| Adam Ant – Killer In The Home Lyrics | 7 months ago |
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For those who don't recognize the music, the guitar on this track is a 100% copy of Rumble by Link Wray, a seminal instrumental of the 1950s. Ants' guitarist Marco Pirroni cited Wray as a major influence. Wray himself is half Shawnee, so I wonder if the reference to Geronimo is connected to that. |
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| The Cowboy Junkies – Crescent Moon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The first few times through, I was too thoroughly melted by Margo's voice to hear anything but sweet romance in the refrain. But after some time to cool off and reflect, I heard plenty more, ere I listened again. The first stanza tells of the inexorable motion of the cosmos, which we can't hope to outlast. It then points out the rise and fall of human relationships, laughably short and fast. Now who would refer to us as human? Obviously one who herself is not. The acceptance of faith might give you the warmth that otherwise you haven't got. (I'm still not sure about the significance of the "iron" bed. Is it sturdy, or malleable? Either way, the invitation is seductive.) Of course no CJ song would be complete without imagery that's western. His attention split between technology and nature, he remembers his ancestors. Relationships, of course, are more than one-on-one. Entire flocks of humans have made this mistake, or found this solace. Religions are fads just like everything else we humans hang our hearts on. For saying that, do I sound soulless? Even betting on a winning fad, the supernatural is still a losing game. He who dies with the most churchmates still dies, I say. Seek instead to be enlightened by introspection. Since we ourselves are natural, then can't all the questions, in the end, be answered by nature? Find your own way. |
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| R.E.M. – Man On The Moon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Andy Kaufman died young, of lung cancer. I always thought the song was about being short-changed. Science is capable of some incredible things, like putting 5 million pounds of explosive fuel behind a few men and blasting them to another body in our solar system. But curing cancer, sorry, that's too hard. The alternating lines of religion and science (Moses / Newton / Egypt / Darwin) reflect the conflict between faith and fact. The second line of the refrain (up my sleeve / nothing is cool) points out that without some mystery, the march of progress does little to inspire wonder. The never-believer is you. Anxiously awaiting my jetpack, universal translator, and a cure for cancer... Ooh look, 5 channels of home shopping network! Yeah, this is the future we wanted. Do you feel short-changed? |
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