| Led Zeppelin – Rock and Roll Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is a song about having sex after a long dry spell. Seriously. | |
| The Police – Synchronicity II Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Aww, come on! Let's get over this modern psycobabble! The guy is going through a horrible day. At the same time, a monster is crawling out of a Scottish Loch. Synchronicity between the guy and the monster. The last lyrics- "Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance- he knows that somewhere something has to break. He sees the family home now, looming in his headlights, the pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache. Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door, of a cottage of a shore, of a dark Scottish lake- many miles away" The guy had the worst day in his life. He and the monster are in synchronicity. The monster is about to kill the folks in the cottage. The man is about to kill his family. Listen to the rest of this album. It's very dark. Tom :) |
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| Esthero – Windmills of your mind Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is one of those lost songs that noone plays anymore. It has amazing lyrics and a fantastic tune. So sad that songs like this will not be heard by most of the young folks. | |
| Esthero – Windmills of your mind Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I thought it was to the color of "Her" hair-LOVE the version of this song on the Muppet Show (Second season, I believe)- A very sad song about a lost love, I believe. I could be wrong, I suppose. | |
| Eagles – Hotel California Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Wow- lots of interesting posts- first off, the Eagles are not my favorite band, but this is my favorite rock song of all time. Don Felder became my favorite Eagle due to the fact that he wrote the 12 string part that started it, and most of the electric parts, I believe. From reading TONS of these posts, I agree that it is a metaphor for living in LA in the music scene. That being said, drugs and alchohol go with this (like peas and carrots). However, comma, there are too many references in the song to Anton LaVey's Church of Satan (LaVey and the Eagles knew each other, though LaVey said none were Satanists). My favorite post on this forum was actually by Don Frew- posted Dec. 8,2011- he was a friend, evidently of LaVey until his death in 1997. Great post- check it out- just a few highlights- his wife, Diane (described as a beautiful blonde) always greeted people at the door, you could hear bells from the church (he's not certain if they were from a mission), there was no electrical lighting in the entry corridor (only a candleabra), you could hear voices when you entered from a greeting room (LaVey's attempt to make a visitor ill at ease), she drove a Mercedes Benz, she and Anton loved pink champagne, they had a mirror on their ceeling in the bedroom, Anton held events called "feasts", he had a "knife room" with ceremonial knives from around the world, they had a courtyard (too small for dancing), but they did dance nude outside sometimes for rituals. (How's THAT for a run on sentence?) The OTHER interesting parallel is the Camarillo State Hospital (Good post by amamiata on April 8, 2010)- an asylum- if you believe this (could be an urban legend)- the Eagles' tour bus broke down and they stayed a night. Supposedly, this asylum served pink champagne to placate patients that were agitated- that policy was recinded in 1969 (same year LaVey's Satanic Bible was published- but that's probably a coincidence). The nickname of this asylum was the Hotel California. There have been many posts on this. What is truth and what is heresay? Hard to tell. I'm not Columbo. The stories are fascinating to me, however. So, if you take the last 2 paragraphs as factual, there are many conclusions to draw. Mine would be- yes, it's a song about excess living in Hollywood and the music industry. Yes- there is at least one drug reference (warm smell of colitas (Spanish for the hairs of a bud of pot)- mind you - it's a WARM smell- means you just exhaled it after lighting it). Don't say Noooo to this one- it was either Henly or Frey that admitted it was a pot reference. Anyhow- the song was based on the previous, yadda, yadda, but it at the very least used LaVey's church as the LOCATION for the story. The asylum might have been a secondary reference. I've tried for years to write good song lyrics. I like them on the first day. I look at them a week later and they SUCK! I think Henly and Frey are talented enough to build a story as an idea, and use life experiences to use them as a backdrop. Will they tell the world? I think no, they want us to keep guessing. Much like a magician will never tell you the secret to the trick. The Beatles said Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (LSD) was about a picture Julian Lennon brought home from school- BULL! Yes, it was about the picture, but the point of the song is obvious. OK- now I have a question I never really recieved a good explanation for. On the original vinal record of this album, when you open it up, you have a wide view of the Hotel California. There is a man in the middle of the three windows overlooking the large room. I have heard from a few people that this is Anton LaVey. Is it? I'm normally a skeptic (for instance, I believe we landed on the moon). Now on my CD version of Hotel California, the picture is cropped on the back, and the place I'm referring to is covered by the UPC code (so you can't see him, even if you wanted to). Now, I've read that in one of the 2 pictures that there is a person that LaVey sacrificed (please- gimme a break!), and that's beyond stupid conspiracy. So is that LaVey, and is there evidence to support it? Just my thoughts. Please tell me if you know about it. Mind you, I think there was only one guy who killed Kennedy. Tom |
