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| Sonic Youth – Massage The History Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This is another of SY winding beautidful meandering songs. Tangibly bittersweet. As old and numb as i've become with age, they've always been able to bring me back to that time when i could feel the dull ache of pure emotion (maybe angst?) right in the pit of my stomach.
Thank you SY. for reminding me. |
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| Morrissey – Cosmic Dancer Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Wonderful falsetto emenatting from my man, "the Mozer".
Together with the crowd howling in the background and the spare acoustic accompaniment this song is a haunting keeper. |
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| Ben Harper – God Fearing Man Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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AMAZING SONG.
What i also find compelling is that there isn't a hint of fear to be found in this song. Quite the oppositer relly a more secure fellow, you'd be hard pressed to find. But maybe thats just it. he fears none other than god.
(I feel compelled to mention that I'm very agnostic and in fact feel that the spirituality of the song is more about sens eof self than supreme beings) |
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| RJD2 – Smoke And Mirrors Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I love love this song. THe only thing? its seems like a lamentation. A defiant one, but a lamentation nonetheless. and so this song always makes me feel introspective. Ahh the rich bittersweetness of it all. |
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| Descendents – Pep Talk Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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yeah but where are the comments about how stellar this song is? especially the last stanza. Amazingly simple lyrics without being a simpleton. in fact, the entirety of ALL grows on you infectuously, but this song takes the cake. |
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| