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| TV on the Radio – Shout Me Out Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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"Can someone tell me exactly how? I don't see any lifted lyrics, and the choruses aren't really at all similar."
the ends of the verses "reason has stalled" into the singing of the title is quite similar to the way dylan's verses progress from "crooked highways" etc to its singing of its title. i could certainly believe it was completely unintentional and the similarity didnt occur to any of the band whilst making it (i didnt notice the similarity until i read the pitchfork review), but its pretty obvious to me what they're talking about. |
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| Norah Jones – Don't Know Why Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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if this song is in fact about not being able to get an orgasm with a particular partner (the dirty meaning of "come"), it's about ten times better than it is if it isn't (the regular meaning of "come"). it certainly makes sense in the context of the other lyrics. and its a lovely melody. and it would be a fantastic thing to write a song about |
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| Blur – This Is a Low Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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always annoyed me that pulp got so much praise for providing a post-britpop hangover soundtrack on "this is hardcore" when blur effectively did it with this, on perhaps the album most emblematic of britpop itself |
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| Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i think alfiebaby is talking about the spoken bit at the start of the album version, which doesnt appear in the video version. |
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| Tom Waits – All the World Is Green Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow"
now that is a fucking lyric |
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| De La Soul – I Am I Be Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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pretty ridiculous that lame spoon/moon shit like coldplay gets a million comments on every song and this so far has nothing.
pos's verses are pretty straightforward but what the name of christ is dove talking about |
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| Robbie Williams – Rudebox Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"DOESNT ANY ONE REALISE THIS IS A PISSTAKE?!
obviously robbie sees the amount of shit in music now-a-days. and he knows that any mindless teenager will love this crap.
only robbie could get away with this :)"
dont be fucking stupid. this song is hardly any different to "rock DJ" which definitely wasnt a joke |
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| The Streets – Weak Become Heroes Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i dont really like the streets. i mean he's a horrible rapper/vocalist/whatever but i cant help but be totally hooked by this song because i can totally relate to it |
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| Eminem – Kill You Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"I ain't acid rap, but I rap on acid
Got a new blow-up doll and just had a strap-on added"
ahahahahahahahahaaha
the apex of his sickass knowingly-forced-multisyllabic clownin |
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| Justin Timberlake – Like I Love You Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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this song is just straight up ridiculous. the neptunes really did a lot to raise the bar for pop music and this was probably the apex of that. the drums are probably the best part, so funky, so hard. not like those weak ass generic drum patterns you hear on other songs. and the syncopated guitar....damn. and the bridge! the bridge! ohhh shit. this song is so good to dance to, and i mean dance properly, not the half-assed whitebread shit most people do in clubs, i mean really getting ya groove on. the combination of those drums and the guitar gives you so many variables to shake it up in regard to. now it would be safe to say most singers could have sung this song and it would still have been good but justin, bless him, does a really solid job here if hardly spectacular. props. |
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| Master P – Make 'Em Say Uhh! Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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ughhhhhhh nigga! like when yous sitting on the toilet and when you let a big one fly!!!! ughhhhh!! thats what no limit soldiers be doing all day baby, just pooping out rancid, disgusting material all day baby as a natural reflex and shiiiiiieeeet. UGHHHHHHHHHHH |
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| Nas – Life's A Bitch Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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did i mention i love how the whole of nas's verse is on some poetic, autobiographical shit then in the last couplet abruptly switches into battle rap? there is no quicker way to my heart for an mc than to quickly juxtapose poetics/emotions with being a badass muhfucka. its like if for the closing words of ulysses, after that long single-sentence chapter with molly ranting like a psycho bitch, jimmy joyce had written "what's fuckin with that?" |
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| Nas – Life's A Bitch Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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^ he says "effervescent"
and everyone always talks about az's verse on this song but imo nas completely smokes him. az's verse may be more technically accomplished but nas's lyrics here are just beautiful. the opening lines are ridiculously gorgeous and the whole thing just flows so, so well to its conclusion. one of the greatest, for real |
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| Roots Manuva – Dreamy Days Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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wonderful, wonderful song....i remember seeing the video for this on mtv when it was in the charts and it was just surreal how something so unapologetically REAL was being played on that parade of fake-ass shite
too many musicians, rappers especially, write their songs based in some fantasy world only mildly connected to reality. manuva doesn't. |
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| Eminem – Lose Yourself Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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the fact that eminem was so successful with this song, which is a straight up hip hop song about (in essence) making hip hop music, about just getting up and rhyming....no scantily clad women in the video, no R&B chick on the hook, no pop instrumental for the beat, and nothing but densely layered assonance-heavy multisyllabic rhymes...is something that he will always, always, always deserve respect for. |
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| Method Man – All I Need Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i prefer the mary j remix with the biggie sample, the "you're all i need to get by" interpolation and meth's very relatable (at least to me) "we on another level of planning, of understanding....the highest elevation...we above all that romance crap" lines. still, a very nice song. good work meth |
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| Prince – Eye No Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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hundalasilah in all likelihood is just a princely take on "hallelujah". |
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| Prince – Erotic City Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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if you make babies you have to care for them and shit. when you're a wild mid-twenties rock star you dont want to be doing that. you just want to fuck. am i right sheila? am i right p? |
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| John Mayer – Your Body Is A Wonderland Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i truly admire the feats that john mayer is able to accomplish. with this song, for example, he is able to make sex sound boring. he is able to make sex sound like the kind of thing that would soundtrack a saturn commercial. |
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| Robbie Williams – Rudebox Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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its nothing to do with it being "music like this". its to do with it being "music like this" which is also shit. |
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| Bob Dylan – Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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the first time i heard this song my jaw dropped with such enormous fucking ferocity it shattered the tiles on the floor.