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| Eagles – Hotel California Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is my favorite rock song of all time- and also the reason Don Felder is my favorite Eagle. He was in a place next to the shore in CA when he came up with the 12 string guitar part- hauntingly beautiful- Henly and Glenn wrote most of the lyrics. I've spent 3 hours on looking at all the comments, and checking out what the Eagles said about the song- to read the rest of the comments woud take 3 more hours- so- here's my take- - The Eagles will never fully explain the lyrics- I think they like the fact that we'll be debating it until we're deceased. -There are SO many people on this site that think EVERY song is about drug addiction. Some would say "Happy birthday to you" is about getting high on your birthday. -My favorite post that I've read was by Don Frew, on Dec. 8, 2011- He said he was a good friend of Anton LaVey (who published the Satanic Bible in 1969- possible coincidence). The Eagles were friends of him, but none of them were Satanists, according to LeVey. Frew remained a friend of LeVey untill his death in (1997?). Check that post- it's awesome. LeVey had a pretty wife, Diane, who greeted visitors at the door. The corridor into the church had a candleabra- no electricity- again, check the lyrics. Diane drove a Mercades Benz.. She and Anton had a mirror on the ceeling of their bedroom, and they both loved pink champagne. Anton had a greeting room filled with visitors that might make a first time guest uncomfortable. They had a small courtyard, but not big enough to dance. They did do nude dancing outside for some rituals. You could hear a bell from outside, but this guy never knew if it was a mission bell or not. This info is not from me- it's from Don Frew- check his post from Dec 8, 2011. -Next point- The Camarillo State Hospital- (Which was shut down in the late 90s)- a couple (or more) people posted that the Eagles stayed there one night. One said that they served wine until 1969 (posted by amamiata) - this brings up the question- are these coincidences, or were the Eagles writing about one place? Only the Eagles can answer these questions. I think the THC (The Hotel California) is a coincidence. Yeah, I agree with most of you. I think it's about living a high and dangerous lifestyle. No offense to Joe Walsh, and I love his music, Don Felder was the real start of this awesome song. -BTW- someone on here check out Syncrocity 2 by the Police- noone's posted a comment- but I will. Stay cool, friends! Synchronicity 2, - I messed up OKOKOK- I missed the most important part!- now, when you get the CD-it blocks our the picture- if you have a RECORD of this album, you can see a bald guy in the balcony. Is it Anton LeVey? I've heard it is, but it could be an urban myth. ??????????????? |
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| Dire Straits – The Man's Too Strong Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think he's partly talking about someone he knowns about, and partly telling a fairy tale. A good way to tell a good song. Might be about Satan, Goebbles, Hess, Hitler, or someone else. Fill in the blank for yourself. |
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| Dire Straits – The Man's Too Strong Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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My mistake- it WAS Rudolph Hess- not the other guy- but I still like my interpretation- even though I'm wrong. |
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| Dire Straits – The Man's Too Strong Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I was thinking about this song- thought it was about the human condition to do evil deeds, with "the man" being Satan, but after reading this last log, I think I might agree it was about Goebbels. The lyric that makes me think it's about being evil, is "Your sister gave me diamonds, and I gave them to your wife". I think Knoffler perhaps was writing about Goebbles and Hitler, but it could still be the evil condition that some are atracted to. "The man" is probably Hitler, but possibly might be Satan as well. The lyric "You always was a Judas, but I got you anyway" could refer to----- ??????? now I',m confused- it was Herman Hess that parachuted into England. Not Goebbels. Could the song be about Hess, Goebbels, Satan, or someone else. I think it's about choosing between evil and good. Starts with a druumer boy, and ends in the time of Christ. It's certainly open to interpretation. The man that sings the song in the first stanza is not the one in the last. | |
| Dire Straits – The Man's Too Strong Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Monty Python – Background to History Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| My god this is one of the funniest things I've ever heard- I try to share it with my friends. | |
| Monty Python – All Things Dull And Ugly Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Sorry- was drunk- meant to add last comment to Motley Crue | |
| Monty Python – All Things Dull And Ugly Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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A Great anthem to awful things. The world needs thougtful destructive songs like this. Death Metal is too full of Juvenile Death Rock- and the makers of the rock actually consider it MEANINGFULL!!! Arrrghhhh! Sure- tell us your parents screwed you up, but don't pretend to be Shakespeare. You might cover a KISS concert, but that's about it. Don't have any ambitions of being brilliant. |
