| Ryan Adams – Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure Sam isn't necessarily the woman's name. I think "Damn, Sam" was a turn of phrase common in the '50s/'60s. I mostly say this because the protagonist in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest uses it frequently. | |
| Ryan Adams – Don't Ask for the Water Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Whoa, so I just realized this song is probably a reference to the Howlin' Wolf's "I Asked Her For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)", which was later covered by Lucinda Williams. Not sure if anyone else noticed, but it blew my mind when I did. | |
| Public Image Ltd – Public Image Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| While I agree with a lot of your points, specifically about punk honing the same spirit as rock 'n' roll, I think you're missing a very essential aspect of the punk ethos in that punk, at its heart, was about not confining oneself to a uniform mentality. It was sort of existential in that way, partnered with its obsession with wilful self-definition. Punk was about progress, it was about proposing new ideas even if it meant you had to be a bit violent with it, and while that may seem absurd in light of the spirit of '77 (ie. sped up Chuck Berry riffs), that stripping down was necessary for the musical landscape to expand its mind artistically. Had that not happened, rock music would have continued to be a very bedenimed, 20-minute drum solo sort of thing, which oftentimes isn't so much progressive as it is complacent and indulgent. This is why The Clash and John Lydon were able to thrive where other less imaginative bands weren't. they didn't confine themselves to any guidelines. The Clash had adopted the sounds of dub reggae, rock 'n' roll, soul, funk, rap, musique concrete, and everything in between by London Calling and Sandinista, and even much of the post-debut singles and Give 'Em Enough rope. John Lydon formed PiL, which was infinitely more interesting than the Sex Pistols in my opinion and, as you said, informed by dub and noise, etc. What I'm saying is that The Clash and Sex Pistols (or rather, John Lydon), if anything, LEAST reflect the commercialization of punk because, for the most part, they were fiercely independent in how they made their music, and because they managed to grow where less notable bands of the scene fell flat on their face. As far as being on major labels goes, the fact of the matter is that the '70s were a time where you pretty much needed that if you wanted your music to reach anybody outside of your country. Hell, The Clash's debut didn't even come to America until '79, long after the fact. And, for the record, saying The Clash adapted their sound to the Pistols is vastly reductive. The Clash owes to the Pistols, sure, but the Pistols owe to The Ramones and New York Dolls, who owe to The Stooges and The Beach Boys and Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, and so on and so forth. | |
| Pavement – Unseen Power of the Picket Fence Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| ..."Time After Time (Annelise)" is an R.E.M. song... | |
| Los Campesinos! – Baby I Got The Death Rattle Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| On top of that, Gareth has made it quite clear that he's heterosexual. There's an interview with The New Gay that confirms this. So it seems unlikely he'd be giving head to another man. | |
| The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Holy shit, the drums at the end are the exact same as the ones at the end of "Neighbourhood #3" by Arcade Fire. So glad I noticed that. | |
| Pavement – Gold Soundz Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
"It has a nice ring when you laugh At the lowlife opinions" I just looked at that line in a bit of a different light. I started imagining the song from the point of view of a secret relationship that these two people have as a shared memory. So I don't think that line necessarily means that she's snobby or full of herself. Rather, I think it means that she, or they, don't really care about anyone's "lowlife" opinions on their relationship, and he likes that. It'd explain why "it has a nice ring" when she laughs rather than a not-so-nice one. |
|
| Pavement – Gold Soundz Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I just sang the "Sequestered in Memphis" chorus over "Gold Soundz"' chords and it fits perfectly | |
| Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
Shit, I just voted your comment up and mine down somehow. Point is, the line says "art" |
|
| Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Right. Read the liner notes. | |
| Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
- 02143 is the zip code for Somerville, Massachussets. - Jeff Davis is probably referring to Jefferson Davis. - John Brown's Body is a marching song often sung by the Union in the Civil War, which you'd probably recognize if you heard the tune. The lyrics go as follows: "John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave His soul is marching on! Glory Glory Hallelujah! Glory Glory Hallelujah! Glory Glory Hallelujah! His soul is marching on!" Sound familiar? - The Jersey Slide is a driving trick often pulled on the Garden State Parkway in which the driver merges all the way from the far left lane to the exit ramp in one fell swoop with no signal being given. - The Battle Cry of Freedom is another song from the Civil War sung by the Union. The lyrics are near identical to the ones at the end of this song: "Yes we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of freedom, We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!" |
