| R.E.M. – Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This is the only song on the record that I really really like. I saw an interview where Michael said it was about that feeling that teenage boys get when they're high on testosterone. The lyrics made a lot more sense after hearing that explanation. | |
| R.E.M. – Living Well Is The Best Revenge Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Ebrown is dead on target with this one, IMO. It's definitely about the media, and probably inspired by the Glen Beck/Rush Limbaugh-type demagogues who "toss bones" to their listeners who will basically believe anything they hear. It sounds like Stipe is coming from the POV of someone who's been the target of that sort of media propaganda, someone who fought back and was vindicated ("you disappear midsentence in a judgment crisis...I see my in and go for it"). He may or may not have a specific situation in mind or it might even be fictional, but it was probably politically inspired knowing Stipe. | |
| XTC – I'm The Man Who Murdered Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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According to the lyrics in the cd literature, it is "phoney roses" Another correction is "your honour, they'll be putting statues up in every park", instead of "you oughta film me putting statues..." No, it isn't hard to get it right, especially when all you have to do is copy from the damn cd booklet. Anyway...good song. |
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| XTC – Dear God Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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For those who are befuddled as to how anyone could possibly interpret this song differently from you or from what Andy intended, I would respectfully recommend you get out of English class and go take a psychology or NLP class. It's not any more complicated than the fact that everyone's mental map of the world is different, and no matter how "obvious" you try to make the message, there will always be others who process it differently from what you intended. This is not a bad thing at all, or even a good thing necessarily, it just is what it is. The decision to address the song to God is a fantastic choice because it creates drama and tension. And, (unfortunately for the hardliners here) it leaves the song open to some interpretation. It's not a stretch for someone to look at the line "if you're up there you'll perceive, that my heart's here upon my sleeve", and read a sort of hopefulness in it that someone is hearing his message, even the doubt is strong. I always thought this song leaned strongly toward atheism, but at its core was more about doubt and frustration than it was about rigid disbelief. The fact that you could see a sliver of hope in the middle of all this unleashed anger was one of the more interesting things about this song. Bottom line is, this song doesn't belong to Andy or any of us, it belongs to whoever is listening to it at the time. They will make it whatever they want it to be, and that's what art is all about. |
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| R.E.M. – Ignoreland Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm sure Stipe doesn't see Clinton as a neo-con. He actually went to his inaugural and said Clinton's election actually made him feel patriotic. peacefrog's 1st paragraph pretty much nails it. |
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| Love and Rockets – Bound For Hell Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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2/3 of the song (beginning with "the engine with human blood") is taken from an American folk ballad with an unknown author. Not sure when it was written, but there's several versions - you can check them out here: http://everything2.com/e2node/The%2520Hell-Bound%2520Train Pretty cool song. |
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| Love and Rockets – **** (Jungle Law) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Some music critic gave him a bad review, perhaps? | |
| R.E.M. – I'm Gonna DJ Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This is about the 1999 WTO riots in Seattle. | |
| R.E.M. – I'm Gonna DJ Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This is about the 1999 WTO riots in Seattle. | |
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