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| Monty Python – Accountancy Shanty Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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My best female friend got a degree in accounting, and hated it- she likened it to the lion tamer sketch. She became a programmer, and loves her job more than accounting. I'm proud of her. |
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| Monty Python – Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Um, it's about a bong, I think. | |
| Monty Python – Christmas In Heaven Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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One of Graham's best moments. A cheessy production saved by a great actor. Great teeth. |
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| Monty Python – Finland Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think so too | |
| Monty Python – Henry Kissinger Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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GREAT SONG. Eric Idle may be most dysfunctional member of Python, but he's by far the most musical. I hope future generations remember Kissinger, and his tits. |
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| Monty Python – When Does A Dream Begin? Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Well, it certainly means that Hitler never got rid of the brownshirts (ie- night of the long knives ) | |
| Monty Python – Today Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Whenever I feel I have to take a whole regimin of antidepressants, this song reminds me that I don't need to do it. | |
| Monty Python – Every Sperm Is Sacred Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Okay- I'll make a comment. All the Python members thought that Brian was the best thing they ever did. Nonsense! Grail was, and this movie was a close second. This song ridicules the Catholics more than ANY song you can name- give me me 1 other song that does it? The Catholics did a lot of good and evil things, same as the Protestants. Thankfully , we don't have a lot of Christians car bombing people these days. Muslim extremists seem to love this kind of thing, unfortunately. This song is about the evils of masturbation. Pretty funny song, and incredible the way they made it into an Oliver Twist musical. I believe Terry Jones was the genius behind it, as opposed to Gilliam. I think if the Catholic Church had a reason to back their beliefs at this point, they might have. They had no leg to stand on, however. Catholic priests are not allowed to marry- therefore- how many sexual deviants that feel guilty become priests? The proof is in the pudding. Any Catholic out there give me some real research that the Protestant ministers (who are allowed to be married) abuse young boys anywhere nearly as much as the priests do. The fact is, Catholic Priests used to be able to be married. Once the Church decreed it not so, then they held title to the money and belongings of the priest. Since this point, many sexual predators entered the priesthood- many out of guilt- I would imagine. Once again, the proof is in the pudding. What's sad, is that it's commonplace for a priest to molest an altar boy. What even more sad is the way the Catholic Church has swept these crimes under the rug. I'm not a Catholic, but if I was , I'd be very indignant about the way that my church treated sexual offenderers preaching on the pulpit. |
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| Monty Python – Every Sperm Is Sacred Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Drop your panties Sir William! I cannot wait until lucchtime! | |
| Shel Silverstein – A Boy Named Sue Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I'm surprised noones commented. I love this song- was very surprised at the time I heard it was by Silverstein, I'm a huge Silverstein fan. Kinda funny, his career was started by Playboy, he did so much adullt satire, and was perhapps the best poet for elementary aged kidds ever. | |
| Shel Silverstein – Quaaludes Again Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song is part of the genius of Silverstien, God rest his soul, RIP. I taped this on Dr. Dimento when I was in 9th grade- I couldn't believe how funny it was, also, how this genious wrote Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic! Been a long time since I was in a band, but I always wanted to cover this song. Blees you Shel, whereever you are! | |
| The Police – Synchronicity II Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Just to add a fact- many believe the Lcch Ness monster to be a Plesiosoaur. Dinosaurs lived between 70 and 230 million years ago. (Ages- Triassic, Jurassic, Cretacious). It is doubtful that a Plesiosaur cound fit through a door, and even more doubtful that he would walk on land considering the fact he was a marine dinosaur with flippers. The Loch Ness saga grew with conspiracy buffs due to the fact (or I've read) that the deep Scottish lake is fed from the sea and returns to the sea. The only 2 sea monsters I believe in are (1) The Sperm Whale, and (2) this whale's enemy, the Giant Squid. Both spend most of their time deep in the Ocean. We've caught Sperm Whales (Moby Dick was based on a Sperm Whale), but we only have evidince of Giant Squids by the partial tentacles that wash up onshore. So I will agree that neither a Plesiosaur, nor a Sperm Whale, nor a Giant Squid could have entered a cottage door. As far as a literal interpretation, it's hard to argue with. But what if he had entered through the GARAGE door..... ?????? |
