| New Order – True Faith Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| My favourite lyric has got to be 'our valued destiny comes to nothing'. I love that lyric, it sounds so sad and descriptive. These are probably Bernard Sumner's best lyrics, because I never found him to be even near the level of Ian Curtis. The only kind of lame line is 'when I was a very small boy, very small boys talked to me', which is the kind of dumbish lyric that plagues a decent chunk of New Order tracks. Overall these are fantastic lyrics though. | |
| Lake of Tears – So Fell Autumn Rain Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is one of my favourite tracks right now. Really beautiful stuff. The great aspect to these lyrics are the fact that they are both intensely sad, and transcedentally full of hope and self-empowerment. The singer details how he tried to walk the right path but in the sunshine he strayed and fell aside in dejection, only to have autumn rain wash away his pain and sins to lift him up again. What a beautiful thought that is...flawlessly executed. Really great song. 'I feel brighter somehow, ligher somehow, to breath once again' - I can often feel the same about rain. Those hot muggy sunny days, nice sometimes, can get irritating. Soft rain on a cool day paradoxically brightens me up too. |
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| Badfinger – Dear Angie Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This reminds me strongly of a past girlfriend of exactly the same name. Makes me sad. | |
| Budgie – Youre The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| These lyrics are wrong in so many places. Stupid. | |
| Budgie – Guts Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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So begins the first album of the most underrated rock band of all time, Budgie. You gotta love the 'descending blizzard' that is the main riff and the song contains wonderfully twisted, ironic lyrics. They seem to be from the perspective of a lonely, desperate person who is incapable of seeing his own arrogance and cruelness towards the opposite sex. The first half displays the sheer desperation of this character, the longing for someone to love, and the second his abusive mind. If he actually finds a lover it'll be so he can string her out emotionally and physically and use her for his own selfish gains. This makes the song highly ironic and full of pity. Also evident is a need to have power over someone else, to be the boss 'I wanna love you again, and then again and again'. It's like the other person will have no choice. This person has no 'guts' and is not a good guy, but you feel bad for him. |
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| The Killers – Uncle Jonny Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song disappointed me lyrically. When I heard the groove and the first line I thought it was going to be really cool, but the rest is full of cliched lines and lame rhymes...like 'brain and pain'. I thought 'Levitation ain't your only friend' was an annoying line too. I dunno just rubs me the wrong way. Solid concept and cool story and idea, but the execution seems weak to me. I think Sam's Town has the best lyrics on the album. |
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| Kyuss – Thumb Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is a huge mosh pit monster, great groove. The 'you've been burned by my lighter' bit never ceases to get caught in my head. My favoutite Kyuss song. Sounds like it's about someone whose life is in the shitter and someone else is pushing them down even further. |
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| Buzzcocks – Breakdown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| 'Feels my brain's like porridge coming out of my ears' is such a great line, one of the best ever. I love the groove of this song, and the brilliant though extremely simplistic riffage. | |
| Europe – The Final Countdown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I agree that this song is so retarded that it's amazing. It actually takes a lot of skill to create something so abominable, so horrendously moronic and dumb-headed that by default it basically becomes the greatest thing to ever exist. The Final Countdown is the embodiment of 80s excess, not to mention the catchiest piece of shit you'll ever hear in your life. It's used PERFECTLY in Arrested Development. Against all common sense and rationalization I love this song, it's hilarious and bombastically retarded. Awesome! |
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| Chris Bell – Better Save Yourself Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The darkest, most suffocating song on Chris Bell's album...it's about regreting decisions at a key point when it's far too late to do anything about it...certainly one of the worst realizations anyone can have (and they often do have). The song laments never worshipping jesus, and therefore never saving yourself. It's about repentance. I don't take it literally as in I should have been a Christian, more like, crap I have no safety net and my soul's gone wrong, now I'm screwed. It also feels like it's about the shallowness of 'saving yourself' out of a desire to not go to hell and not out of integrity. 'I just can't think what I've been wrong' pretty much deftly sums up the entire state of being depressed, down and out. |
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| Chris Bell – I Am The Cosmos Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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When you're down in the dumps I think it's common practice to try and build yourself up with some positive statements. For Chris Bell he calls himself the cosmos. However, the song also goes on to say how it doesn't help much, because he's still alone and weak and doesn't know what to do. So basically it's about how internalizing to yourself and building yourself up is ultimately hollow because what's going on in your life still sucks. It's a pretty down message, illustrated in his cries of 'I never wanna be alone' and his inability to figure out whether he ever wants to see this person again: 'I really wanna see you again'...next line...'I never wanna see you again'. This is one confused bastard. |