i mean, jesus. words words words words words words |
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| Prince – Alphabet St. Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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only prince could put out a song thats very explictly about oral sex that a) doesnt get at all censored and b) manages to assume a marvin-esque "change the world" spiritual stance as well. this song distills the philosophies of prince's entire career into 5 and a half minutes: god is love is sex is music. bring on the better day. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song is one of the most relatable on a personal level i've ever heard. the line "you can't start a fire...worrying about your little world falling apart" sends shivers down my spine every time |
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| Bob Dylan – Tryin' to Get to Heaven Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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back when this song was released, on the dylan usenet group someone posted their daughter's reaction to this song:
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Today, on the way home from soccer game, I slipped TOOM into the play mode right after the Dreaded Wallflowers. My 8 year old daughter commented on Trying to Get to Heaven. Her comments were something like this:
"Well they better not close the door to heaven. At least not until everyone is in. [She thinks for a while and then says] Well, I guess it would be ok, as long as they open it when the next person comes. But, why would they do that. Open and close it. Close it and open it. I think they ought to just leave it open."
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which is just beautiful. |
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| Bob Dylan – Queen Jane Approximately Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song is almost certainly entirely about joan baez, and definitely isn't even slightly about pot. beyond the simple jean/jane similarity, lines like...
"Now when all of the flower ladies want back what they have lent you
And the smell of their roses does not remain"
"Now when all the bandits that you turned your other cheek to
All lay down their bandanas and complain"
"And you're sick of all this repetition"
...make it abundantly clear. if it's not about joan baez, it certainly is a remarkable coincidence that this song is completely consistent with bob dylan's attitude towards joan baez at about exactly the time he wrote and recorded this song. |
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| Bob Dylan – You're a Big Girl Now Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song just shows dylan's mastery of melody to the fullest. the way it builds up during the first part of each verse and then unleashes that utterly devastating howl, then falls back, resigned, to the wearied "you're a big girl...".....god. just so perfectly nails the kind of emotion he's going for, frustration mixed with regret with hopelessness.
it's so good he can even put a horrible line like "time is a jet plane, it moves too fast" in there and get away with it |
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| Sting – Seven Days Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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if you look up "tastefully detailed" in the dictionary, it would say "see: vinnie coluatia's drumming on seven days by sting" |
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| Beyoncé – Deja Vu Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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the roland 808 is a drum machine. the most famous drum machine of all time?
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| Eminem – Ass Like That Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song is like coltrane (if he was still alive) doing an album like kenny g. this song is a fucking complete and utter waste of probably the most talented mc ever to have existed. get it together em |
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| Asian Dub Foundation – New Way, New Life Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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even if this song was in bengali (huh huh huh) it would still be incredibly euphoric and celebratory to me. that it's in english and i can understand ever word simply elevates it from a simply very happy-sounding piece of music to one of the most euphoric, celebratory, inspiring songs i've ever heard. and im about as asian as ingmar bergman. forza desis! |
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| Michael Jackson – Earth Song Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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if michael jackson cares so much about saving the planet, exactly why did he spend so much money on an enormous extravagant ranch where he had his own private amusement park, and ironically his own private zoo where he not only kept captive but actually neglected to bother caring for the very animals he claims to want to save?
and i cant help but wonder where casual anti-semitism and seducing underage boys with pornography and alcohol fit into michael's utopian aspirations for the world. |
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| Nas – Bridging The Gap Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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for a kid who through his teenage years mostly listened to chicago blues and hip hop, hearing someone like nas saying "muddy waters, howlin' wolf, you don't stop" is just like affirmation. like, YOU ARE RIGHT. thanks nas. |
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| Nas – It Ain't Hard To Tell Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this is just braggadocio rapping 101. simple as that. you could write a million songs and never come off as dope as this. beautiful |
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