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| Roger Waters – Amused To Death Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I hope everyone noticed the very last line of the song (and album) is "nineteen eighty four," the same name as George Orwell's book criticizing totalitarianism. I found that really clever and kinda lucky Alf's story takes place then. |
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| Pearl Jam – I Am a Patriot Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I didnt say the USA havnt played their part, but the states entered the war after pearl habour, so it wasnt a strictly benovolent act was it? And no, The states had little to do with the fall of communism in the USSR at all. That was an internal struggle. |
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| Pink Floyd – Not Now John Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Flip Flopper.
Anyway I think this and "Young Lust" are the only real all out rock songs Pink Floyd have isnt it? That's quite amusing for a Rock band! |
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| Roger Waters – Leaving Beirut Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I downloaded this only last night, and although I love Roger Waters, I have to say I was mildy disappointed. The narrative style story was a little too much and made me think of some good (but not great) writer jacking off into a mic. Also the line "are these the people we should bomb" sounds awkward. ALSO (and no one can help this, of course,) but Roger is sounding old..
I suspect it will grow on me, however, like most of his stuff. |
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| Bob Dylan – Maggie's Farm Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Shit, Marx must have had one hell of a poetic, philisophical, perceptive mind then, napoleoninrags, if what he wrote "word for word" was the section I quoted. It's good that Bob Dylan makes you think tho. |
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| Bob Dylan – Maggie's Farm Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Oh yeah, replapser, complete genius:
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them.
I've read deeper, more eloquent things on 14 year old girls' livejournal accounts. |
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| Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Fuck you assholes for saying this is about his dog. Ill never be able to listen to it the same way again.
But then again he might have been joking around, if that's what he said. I mean it's sung pretty tenderly..like one lover to another. If it IS about his dog then he sounds like he has a pretty dam close relationship with her, prehaps boardering on the illegal.... |
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| Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Also, the idea of this song having two meanings is pretty cool, considering it'll make the listener himself ask, "just what is going on here?" thus placing him firmly in Mr. Jones shoes himself... |
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| Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Calling a song with difficult lyrcial content just a weird 'drug song' is a very easy and lazy way to explain it, in my opinion.
Anyway I think both the homosexual theory and Anal-y-sis' thoughts fit very well. Why can't it be both? Bob Dylan is a pretty creative, intelligent guy, I can certainly see him writing a song with one idea in mind and seeing how the words turn out, then playing with a few images to capture something else entirely. I know when I write I find and develop many layers, and Dylan is an infinitly better wordsmith than humble I.
Anyways, regarding the "Dylan wouldnt sing about dirty, loveless gay sex because, dammit, he was a lovable, completely political correct soul enlightened forever to the plight of the "freaks and outsiders"...well..I would disagree. Everyone has a cruel streak in them, and the man he's describing in the song warrants jibes because he DENIES his lifestyle. And gay annon. sex does happen..especially if the guy has a wife.. Dylan was more of a realist than an idealist, I think, more than some people might realize.. |
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| Pink Floyd – The Fletcher Memorial Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Shit I just wrote a long post here, but it ain't posting. Anyway @inpraiseoffolly.... I never really thought about how offensive people might find ww2 imagery in an artists work, but have you seen the movie, "The Wall?" You cant deny Waters incorperates a ton of Nazi imagery there (they even throw up the old Nazi salute)...and all over a self absorbed musician. Now, THAT'S a little trivial...
My point being, I dont really think Roger is above using Nazi references in his work... |
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| Pink Floyd – The Fletcher Memorial Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Shit I just wrote a long post here, but it ain't posting. Anyway @inpraiseoffolly.... I never really thought about how offensive people might find ww2 imagery in an artists work, but have you seen the movie, "The Wall?" You cant deny Waters incorperates a ton of Nazi imagery there (they even throw up the old Nazi salute)...and all over a self absorbed musician. Now, THAT'S a little trivial...
My point being, I dont really think Roger is above using Nazi references in his work. |
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| Pink Floyd – The Fletcher Memorial Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Shit I just wrote a long post here, but it ain't posting. Anyway @inpraiseoffolly.... I never really thought about how offensive people might find ww2 imagery in an artists work, but have you seen the movie, "The Wall?" You cant deny Waters incorperates a ton of Nazi imagery there (they even throw up the old Nazi salute)...and all over a self absorbed musician. Now, THAT'S a little trivial...
My point being, I dont really think Roger is above using Nazi references in his work. |
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| Pink Floyd – The Fletcher Memorial Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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inpraiseoffolly, Im wondering what you thought of the movie, "The Wall" where a self- absorbed musician (Pink- played by Bob Geldof) turns into a dictator of Hitleresque proportions. They even have the crowd throw up the old Nazi salute..and there's no mistaking all the crossed hammer imagery. I really don't think Roger is above using blatant Nazi references in his work.
ps. this isnt a flame or anything..I never thought about how a musicians employment of ww2 references might be offensive to others and I can kind of see your point. |
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| Pink Floyd – The Fletcher Memorial Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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inpraiseoffolly, Im wondering what you thought of the movie, "The Wall" where a self- absorbed musician (Pink- played by Bob Geldof) turns into a dictator of Hitleresque proportions. They even have the crowd throw up the old Nazi salute..and there's no mistaking all the crossed hammer imagery. I really don't think Roger is above using blatant Nazi references in his work.