|
| Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
I was really bored, so I looked up just about every reference in this song. - The Garden State Parkway is the busiest toll highway in the US. It stretches from Montvale, NJ (near New York) all the way to Cape May, NJ on the other end. Essentially all the way across New Jersey, hence its name. - The Fung Wah bus is a Chinese bus company running between Boston and New York. It is known for its low fares, so it is very popular with students, or struggling musicians like Titus Andronicus. - Fenway is Fenway Park baseball stadium in Boston, obviously. - The Newark Bears are a New Jersey baseball team in the CanAm League. - "Tramps like us, baby, we were born to die", like you've all guessed, is a play on Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run". Springsteen, like Titus, is from NJ and probably a big influence of theirs, since he is thanked in The Monitor liner notes. - I've assumed 17 and 84 are both highways, 70 and 80 being mph. I know that Highway 84 at least is in the NJ area. Although i could be wrong about that. - The Merritt Parkway is another parkway between New York and Connecticut, running towards Boston. - The Great Pine Barrens is a heavily forested area in southern Nj. The Garden State Parkway runs through it. MORE BELOW |
|
| Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| In their interview with Spin, Patrick Stickles said he wrote most of the album after going through a bad breakup and watching a ton of movies/reading a ton of books about the Civil War. So it is very well plausible that he is "looking for another girl". | |
| Cymbals Eat Guitars – And the Hazy Sea Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
There's definitely more lyrics after "When you're stopped behind trucks". Here's what I hear: The fireway's a story, stolen (that line's a total guess) It's gonna break, and spill Into the ocean front Sailing into 1999 |
|
| The Cribs – Girls Like Mystery Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Ah, the old "Friend Zone". I know you well. | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Agreed. I always saw "placing fingers through the notches in your spine" as more of a romantic thing, as in resting/tracing your fingers in between the little bumps of the vertebrae on someone's bare back during lovemaking. | |
| Harlem Shakes – Sickos Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
I always thought it was "Gettin' high in missile-free skies" and "If there's a bomb in your hangar, just throw it" That second one was probably just a typo though |
|
| Hot Chip – And I Was A Boy From School Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I'm just happy someone else remembers Bomberman 64 | |
| Pavement – Spit On A Stranger Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
So do I. But then again, I'm in high school. But still... FUCK YEAH! |
|
| Jay-Z – Encore Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
In The Mouth, An Encore Jay-Z vs. Pavement mashup Dj N-Wee Epic |
|
| Noah and the Whale – 5 Years Time Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
The version I have of this song (I think it's the 3007 single version) isn't the album version, and to be honest, it's got to be a hundred times better there. I think it's because they cut out all of the annoyingly over-twee'd bits and kept it down to just Charlie Fink and a couple of ukes. It's a small difference, but somehow the album version becomes incessant, whereas the early version is catchy and simply magical. |
|
| Chiddy Bang – Opposite of Adults (feat. MGMT) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
This is a total guess and I could be way off, but he could be calling out a bunch of other rappers. Kid Z = Jay Z Kid C = Kid Cudi Kid P = P Diddy? Kid T = T.I.? T-Pain? Timbaland? Could be anybody. At least that's what I took it as. |
|
| Deerhunter – Never Stops Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
I always thought it was "oh joy" But now I hear "oh winter" Damn, "oh joy" sounded cooler to me. |
|
| Los Campesinos! – In Medias Res Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
I read an interview with Gareth on Pitchfork. Here's what he had to say about this song. "Pitchfork: There's a brutal moment on "In Media Res" where the music gets nauseous and you talk about your corpse falling from a plane: "Drop me at the highest point and trace a line around the dent I leave in the ground/ That'll be the initial of the one you'll marry now I'm not around." Where there any moments on the album when you were like, "I'm going too far with this"? GC: Well, the germ of those lines on "In Media Res" comes from quite a playful place. When I was at school, we used to peel an orange and throw it in the air, and when it landed on the floor it would fall in the shape of a letter, and that letter would be the initial of the person you were going to marry. So, in this instance, the orange peel becomes the dead human body. That lyric is about being replaced. There are a couple literary passages that informed a lot of the set-up for the record. In his first novel, Travelling People, the author B.S. Johnson wrote, "Look, you think you're so bloody tragic, your love having been killed. But there's much worse than that, love. Much worse, much worse, much worse. When your love reveals