| Groove Armada – If Everybody Looked The Same Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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Love this song... have it on Vertigo. The dominant lyric describes a pretty obvious sentiment in favor of diversity, which I would agree is a good thing. But me and a friend are mystified by the line "You know the fellas good for the moolah" -- does this refer to some cultural thing in my squareness I simply don't know? Is it related to the main theme? Or, is it just a cool rap? |
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| Donald Fagen – Walk Between Raindrops Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Love the immigrant interpretation, but I find it intriguing as a "love" song.\n\n"We fought" - very concise! No blame, either. Love it. Next line, we don\'t know who had the tears - both? One of them?\n\nThen, the clincher: "walked between the raindrops back to *your* door". Not *our* door... How is it they were in separate rooms? Is this a 1950s thing? Or, perhaps they knew each other but not well enough? And then, does he go in that door? Presumably, otherwise he\'d be in the rain without an umbrella.\n\nSo much unsaid; so much to the imagination. Love it!\n\nAnd, like Starquest: "Ohhhhhhhhh MIAMI!" | |
| David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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This song has such a sense of foreboding about it. The drum and bass feel, his vocal emphasis, and lyrics like “I pushed you down beneath the weeds” make it sound there’s some sort of date-rape going on. But hearing it more and reading the lyrics (which seem right), it tells more a story of cuckolded love and the anguish of the cuckold. A tenuous relationship where she must have agreed to go with him and he’s thrilled (“I just said home”) but she has this very dark response (wants “Sue the virgin” on her grave?). Some sort of medical message, pregnancy maybe? All the foreboding and violent imagery (and the parenthetical part of the title!) makes me wonder if he kills her “off screen” as it were. Anyway, I must thank my wife Sue for knowing I liked Bowie and getting this CD for my birthday just after he passed. We may never know the meaning and that would be fine with him. |
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| The Cure – Hot Hot Hot!!! Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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He said "Captain", I said "What" He said "Captain", I said "What" He said "Captain", I said "What" He said "Captain", I said "What you want?" |
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| The Cure – All I Want Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Jeeze, I should have looked at the lyrics when this came out - I thought it was "hold you like a doll"... | |
| The Cure – How Beautiful You Are... Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Definitely. The only thing I can add is that the reason she reacts badly is not necessarily because she's shallow, but because of the way these strangers view her as an object of desire. This also fits well with Smith's deep influence from existentialist thinking (e.g, "Killing An Arab" => Camus' "The Stranger"). I'm sure he read Sartre's "Being and Nothingness"; many of his songs deal with the problem of The Other. |
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| Gang of Four – We Live As We Dream, Alone Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Who says rock and roll can't be educational? It was from this song I learned about "the space between our work and its product". This concept helps me understand my place in the working world. Much later, I heard a lecture from Noam Chomsky where he mentioned the concept as well. | |
| Gang of Four – The History Of The World Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Stability is in my mind. Kind of like the rule of mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. |
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| Gang of Four – Capital (It Fails Us Now) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Oops, it's "hi-fi" | |
| Gang of Four – Capital (It Fails Us Now) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I believe it's, "I need a freezer, I need a hi-hi". The essentials, of course. Also, they seem to be switching between "One day old and living on credit", and "One day all men are living on credit" - very clever twist. |
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| Gang of Four – Cheeseburger Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I hope they keep down the price of gas... | |
| Gang of Four – Paralyzed Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Correction: it's "blinkered", not "blinking" Also, "dupe", not "duke". Unemployment sucks, but it's the price of capitalism that the worth of human beings is defined by what they can get in the market. |
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| Kate Bush – Moving Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I looked it up. You must be talking about Lindsay Kemp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Kemp This is a beautiful song. But why whale song? And, I wonder, why "you crush the lily in my soul"? |
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| Kate Bush – The Morning Fog Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"On don dee-a don doo On don dee-a don doo On don dee-a don doo On don dee-a don don dee-on doo..." I love this song. "Ditty don... doo... Ditty don don doo..." |
