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| Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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@[couldBanyone:27818] - I just read this...
The song is about an alternate reality where J Mascis is President of the United States.
In the deluxe edition of Daydream Nation liner notes Byron Coley quoted Thurston Moore:
"It was actually about appointing J Mascis as our de facto alternative dream president." the song was originally titled “Rock’N’Roll for President.” |
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| Modest Mouse – Heart Cooks Brain Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[nothingoodtosay:24903] - I always thought this line was sort of a vague reference to the phrase "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"... and I think that ties in with your opinion here as well. |
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| Yo La Tengo – Paddle Forward Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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The majority of those lyrics do not seem to fit what I am hearing while listening to this song... but the same "mistakes" are everywhere online... so maybe it's me? but I doubt it... I'll have to ask them... |
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| Built to Spill – Carry the Zero Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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@[kiraschmaljohn:12369] Sometimes I jump on this site to read through people's interpretations of songs and get aggravated as hell because their opinions are so far off from mine... (which probably says some negative things about the way I think and maybe I shouldn't admit this)... and I want to argue with everyone until the voice of reason reminds me that I am not always right, and a song can mean whatever each of us wants it to. The ambiguity of (some) song lyrics leaves it up to each of us and our emotions, mindset, etc. to determine what we believe the song to be about without ever really knowing exactly what the artist is saying, because it is such a personal thing to write a song and unless your audience KNOWS you, then none of them will really know exactly what is being said.
So today I read through all of these comments and came upon yours... and I learned something... and I thank you. This was always my favorite Built to Spill song and now I like it even more... it really makes sense as to where all the emotion comes from in the song... especially live.
again.. thanks. |
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