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| The Police – Synchronicity II Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"The monster has also crawled out of Loch Ness and arrived at the door of a cottage there. I don't know of any accounts of the legendary monster of Loch Ness that makes it small enough that it could actually fit inside a cottage door -- I can't visualize it walking through a door and going on a rampage inside a house. The song suggests that something bad might happen at both locations, but it's just creating the tension, not reporting a grisly outcome. " Well, ridiculous- if u want to be frank- the monster would bash into the cottage. Weird that you'd include the size of a door as a rebuff- that's weak, man. The monster is an ALLEGORY, man. The man is the monster. He's in syncronicity with the other monster. I can't convince you, but, if you give me the SIZE of the door as an argument- well, that's not only juvenile, it's just silly. Godzilla never let the size of a door persuade him to leave Tokyo. Silly. Just damn silly. |
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| Monty Python – Sit On My Face Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| You know, this is one of those romantic nostalgic songs that always brings a tear to my eye, like "Against All Odds", or "Endless love". Sniff. | |
| Monty Python – I Like Traffic Lights Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It's funny, but you can find the deepest meanings in simple lyrics. An alternate interpratation from a friend of mine (which I don't agree with) calls the song a Communist Manifesto in disguise. Green (the communist color in Asia), and red (the communist color in Russia). It could be a subversive song. I do know of Bamber Gascoigne, however, so Erim has a point. However, the show "University Challenge" really focused much more on trivia than politics. Bamber once said in an interview, however, that even though he hated the Stalinist Soviet Union, he agreed with the writings of Marx and Engals. It could be a song abouut Communism, I'm still undecided. | |
| The Beatles – When I'm Sixty-Four Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Now that Paul is 64 When I get older losing my heir, Many years from now Damn . Paul loved Linda, and I believe he loved this horrible woman who'se trying to fleece him for his money. She married him for a short while and now she's trying to get every cent out of him she can. She's a horrible b i t c h. Just goes to show, even the most talented and rich people can be duped. What an awful lady. Does she think she deserves a big proportion of the Beatles' earnings by being married to Paul for a short time? What a B I T CH! Actually, she deserves the C word, and I call VERY few women the C word. Poor Paul- distressed, he thought he found true love again- he found an evil fortune hunter. Kinda like making friends with Michael Jackson, only worse. Paul, I think, was the most musical and talented of the Beatles. "When I'm 64" is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard- always warms my heart, and eventually have to bob along with the song. GREAT tribute to this song in Yellow Submarine (I call it an awesome music video). Ahh- but I like "All Together Now" more. |
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| The Police – Synchronicity II Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Adding to last comment- found 1 line wrong here- should be- "Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance" - the word alone adds emphasis to his ambivolence of feeling towards anyone. "He knows that something somewhere has to break He sees the family home now looming in his headlights The pain upstairs makes his eyeballs ache Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the shore Of a dark Scottish lake Many miles away" So to clarify my post- the monster is entering the cottage to kill all inside, at the same time the father is entering the house to kill his family. Hence, the synchronicity. After hearing the song umteen times, reading the lyrics, and realizing this, it sent chills down my spine. Sting is a hell of a lyracist, with one hell of an imagination. |
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| The Police – Wrapped Around Your Finger Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"Why are you thanking The Soul when you should be thanking me? This song has no metaphors and no married woman. It is simply about a sorcerer's apprentice who has designs on his master's powers. Read the lyrics and tell me I'm wrong. " Boss man had it on the money. And Sting said it IS A RING, so that's no revelation there. It could be a Sorcerer or a Sorceress, no inference to sex is mentioned. When anyone thinks of a magic ring, Lord of the Rings comes up, so I can see the connection, but, ya, it's not LOTR. Actually, the song sounds like a pretty kewl D & D adventure :). |
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| Monty Python – Spam Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| 3rd and last post in a row. My mom liked spam, so my sister and I had to eat it on a regular basis. That's the closest we'll ever come to feeling like Russian soldiers fighting the Axis powers. Have I ever bought a tin of spam since? No. Good emergency food, though. Better than cooking shoe leather. I've had too much spam in my life. BTW- what is that awful gelatin like substance they coat spam in? Curious. | |
| Monty Python – Spam Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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2 other neat facts- #1- The company that made Spam were delighted with this sketch, and sent the members of Python quite a bit of spam, which the Phthons didn't like. I read this in a Python book. #2- This I found amazing- Joseph Stalin, when asked about the #1 contribution to the Russians from the Western Allies during World War II was- spam- it saved his armies from starving to death. Sounds strange, but it's true. There should be a Russian version of this song. |