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| The Living End – All Torn Down Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Good song. The thing to me that makes The Living End better than your average pop-rock band is their stunning musicianship...especially the guitar. Chris has an old-school rock n' roll riffage and soloing style that completely avoids mundage power chording and shite that Green Day would do. Awesome musicians great songs. | |
| The Living End – Prisoner Of Society Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| These guys were really, really amazing live. What a show! Only complaint was that the vocals were too hard to hear but instrumentally they were on fire. | |
| Wishbone Ash – Persephone Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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A beautiful, epic, progessive-tinged ballad. The soloes are utterly gorgeous, sound very Pink Floydian. The chorus is rousing, emotional...'I just don't care to see your years go wasting'...indeed. I love the clunky, descending guitar riff after 'in your eyeeesss', hard left and right. Majestic, drawn-out solos for the win! Wishbone Ash is a superb, underrated band. |
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| Big Star – Try Again Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. Chris Bell had an ability to take depression and absolutely transform it into music, through his words, his voice and song-writing, quite unlike anyone else I've heard. He bleeds his emotion through every pore without ever once being overbearing, without any cheap tricks, so effortlessly. Sad sad sad sad sad song. |
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| Big Star – Take Care Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Was a great ending for Third/Sister Lovers, as a warning to not fall into the emotional/business traps that Chilton was ensnared in. An entreat to take it easy and not let life get you down, told in a shambolic way. It's sad but has hope for the future. | |
| Big Star – The India Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song makes you warm and fuzzy. It's nice that Big Star have a happy go-lucky tune without an ounce of depression for once. Uplifting and cheerful. | |
| Big Star – Holocaust Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This is a depressing song, but in a different way than Chris Bell was depressing. 'Holocaust' is more like being dulled by the world, no emotions left, hollow...empty...jaded. Chris Bell's songs are more like, wallowing in emotion, too much emotion that you can't handle it and your heart's gonna break. I find Chris Bell's stuff more overwhelmingly depressing and sad but 'Holocaust' is definitely one bleak, sad, emotionally draining song. | |
| Big Star – Jesus Christ Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Weird song. If it is sarcastic it's way less obvious than say 'Thank You Friends' because this time the song and delivery are absolutely deadpan. Funny when you expect a song called 'Jesus Christ' on a dark album to be a big evil anti-christ statement and what do you get? Why a traditional sounding christmas balled! | |
| Big Star – Thank You Friends Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is so goddamned awesome. I love the uplifting female 'oos and aahs' before the chorus. This song is amazing because of the totally, utterly bitter sarcastic lyrics which are obviously about no-one giving you any help at all and being abandoned and betrayed, contrasted by uplifting, upbeat poppy music. The melodies are superb, it sounds pretty commerical to me too. Should have been a huge hit. I love the sarcasm in this one! |
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| The Kinks – I'm Not Like Everybody Else Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| PS. There's an interesting cover by a band called 'Jimmy And The Boys' on youtube.com. It transforms the song into a punk/post-punk alternative life-style anthem. They're like a crazy half transvestite crazy band, a bit like New York Dolls. Good cover though. | |
| The Kinks – I'm Not Like Everybody Else Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love the Kinks. First heard this song on the end of a Sopranos episode. Tony's sister Janice is in good spirits and Tony acts like a bastard by talking about her estranged kid, leading to her flipping out and going nuts. As Tony walks out the door and down the street in a long sweeping shot the live version of 'I'm Not Like Everybody Else' blares out. Moment I heard it I was mystified, DAMN, what a GREAT song! And the live version sounds really modern and chunky. I had to look it up to discover it was the Kinks, it was a big suprise, and made me realize even more how great the Kinks are. The original sounds much more like the rest of 60s Kinks but it's still great. I think I will cover this song soon enough. It's fantastic. I love the message. |
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| Porcupine Tree – Lightbulb Sun Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I know it is certainly a cliched response but there seems to be a strong drug reference running through this song. Firstly a lightbulb can be used to smoke drugs. Next, 'sickly pink liquid' - you can get wasted off cough syrup. The protagonist lacks motivation...'when I'm asleep the smoke fills me'. Seems to be about a drug fallout perhaps, in relation to memories of childhood, or it could be entirely innocent. Just something to think about. If anything it seems to be about no motivation, no desire to see the outside world...living in a 'bubble'...and either likening yourself to a schoolkid or it literally being about one. | |
| Metallica – Invisible Kid Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The grammar in these lyrics totally sucks, and it isn't saying much of significance. It's written too badly to even be emotional, it's more like bone-headed. Their older songs had a point and were at least literate. The music is bad. | |