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| Kate Bush – The Kick Inside Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Wow, what a fabulous interpretation! And it dovetails so well with the ostensible original Lizzy Wan theme. Just beautiful. | |
| Kate Bush – Babooshka Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is exactly the interpretation I had from the first time I heard it. I don't think it's too hard to figure out. Since the song ends with him telling Babooshka he's all hers, you don't get to hear what came after when he finds out it's really his wife. But I like to think that such an encounter has a positive ending, along the lines of, "Hey, it's actually you all along! What happened to our live together? Why can't you be this way as yourself?" If she couldn't, then the relationship is over. If she can, well, it opens up a new chapter in their lives. |
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| Kate Bush – The Dreaming Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Kate Bush is definitely not your standard expendable pop diva. This was the first song I remember hearing by her on my local college radio station. I was definitely intrigued and sought out the rest of her albums (vinyl at the time; early 80s). Well it wasn't all as weird as this one, but it was definitely original, and I continue to love it. Love those breathing sounds! "Bang" goes another Kanga on the bonnet of the van... |
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| David Bowie – Stay Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This is one of my favorite Bowie songs. Not necessarily for the lyrics, which are definitely cool, but the music. It's some serious hard rockin' drums and guitar, and with flanger effect and mellotron strings. And definitely the guitar solo at the end. I love playing it as loud as I can take it. This song is why I bought Station to Station twice: vinyl then CD. | |
| David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Agree with Kaguth about interpretation of "Ashes to Ashes". People are not stupid and do get the allusions. Anyway, the mood of "Ashes to Ashes" is so cool, you gotta love it. More resignation, I guess... | |
| David Bowie – Fashion Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I love this song. Ridicules slavish following of ANY kind of fashion, be it musical, clothing, political, etc. Fashion! Turn to the left Fashion! Turn to the right The fashion politizia tell you what to do Oooh, fashion! We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep-beep Beep-beep Get out of the way, old timers, the new fashion is taking over! I love how the opening beats are on the upbeat compared to the main beat of the song. You hear it and start adjusting to it... then the rest of the song comes in and you realize you're out of step... out of FASHION!!! Also, the "turn to the left, turn to the right..." second time you hear it, you're expecting "turn to the right", but IT DOESN'T COME... Whoops! Gotta stuck with the FASHION! Can't turn right this time...!!!! "Fashion is a form of ugliness so vulgar we have to change it every six months" - Oscar Wilde Anyway, if you can't tell yet, I love this song. Very much on target. |
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| David Bowie – It's No Game (Part 1) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I would *really* like to know the translation of the Japanese lyrics. Complete with masculine/feminine denotations. right2interpret: The difference between Pt 1 and Pt 2 is resignation; nothing can be done about the situations. Obviously my opinion, but strongly felt. |
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| Steely Dan – The Last Mall Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Very funny. The world's about the end, so make your final purchases! |
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| Donald Fagen – The Goodbye Look Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I just love how breezy and carefree he sounds, all the time he could be arrested. "Won't you pour me a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen?" Er, don't you have a motor launch to catch? First time, I heard the song without knowing the lyrics. Sounded like some lover who had given him the kiss-off. Reading closer, the good-bye look is a lot more sinister! |
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| Steely Dan – Chain Lightning Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In Metal Leg, Becker and Fagen say "you'll never guess": http://granatino.com/sdresource/9lyrics.htm Fagen also says it's "40 years later" he was going to say, but decided not to because it didn't work musically. |
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| Donald Fagen – The Nightfly Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Well sweetandy is on to something. I wondered why the sunlight had to come through the skylight - must *really* be underground! Great song. |
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| Steely Dan – Throw Back The Little Ones Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I always thought the bridge at 1:54 had a very Zappa-esque harmony to it. Like something from Hot Rats. | |
