunately, it's tempered with the comedown the following day, 'I wouldn't smell like smoke & I'd still have the cash that I had spent on drinks'. boy, am i in touch with that. although, he sings drink (singular) in the daytrotter version, which is more irish and means the narrator was definitely hitting the alcohol at the disco. |
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| Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Boring Fountain Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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first post, wow. love this song. you can download it at great site http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1224/waxing-candles-and-burning-cobwebs-in-heated-pools plug over. about the song. don't have any meanings figured out for it. i guess it's about all i know is it just fills me with all the possibilities of summer and that's good enough for me. |
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