herself to be utterly indifferent, to have betrayed you, to be nothing like the love she seemed. That is just as final, just as definite, just as much a bereavement as death, but still there's this physical thing that walks around in the image of your love, reminding you of your lost love, tormenting you of what might have been. Believe me, that's worse than death, love. Worse than the death of your love." That's what set up that song in particular-- the idea of bereavement of your own death through the loss of a relationship and how that can leave you. Come to think of it, that bit is very heavy. But I really like it because my ultimate favorite musician ever, [Xiu Xiu's] Jamie Stewart, sings on it as well, and and he totally owns it." The rest of the interview is here, if anybody's interested. http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7769-los-campesinos/ |
|
| Phoenix – Armistice Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
"When ambitions are low" Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart reference? |
|
| Interpol – Untitled Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
Personally, I believe that the lyrics to this song were designed to be ambiguous, seeing as the song seems to be more built around the atmosphere and mood of itself. Of course, none of us are Paul Banks, so none of us know. So until Mr/ Banks himself gives you an explanation of the song, I suggest you stop shooting down ideas. They all work because the lyrics are so wonderfully open for interpretation. The ex-girlfriend theory works. The William S. Burroughs theory works. The drugs theory works. They're all basically centred around someone or something that appears when you least expect it and changes things, even in the slightest of ways. But personally, I think the God theory is actually pretty brilliant, and a little less cliche than relationships or drugs. It's a very unique way of thinking of God, at least in a lyrical sense. It emphasizes the mystery of God. It's sort of like God only does so much so that it seems it's done nothing at all. As for all the people that have been shooting down the God theory without a second thought, I hope you realize that you are no better than a bible-thumping Christian. You see, you've all degraded the beliefs of others and imposed your own upon them. Sounds a little fascist to me. Religion is never the problem, it's the people that use it to gain power. And for the record, just because somebody's Christian doesn't mean they believe in some giant man with a beard that lives in a castle made of clouds and rules the planet. Personally, I believe that God is simply fate. An entity that appears and changes things when you least expect it. But if you disagree, whatever. Do what you want, it's not like your beliefs are affecting me at all. But no, it varies from person to person and if you're smart at all you'll realize that it's the moral that counts, not the story. In conclusion, stop hate, love music. Live on. |
|
| Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think Foreman is meant to be talking about a fridge | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel – The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 2 and 3 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
Perhaps "my mother the garbage bin", is a reference to King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, where Jeff says "And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor". In that light, the line could mean that the mother is a receptacle for a lot of verbal, emotional, or even physical abuse from the father. He lays all his negativity, aggression, and disappointment (his garbage) in her. Also, did anybody else notice that this song had been originally titled "Up And Over We Go", and the next song is "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea". Meaning that if the song was left with it's first title, the album would have read UP AND OVER WE GO IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA. I don\t know if that holds any significance. Perhaps the two songs are related? Perhaps it gives more credibility to the theory of this album as a concept album? Either, I just found that to be an interesting fact. |
|
| Lil' Wayne – Prom Queen Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
The mashup of this with Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks" is brilliant. It's called "2 Weeks Til Prom" Personally I think it is better than the original. |
|
| The Strokes – Ize of the World Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Does this song remind anybody else of the casino level in Sonic the Hedgehog? Specifically the solo | |
| Interpol – Roland Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIND SIR! | |
| Kings of Leon – California Waiting Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