| Blue Öyster Cult – Divine Wind Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is a disturbing song if you read between the lines. Sounds to me like a cry for battle against terrorists, like it could be a theme-song for the Bush regime. I have faith in the intelligence of BOC but these lyrics comes off as war-mongering. Luckily it's also full of obscure, pagan imagery to through you off a little. I saw a 911 video set to this song and it was a frightening combinition, put the song in a new light. |
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| Blue Öyster Cult – Death Valley Nights Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is the best 'morning after' song I've heard, a sentiment mainly captured by 'what I need is a kiss from you babe, before it's hangover time'. What a great line that is...this song is so damn catchy. I think in a fair world about 75% of the songs on Spectres would have been MASSIVE radio hits, they're all accessible, catchy singalong tunes with fine song-writing. 'Going Thru The Motions' should have been one of the biggest anthems of the 70s. I can pick up the morning-after hangover thing from this song but much of the rest seems to be some kind of dark nightmare, with a sci-fi feel. |
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| Blue Öyster Cult – Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is probably the heaviest and darkest BOC track. It's an absolute scorcher as the name may imply. I think it's all about the decadence of rock n' roll pretty much, and also the monolithic, detached, and monstrously obscure spin that BOC themselves are giving it. 'Gardens of nocturne, forbidden delights Reins of steel, and it's alright' - Quintessential BOC right there. My favourite lines - 'Three thousand guitars they seem to cry My ears will melt, and then my eyes' - that's some violently volcanic, molten rock right there! |
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| Budgie – Zoom Club Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song is absolutely hypnotic. Crazy cryptic lyrics that I think are mostly about life moving forward at tremendous speed. | |
| Budgie – Parents Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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What a sweeping epic this song is...tackles a powerful universal theme in a wholly emotional, successful manner. I'm sure everyone can relate to this song, being told what to do by your parents, feeling pain and misery, but knowing that you love them and keeping that inside. 'Mind the cars cos you've got school on Monday' is my favourite line, because my parents told me meaningless things like that all the time. This is one of the best epics of the 70s. |
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| Budgie – Breadfan Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song rocks. It's clearly about a poor person, a 'breadfan', trying to get up in the world financially speaking, but there's plenty of obstacles. Some vague pharses in there and it's interesting how it switches to someone saying 'all the money in this world, and I don't need it'. |
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| Budgie – Crash Course In Brain Surgery Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Budgie is one of the greatest rock/metal bands of all time. The consistency of their classic material is nearly unsurpassed and they have more awesome songs than one can count. Their complete lack of recognition is a travesty, pretty much. It's true that Metallica butchered most of the songs they covered...Mercyful Fate, Diamond Head, and Budgie. Their Breadfan sucks compared to the original. I think this song is about social inability and a rocky love relationship, things going wrong, being compared with brain surgery. So basically his feelings are like having his brain knifed up...pretty gritty metaphors in this one. 'The art of finding words to conquer life' - is something he wishes he possessed, because without this art he is under the 'knife'. |
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| Diamond Head – Am I Evil? Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Diamond Head is great, it's a shame though that they never capitalized on their brilliant start. Just like Angel Witch, another equally as good classic metal group. | |
| The Hollies – Bus Stop Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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These lyrics are pretty self-explanatory. I love the melodies though and 'please share my umbrella' is so cheesy, but brilliant. Great energy and vocals. |
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| The Hollies – He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Just started listening to The Hollies, and I didn't realize they did this song. We had a commercial for the police force ages ago in NZ that had some guy falling into a life of crime and then being saved by the his brother who was a cop...or something. It was a corny ad, and I always thought this was a corny song. It's too overbearing and generally pathetic sounding, way too...much...y'know? That said I enjoy a decent amount of other Hollies songs, I just don't like this track much. |
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| The Kinks – Victoria Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I didn't think much of this song until I saw a live version of it. Man it was great live, and it's actually superbly catchy and melodic. I don't think it's particularly sarcastic. I think it really is a love letter to Queen Victoria and the English empire. But that's not a bad thing, I've never found Ray's attitude to come to imperialistic hate-mongering. It's more about being proud of your heritage, feeling nostalgia and fond rememberances for other times. If you look at some of his other lyrics you'll see Ray is hardly a conservative/political shill. He has his own rational beliefs but also loves his country. I wouldn't accuse Lynyrd Skynyrd of being racist rednecks either, all they do is love their homeland, they don't display hate or inclusiveness. Nothing wrong with that. |