ps. this isnt a flame or anything..I never thought about how a musicians employment of ww2 references might be offensive to others and I can kind of see your point. |
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| Robbie Williams – Karma Killer Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Well ok, but seriously..how hard is it to knock of a few lyrics? John and Paul (yeah I know who you're talking about duhhhhhhhhhh) BOTH wrote music and lyrics. I still stand by my claim Robbie Williams is a jumped up little git. |
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| Roger Waters – It's A Miracle Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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^interesting^ now you mention it, the first bit of music from POTO that popped into my mind does remind me a lot of a riff from Echoes.. |
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| Pink Floyd – Not Now John Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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"Honestly now, this is just excessive use of profanity. I liked Pink Floyd when they wrote intelligent lyrics, rather than crap like this. That means almost every song except this one at least earns my respect, whether I like it or not. This songs brings down a perfectly good album." -inpraiseoffolly.
dude, it's satire! Waters (and yeah it is Waters singing it- there's no mistaking that English, nasal howl) uses profanity because the character he's portraying uses profinity. |
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| Gnarls Barkley – Crazy Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Its just a song about a guy saying how being "crazy" can sometimes be a better perspective in a crazy world. It's not that hard to figure out you idiots. |
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| Pink Floyd – Bring the Boys Back Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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welllllllll...ok. I guess you could argue that this is a universal call from all those people, being how Water's nor Gilmore sing it, rather the families, wives, children etc. BUT, lyric-wise I don't see how you can read all that into it. Maybe if you saw the video or heard the song, thro the voices of those people..you might realize the significance..
Well at least we can all agree that the song is awesome. |
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| The Beatles – Twist and Shout (The Top Notes cover) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I'm a straight male and even I have to admit John's voice sounds fucking sexy here. This song continues to blow me away. The absolute perfect rock n roll song- raw, passionate and still innocent. Absolutly Amazing. John was doing this before Kurt Cobain was even born. |
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| Bic Runga – Winning Arrow Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Awesome, someone finally added these lyrics. Anyway this my favourite Bic song, simple and beautiful and the guy from Strightjacket Fits and Dimmer sings backup so that's keeping it kiwi! |
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| Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Guys cummon, whats all this bitching about covers and whatnot? Just because some other band makes a crappy copy doesnt mean the original song is "killed"..just chilll, put on floyd and forget this version if you dont like it. |
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| Morningwood – Nth Degree Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Techincally that's probably true ^^ but the band is using the common expression here, not the math. |
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| Pink Floyd – Not Now John Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Another reason I think this is because the singer sounds vicious and driven. Lower class people are usually pretty broken and pathetic- or at least they are Roger's world -think "Sheep", then compare the guy in this song to the guy in "Dogs"..pretty similar right? Both corporate types. |
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| Pink Floyd – Bring the Boys Back Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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^^ Wrong. You are talking the song and adding the context of the entire album to your opinion. This is just ONE song, and this ONE song is a plea to BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME..does that make sense? CAnt you really see how silly your over analysis sounds when there are only 4 lines to the entire song, 3 of which are identical? |
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| Pink Floyd – Not Now John Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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^ I disagree, I think The singer and his friend John are upper middle class- maybe managers in a facotry and looking to climb the corprate ladder. I think they are fairly well educated, hence talking about politics over a beer, and discussing the "film show" which are generally only made by people in some kind of power. Or it could just be that Roger's voice sounds educated, even while potraying the lower classes, so its hard to tell. |
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| Pink Floyd – The Fletcher Memorial Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Personally I think Hitler wasn't included because he, even now, exsits as more a mythological figure, than an actual one. Roger wanted to equate these other more familiar figures to senile of folks in a home, and it would have disrupted the vibe of the song if someone as potently evil as Hitler was included in the song. |
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| Pink Floyd – The Dogs of War Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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^^that might be correct but what lacks is passion. I have a feeling that is Roger wasn't writing about the war beforehand, David and co. wouldn't be doing it now. Sounds like they just flipped open a newspaper, read the first headline regarding war and decided to write a song about it because hey, that's what Pink Floyd do. |
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| Robbie Williams – Karma Killer Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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hmmmm...mostly the phrase "co-written" really means "sitting in the corner trying to look cool, humming along and saying how great the song is sounding so far", so I wouldn't read too much into whatever NME article you read that in. |
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| Pearl Jam – Off He Goes Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I also like the line "nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown". I think Eddie is trying to say the surrounding bullshit is all the fuss made about him by the media etc. but it comes off sounding like it's his own ego that is bullshit. Pretty apropiate really. Eddie Vedder is a great singer and lyricist but he does have a bit of a Jesus complex. |
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| Pearl Jam – I Am a Patriot Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Um, no. Germany? France? England? Australia? New Zealand? India? Sweden? USSR? on and on..USA had little or nothing whatsoever to do with "freeing" any of these nations. A lot of them were practicing democracy before the States were even discovered. |
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| Tupac Shakur – Black Jesus Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Maybe they feel lost and alone because they cant speak english and, you know, communicate with people. Also they need to stop "rebelling against the system yall" and grow the fuck up. |
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