In my opinion, this song is about the so-called "rock n roll lifestyle" and how fame was making Caleb and the rest of the Followill boys (or really anybody that gains some sort of fame) lose touch with their former lives, as well as the music industry itself. So let's break this down: "Little Mona Lisa layin' by my side" - This line sets a scene. Here he is with his girlfriend, one that he cares very much about and perhaps had even before the band got famous. She's asleep and he's awake thinking what's happening in his life. By calling her Mona Lisa, I assume all he means is that she's beautiful and is a masterpiece, like the Mona Lisa. "Crimson and Clover pullin' overtime" - You say 'Crimson And Clover' was the first song that really wowed Caleb. Assuming that's true, this line probably means that he's been listening to the song a lot in order reconnect with how his life used to be and how this (his life as a musician) all got started. Therefore, he's likely nostalgic for the good old days of his younger years. "Seem too close to be losing touch" - These things (girlfriend, his true passion for music, family, childhood, etc.) are very close to his heart and he seems to be afraid that he will lose them as his band becomes more and more famous. "By givin' in, what am I givin' up?/Am I losin' way too much?" - Once again, fearful and nervous about what he will lose when he gives in to fame and the music industry. "Hey, California waiting" - Where do people go to get famous? That's right kids, California! So basically, this line means it appears fame, fortune, and L.A. are all staring him in the face and waiting for him to accept them. He doesn't seem to like that fact. "Every little thing's gotta be just right" - The industry wants perfection of him and his band. They want to change them so that they are a sleek, polished, and stylish band that is easy to accept for the mainstream. They want to make every little thing just right so that they can cash in. "Say, while you're tryin' to save me/Can I get back my lonely life?" - These businessmen think they're saving him from some sort of terrible, small-town commoner life (GOOD GOD! The horror of being...gasp...a regular person!). Really though, he just wants his life to be, y'know, normal and not crowded by bigwigs and groupies and all the shit that comes with rock stardom. "I'm goin' so fast that I can't slow down" - Fast forward. His life has become hectic now that he's a big rockstar. He's out there living the party life and he can't seem to get back to how life used to be, which is what he really wants. "It's hard to get up when you're spinnin' round and round" - He's confused and dizzy from this rush of fame and stardom. He feels like he's been knocked down and he can't get up because his life is going too fast for him. "I'd tell you the news, but nothin's changed" - Here, it turns out this big, grand life of a rockstar is not as great as anybody made it out to be. His family and friends ask what everything's like, but really he's just the same old guy. Now he's just stuck in this frantic and fast-paced rock 'n' roll life. He doesn't seem to like this either. "I'd sing you a song, but they blew it away" - The record company could not give less of a damn about his music and what it's trying to say, they just want him for the money he'll make them. If his band were to lose their popularity, they'd probably be dropped in a split second. His songs don't even seem to have meaning anymore. "All wrapped up in this stupid ass game" - Pretty self-explanatory. The first time I heard this song, I thought it sounded very optimistic and fun, kinda like "California Sun" (The Ramones version moreso than any other for sound). Then, after taking a closer look st the lyrics, turns out it's quite the opposite. Anyway, there it is folks. Hope my interpretation helps clear up any confusion. See you all on the net. Remember to rock to the rhythm and bop to the beat of the radio. |
|
| Phoenix – 1901 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
Could the "meteor/material tower" be a reference to the Eiffel Tower? It seems logical seeing as Phoenix is from Paris and the Eiffel Tower was seen by many of the French as an eyesore that is/was "overrated" and would be eventually taken down ("think it's not gonna stay anyway"). And for the record, it does sound a lot more like "material" than it does "meteor". |
|
| Interpol – Roland Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I see your point, but that doesn't answer my question concerning background vocals. | |
| Interpol – The New Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Whoa, sorry! Looks like they did. My bad. | |
| The Replacements – Beer For Breakfast Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
It says "Honey where I'm from/Mama's baby boy's a bum" at the chorus. And raspberryrush's comment's right too. |
|
| Interpol – The New Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I'm really surprised that nobody's noticed that in the song he says: "I can't pretend I DON'T need to defend some part of me from you" |
|
| Interpol – Roland Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Just because you make a valid point and are probably right doesn't excuse you for being a dick. | |
| Interpol – Roland Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Does anybody know what's being said in the background during the chorus? | |
| Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I've been hit with a new revelation. "How are things on the West Coast? I hear you movin' real fine You wear those shoes like a dove Now strut those shoes We'll go roaming in the night Well how are things on the West Coast?" These lines actually seem to have more of a sarcastic and snide air then I once thought after playing the song over a few more times. As such, the protagonist is probably sneering at the new lifestyle the girl is now leading and isn't really faltering in his decision to move on. In this context, he is much more bitter. |
|
| Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