| Steely Dan – I Got The News Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Three-way relationship like many SD songs. "Daddy" is rich but she can do what she wants and get away with it. They've known each other for a long time but he never knew she had a thing for him. Next thing you know they fall madly into bed together. "Slow down, I'll tell you when..." - She's on top and perhaps with a little too much "travel" for him; he's afraid she's gonna break it right off. The Broadway duchess lines I guess he doesn't think she's so smart, a typical slam - great sex, no brains. "I would still be proud to know you" - note he says "know", sounds like he's distancing himself from her, this was a one time fling. "Proud" as in "yeah, I did her and WOW" |
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| Steely Dan – BarryTown Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Very interesting literal interpretations, but it certainly holds a universal lesson about prejudice, regardless of the original inspiration. |
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| Steely Dan – The Caves of Altamira Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Meant to add that this is one of my all-time favorite SD songs! | |
| Steely Dan – The Caves of Altamira Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I like Sleepy La Beef's interpretation. "Nothing here but history..." - art history, that is (yawn) "I step into the sun" - sounds sort of god-like, but perhaps he stepped from the gallery to the street Is it a reaction against the new art versus a more traditional view that he has? Does it really go back as far as the caves? Perhaps he's commenting on a co-opting of graffiti art... but that's just a thought... |
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| Steely Dan – Show Biz Kids Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I'm listening to this right now on headphones and I swear they're not saying, "while the poor people sleeping...". Sounds more like "while the gall proof is sleeping", what ever that could mean. But the lyrics here match what's on the official SD website (shrug)... | |
| Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I always thought the keyboard was a Rhodes electric piano. I can also hear a Hammond B3 in there too, but could be wrong on both counts... | |
| Steely Dan – The Fez Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It *is* disco, plain and simple. And perhaps they *were* trying to cash in, but not without a little poison in the sugar. I remember hating disco (had a "Disco Sucks" t-shirt) at the time, but I had to like this song because it was Steely Dan. In truth I did like disco, but as a pure-bred white boy in a white part of the country, wouldn't/couldn't admit it... I never knew about fez == condom until recently, so I just thought it was "cool" to think you might have a "funny hat" on in bed. |
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| Steely Dan – Rikki Don't Lose That Number Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Here's something to muddle all conclusions: The person of the title is Rikki Ducornet, see page 3 of: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174152,00.html The short story is that Rikki was the young, pregnant wife of a professor at Bard that DF had a flirtation with. |
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| Steely Dan – Everything You Did Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love the line, "Turn up the Eagles the neighbors are listening" :-) The last line I only recently paid attention to - it sounds on the verge of rape retribution. |
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| Steely Dan – Any World (That I'm Welcome To) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Perhaps it was a song written earlier in his youth that was too painful to sing at the time. The Wikipedia page on DF talks about a traumatic family move from Passaic to Fair Lawn, NJ, which he hated. Definitely has an element of teen angst to it, certainly that I recall from those years... |
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| Steely Dan – Sign in Stranger Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song reminds me most of Naked Lunch. Definitely a place where you could get a new life if you wanted. By the way, Morocco is not in Turkey; it's a country in Africa across from Spain and Gibraltar. |
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| Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I tend to look to the autobiographical in Dan songs. So perhaps this is rock star protagonist with two groupie females promising all kinds of good things to them, with bad things happening because he's too old for this. Although, I do wonder what "San Francisco show and tell" is, given that SF is known for homosexuality... |
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| Steely Dan – My Old School Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Entertainment Weekly: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174152,00.html This link is very interesting. Could they be saying that the "35 sweet goodbyes" had to do with the 35 boys that got their heads shaved? |
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| Steely Dan – Do It Again Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Lots of interesting interpretations... The sitar-like sound of the guitar at the end could be a hint to the idea of the "wheel turnin' round and round" being a Samsara reference. |
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| Steely Dan – The Royal Scam Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Adding to lisalambchop's comment: "...where they learn to fear an angry race of fallen kings" - the black population in NYC. Not sure, but "how they are paid in gold to babble in the back room..." reference to welfare? Either that or organized crime... |
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