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| Monty Python – Spam Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I believe this song is what gave birth to the term "spam" on the internet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard this from more than one source. It comes from the redundancy (spam, spam, spam, spam...." | |
| Monty Python – Sit On My Face Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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moopoo is right about the lyrics- his are correct. Over 3 years later and noone's corrected them- geez. It's also "Life can be fine if we're both 69". Only part of his changes that are wrong. Sorry for the correction, but have lyric book, and listened to the track. |
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| Monty Python – Military Fairy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It would be great hazing in Boot Camp to be made to perform this sketch. What the heck does "minced in" mean anyway? | |
| Monty Python – Medical Love Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| BTW- what does NSU mean? | |
| Monty Python – Medical Love Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Written by Graham Chapman- did he write any others? He had a medical degree, so it's true, write what you know. I've tryed memorizing this one, but it's impossible. GREAT song- one of the treasures most of the world has never heard. The first line draws you in, then you're hooked. (Ouch) | |
| Monty Python – I'm So Worried Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Hey, with the recent arrests of terrorists in England, we really should be worried about the baggage retrival system system they've got at Heathrow, but it's better than here in the U.S., I'm sure- Ironic that his first line is about the Middle East- my fave part of this song is whether he's worried about if he should have stopped. I like this song- one of Jones' best- and he doesn't write too many. | |
| Monty Python – I Like Traffic Lights Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"yeh you all like the song but does anyone know what it actually means i cant figure it out " It's a metaphor for life. He likes green, and green represents money, and success in life. Red, however, is the color of blood, and incidentally, rhymes with "dead". So the whole point of the song is about the struggle for life and success, while trying to avoid the spectre of death that looms about us all. |
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| Monty Python – I Like Traffic Lights Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"i dont get the bamber thing.......... " Bamber rhymes with amber, which is when he realizes the song is too stupid to sing, and he stops. |
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| Monty Python – The Lumberjack Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| About the parrot sketch- it was later on that (Hollywood Bowl I think)- but originally was at the end of the Homicdal Barber sketch- when they could't find a way to end it, Palin (and Jones I think) wrote it. Incidentally, they should have sung it in Brokeback Mountain (I'm a sheepherder and I'm OK). | |
| Monty Python – I Like Chinese Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| What always confused me was the line about Chess. The Chinese invented Go, which many say is better than Chess, but I thought Chess was a European invention. And did the Chinese invent Ping Pong? I know that they're the best in the world at it, and they stand about 100 feet away while playing it. | |
| Monty Python – Here Comes Another One Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| If you listen to thir album "Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album" all the way through, "A Scottish Farewell" makes this song 10 times funnier than it already was. :) | |
| Monty Python – Eric the Half-a-Bee Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The worst Python song ever. Period. | |
| Monty Python – Galaxy Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Memorize this song and you'll be better at Astronomical facts than over 99 percent of the world. :) | |
| Elton John – All The Girls Love Alice Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"Tender young Alice they say"- does this mean that Taupin had a crush on Alice Cooper? :) |
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| Elton John – Ticking Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"One change, though (near the end) it's: "...you danced in death like a marionette" Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, thought I might be wrong. My favorite Elton song too, with 2nd being "All the Girls Love Alice". I guess I like his creepy and depressing songs the best. :) Great song. |
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| Genesis – Mama Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Wow, I never heard the abortion theory one. That would make it possibly the creepiest song of all time. But the prostitution angle makes sense. Thanks for clearing that one up. | |
| The Beatles – Helter Skelter Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Helter skelter is British slang for a playground slide, not a ride like Space Mountain. Ya, Paul was trying to outrock Pete Townsend, and the song, I think , is about a girl. Manson had a different interpretation for EVERY song on the White Album. Helter Skelter= the race war. Piggies- rich snobby whites. Revolution 9- Book of Revelations. Charlie thought the Beatles were the 4 horsemen of the Apocolypse. Honey Pie- telling Charlie to start the revolution. Blackbird- the blacks rising up against whitey. I forget all the rest. | |
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