Let's do this the mountain man way and analyzeit line by line. Overall, I'd say it's about a girl who has moved away and he once had feelings for. Perhaps the feelings were mutual, perhaps not, perhaps it seemed they were and he later found it was not so. Either way the girl has hurt him and led him down the wrong path one too many times and he is finally moving on. So let's take a look: "How are things on the West Coast? I hear you movin' real fine" -Clearly the girl has moved or at least been away for quite some time. It appears this may be the first time they have talked in quite some time as he begins with the usual awkward small talk one might experience with a former object of affection. He has heard she's doing well, whether "moving" is meant as literally changing location or is used as a metaphor for basically handling life. "You wear those shoes like a dove Now strut those shoes We'll go roaming in the night" -He begins to feel those old feelings of attraction again. It's her shoes that spark this. He compares her to the grace and beauty of a dove. He starts to think about them dating (perhaps again), spending their nights together on the town as many couples do. "Well how are things on the West Coast? You keep it movin' to your soul's delight" -He remembers that it's not right for them to be together and snaps himself back out of his infatuated daze by returning to the original subject. He realizes that she is doing what she wants and isn't restricted by his needs (or ever was?). There seems to be a bit of bitterness in this line, to me at least. "Now I've tried the brakes I've tried but you know it's a lonely ride" -He's tried before to break himself away from her because she either (a) has hurt him too many times, (b) he can't have her, or (c) she is simply not right for him and leads him to do things that he doesn't see as good for him. All of them are possible motivations. I'm going to use (a) for the rest of the interpretation as it fits quite nicely. "How are things on the West Coast? Oh and move heaven behind those eyes..." -Snap back once again to reality, but he can't help but be attracted to her. He puts this heavenly and wonderful aura about her and is overwhelmed by it when he looks into her eyes, even though he knows she's hurt him over and over. Perhaps he believes she doesn't mean to. "Today my heart swings Yeah today my heart swings" -He regains his strength and begins to see the situation clearly. She's screwed around with his heart one too many times and he finally decides that it's time he moves on and swings his affections away from her. "But I don't want to take your heart" -Obvious. He no longer feels the need to get the feelings he once had mutually as he's lost them. "And I don't want a piece of history" -He doesn't want back the past, in which perhaps they had had a better relationship. "No I don't want to read your thoughts any more My God" -He doesn't care how she feels about him anymore and is amazed/proud of himself. "Yeah, but you're an actress I don't identify" -She has changed from the girl he had once loved. She's suddenly gained a false sense of superiority in her time away and is no longer the sweet girl he once knew. He's never seen her this way before and thus no longer identifies. "Let it come" -Let life take it's course and let this mess of a relationship end. "'Cause I've got a chance for a sweet saint life" -He's got the chance to live a better life without the constant struggle and stress of trying to make her his. "I said I've gotta dance and you'll do just fine" -He has to leave her behind and move on happily. If she tries to stop, whether consciously or subconsciously, he knows she'll do alright without him. He says this smugly. "Well I've got a plan, look forward in my eyes" -He's finally got it all figured out and he has a new sense of anticipation for the future. Sorry if it sounds like a story without much evidence to back it up, but I think you'll all be able to see the basic idea I'm communicating. |
|
| X – Cyrano de Berger's Back Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| It's definitely "I should be the rouge of colour in your cheek" and "Instead I'll make your man look good" | |
| Wintersleep – Danse macabre Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
Well "Danse Macabre" is french for "Strange/Gruesome Dance", so the Dance of the Dead is a valid point. However, I think it's being used as a vehicle to describe regrets of a life wasted on conformity and materialism. "All my friends are skeletons/Dulcimers and chariots" - I think these are metaphors for the people around him. The people he's surrounded himself with are empty, they have no mind of their own and no heart. They don't care about anything important but themselves and are thus hollow (skeletons). A dulcimer is an instrument, something that is used by someone to make music, so this could describe people with talents in some form that are being manipulated by someone else (eg. bands used by record companies for money). It could also be someone who sings their own praises. Chariots are a vehicle and are generally very extravagant and decorative, so this could describe materialistic people, people who surround themselves with money and products that they thinik make them better. However, these people are just being driven by corporations. The lines could also be taken more literally to mean he has no real friends. His friends are skeletons (his own personal demons and what not), dulcimers (art in all it's forms; music, paintings, books, etc. that he uses to describe his own life), and chariots (all the materialistic