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| The Kinks – 20th Century Man Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song deserves to have a whole bunch of comments. Muswell Hillbillies is a pretty good album, but this first song is incredible. This is one of the best portrayals of modern day fatigue and weariness, the absurdity of war, the onslaught of technology and the loss of humanity and everyday emotion that I've heard. It's about how the hustle and bustle of this day and age swallows the individual. You lose your ambition, your privacy, your liberty. People are aggravated and disturbed by the loss of empathy and the rise of war and technology. The quainter times are lost and desperation sets in. That's what I get from these lyrics. A sense that time is swallowing up your soul and you're losing in the insanity of modern times. I'd very much like to cover this song. It's a powerful social comment on the flaws of modern living and the fragility of the human condition. It's about the abuse of power and resources to crush the individual. 'I was born in a welfare state Ruled by bureaucracy Controlled by civil servants And people dressed in gray' - This part is so wonderfully melodic and epic, and shot through and through with weariness. Sounds like he's given up on life, he's got nowhere to go in this society, but then at the end he's fighting back and screaming 'This is the twentieth century. But too much aggravation!!. There's life left in him, he'll fight back. This song is amazing. |
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| Judas Priest – Dreamer Deceiver Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is surely the most enigmatic, mysterious song ever written by Judas Priest. That may not sound like it's saying much but it certainly contains very enigmatic lyrics (the song is beautiful too). It's kind of too easy to say a song is about drugs but this very much seems like it is, it mentions many strange effects that drugs may cause. The 'dreamer deceiver' could easily be a drug because he is deceiving the protagonist into believing he is dreaming. In reality he is tripping, and he is bound to not be where he thinks he is...he's been fooled. 'No matter how we tried, everyone was in peace of mind'...perhaps an attempt to break out of this stupor that's failed? Instead he's taken to a place of false security and then it's too late, he can't escape... 'We are lost above Floating way up high If you think you can find a way You can surely try' ^ He's now caught in this state thanks to being deceived by the drugs/dreamer deceiver. At least my interpretation as someone that doesn't like drugs so much. |
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| Judas Priest – Dissident Aggressor Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song has strange lyrics, especially for a Priest song. I think it has something to do with the Berlin Wall as well. It's probably about someone trying to escape communist East Germany and migrate to West Germany, but the walls up and he's fighting for his life to get past it. 'Hooks to my brain are well in' = the hooks of communism? Ideologically and physically, he's trying to escape the snares of the system he's been living in. Either the guy is fighting some people to get out or there's a riot happening, or maybe his mind is trying to escape his communist prison. That's my interpretation anyways. P.S. The Berlin Wall was put up in 1961 thus making the fact that Priest was from the 70s utterly irrelevant. |
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| Judas Priest – Exciter Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Judas Priest were nowhere near the first heavy metal band. Nazareth, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rainbow, etc...all had Priest beat. But certainly, Priest were an early proponent of speed metal, gave metal it's 'metal kicks ass we rule the world' attitude more than anyone else, had a couple of guitarists 80% of the metal world worships and copies, engineered the biker thing and generally made heavy metal the huge genre it eventually became. I think the main thing they brought to the table was the energy and power. As for this song, usual Priest fare. Mainly there to paint an image of incredible bombastic war type stuff happening as a metaphor for kicking ass. |
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| Judas Priest – Victim Of Changes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I can relate a lot to the lyrics of this song, especially this part: 'Once she was wonderful Once she was fine Once she was beautiful Once she was mine...she was mine Now change has come over her body, she doesn't see me anymore Now change has come over her body, she doesn't see me anymore ' ...because a while back I went out with this girl, and over time she got sick and at the same time our relationship fell apart. I think it would have fallen apart anyways her body just happened to be going through changes. So I can take 'changes came over her body, she doesn't see me any more' completely literally in regards to that. That bit makes me sad. Though as a P.S she got completely better and is now living happily. And yeah the song is most likely about alcoholism and the damage it has done on a relationship. My example was more about a sickness, but it can still apply. It's a fine portrait of how life changes and things fall apart. Halford sounds ace. |
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| Judas Priest – Painkiller Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I've heard numerous versions of this track...Angra, Death, others. As far as I'm concerned none of them have got anything on the original. The Death version comes close, excellent solos (though less than KK and Glenns') and good (but loose) playing, but the sheer fury, authority and power of Priest on the original is unsurpassed. Halford sounds absolutely possessed, the guitar tone is the ultimate speed metal tone ever, the playing is INSANE. And the drumming is monumental! Most powerful metal song ever made or performed. The Angra version is pathetic, Death's is just good. The original is spectacular!!! As for what it's about, I also think it's a vague reference to themselves, coming along and kicking everyone's ass so completely at such an unexpected moment in time. Overall I think it's mostly about passion, power and armaggeddon, all the staples of Priest's lyrics. It's an exaltation of metal and passion for life through the metaphors of war, destruction and immortal (metal) gods. It vaguely translates to we (and metal) kick ass. |
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