status symbols; big house, fancy car, etc.). "Prayers to God, oh prayers to god/Hammers for our hollowed heads" - Now that he's realized the error in the lives of himself and those around him, he hopes desperately for something to bring them all out of it. Thus, he wants a hammer, figuratively. The hammer could be used to a) knock some sense into the empty heads of the people around him or b) kill himself and just end the useless life he's made for himself. "Oh, you had such big, big plans/Swallowed all your vitamins" - He wanted to do something with his life. He wanted to be a unique person and make something of himself in this world of conformity. But instead he just took everything that was given to him believing the mass opinion that it was good (much like humans automatically assume a vitamin is good for the body, but it can also have harmful side effects) and never questioned or disagreed. Thus, he became one of the conformists, just like everybody else. Clearly, his plans were not fulfilled. "Wore your poems like a scar/Whatever happened to them?" - Perhaps there was a time in his life when he was opinionated and spoke his own mind. Perhaps there was a time when he was unique and expressive and questioned what he saw (as a poem is). But now he has lost that to the masses and is just another face in the crowd. He's not entirely sure how or why this happened, but it did. "Was I sleeping all this time?" - Disbelief at the idea that he was truly passive throughout most of his life. He's shocked that he spent all his life going along with the opinions of the populist society and never made his own ideas or did anything important with his life. "Was my shadow ever mine?" - He wonders whether he was ever his own man or if he's always been some product of the opinions and beliefs of society around. Can anything about him be called his own? That is what I believe the song is attempting to convey. |
|
| Bloc Party – Banquet Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
The line occurs in Interpol's "Obstacle 1", not "Slow Hands". The line in "Obstacle 1" goes as such: "It's in the way that she walks Her heaven is never enough She puts the weights in my heart She puts the, she puts the weights into my little heart" |
|
| Joy Division – Transmission Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I personally agree more with necktick. I think the song is more about the people in the world that just blindly follow whatever the mainstream media tells them, and because of it, the world makes no social progress, only regression. It has a bit of a "1984" feel to it, especially the last verse. "Listen to the silence, let it ring on": People in modern society are completely oblivious (the silence) to the true world outside their personal bubble of concern. This continues (let it ring on) because everyone is only self-concerned and the media is supporting conformity. "Eyes, dark gray lenses frightened of the sun": These people are turning a blind eye (dark grey lenses) to the real world (the sun) because they are afraid of it, even though there's not much to be afraid of. People have been made this way because the media scares them into obedience when the news only portrays negative events and terror, but these problems could be taken care of if we weren't afraid to face them. "We would have a fine time living in the night/Left to blind destruction/Waiting for our sight": That's an easy one. Basically, this says ignorance is bliss (fine time living in the night), but it doesn't create any progress, it only leads us to more and more problems. People can't seem to formulate their own opinions, they need to be told by the media (waiting for our sight), and are being led into their own destruction. "And we would go on as though nothing was wrong/And hide from these days we remained all alone": Once again, people ignore the real world around them and just keep going on with their daily, commercialized lives. They think society is doing better, but really it's only becoming self-absorbed and indifferent to the events of the outside world. "Staying in the same place, just staying out the time/Touching from a distance/Further all the time": This social indifference is only creating stagnation. We're repeating the same mistakes over and over, and as this keeps going on things will get worse and worse. We're viewing the world from our television screens 9touching from a distance) and if anything, we're in regression as we become more and more afraid to deal with the problems we see (further all the time). "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio": Everyone just keeps on going with their lives, lives that are controlled by the media. They listen to the music, watch the movies, wear the clothes, pay attention to the events, and have the opinions that the media tells them to, and are joyfully oblivious to this effect. They just keep dancing to the mainstream media's whim. "Well I could call out when the going gets tough/The things that we've learned are no longer enough": Someone could speak out against of all this and say that we need to do more to right these wrongs than what we've been doing for years and years, which is letting the leaders of men (wink) solve all our problems for us while we remain self-absorbed and unworried. The problem is that no one would listen because they are blinded by the media. "No language, just sound, is all we need know": Apparently, all we need to know now is what the media tells us (sound, noise with no literal meaning). All we need is to blindly follow the blabber of the media and we will get by. We no longer need personal opinion and reasonable, meaningful thought (language) when we can be told how to live. As you can tell, this line is filled with sarcasm. "To synchronize love to the beat of the show": Even love, one of the most personal experiences and most intense, meaningful emotions that one can have, is now influenced by society and the mainstream media (the beat of the show). Love has become this artificial image that has been created by mass media, but it should be personal and unique for each and every person. This line implies that the media can get you anywhere, they can get inside your head as it has become so powerful. We no longer have full control over ourselves and even our purest thoughts. "And we could dance": Instead of thinking for ourselves, we can follow. Dance to the radio, my friends. |
|
| Joy Division – Disorder Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
thebodiesobtained is right. The line is definitely "new sensations bear the innocence, leave them for another day". This song is the type of song that you can easily immerse yourself in and lose attention for everything that is going on around you while you listen to it. I used to listen to "Disorder" everyday on the walk to and from school about 2 or 3 weeks ago when I was going through a bit of a tough time. I would just get lost entirely in the song and contemplate all the events that had happened to me in the past few days, and the song would just emphasize all those emotions to a peak. The song was very cathartic for me since it has this atmosphere that is both depressing and uplifting at the same time. I know that's a hard idea to understand since it contradicts itself, but if you get deeply into the song, you'll see what I'm getting at. |
|
| The Strokes – Modern Girls and Old Fashion Men (with Regina Spektor) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I'm 95% sure the lyric near the start of the song says: "Modern girls always get their way Old fashioned men dream of what they can't set right right, right, right, right" And in the second verse: "Your time is almost over We won't get the chance to do this over right right, right, right, right" Also, like FireBaptism10 said, you left out: "So fucking help me up" |
|
| Joy Division – Shadowplay Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I think that this song is about Ian Curtis' feelings about his fans and his uncomfortability with his rising stardom. However, my ideas might be off since the point of view switches from that of the fans to Ian and back. "To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you": I think this line is in reference to the fans. They all flock to see Joy Division from towns across the country and wait outside for the band to play, They have all this devotion to the band and see them as saviours, and thus will do anything to see them. "To the bottom of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you": Another reference to the fans placing too much importance on the band. Many of the fans are people who feel like they've lost all hope and see Ian as communicating exactly how they feel. Once again, they see Ian as a hero, someone who will save them from their miseries, but I an is just as miserable as them. "In a room without a window in the corner, I found truth": This describes how Ian is really just a musician, and not a saviour. Ian is simply a man who writes songs in his room, where he finds truth. "In the shadowplay acting out your own death, knowing no more/As the assassins all grouped into four lines, dancing on the floor": Ian realizes that the music business is killing him mentally. He feels as if he is acting out all his problems for the adoring public, who fail to grasp the true meaning and depth of his lyrics. They want more and more from him, but he can't give it to them, and they don't understand that these songs describe his real inner thoughts. "With cold steel odour on their bodies, made a move to connect/I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left": Ian's lyrics are his attempt to branch out to the audience, but they don't see it and they don't help. They simply see him as some sort of entertainment, and just when he feels he has reached out to them, they all leave him behind as just another part of the show. "I did everything, everything I wanted to/ I let them use you, for their own ends": The audience treat Ian as an object, something to be used to their will. Meanwhile, he is losing emotional and mental control in front of their eyes. He feels he is being used. That's just my interpretation. Take it or leave it. |
|
| Dirty Pretty Things – Panic Attack Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Dirty Pretty Things did an acoustic cover on the Napster Sessions, which can be found at albionarks.com. | |
| Interpol – PDA Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I know we dropped this a while ago, but PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant (not Personal Data Assisitant), as well as Public Display of Affection. I know the latter is more probable, but I just thought I'd throw the Canadian dictionary definition out there. I think the date rape interpretation fits quite well actually. However, I also think it's highly unlikely that that is the true subject of the song. Bands like Interpol aren't usually that literal with their lyrics. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.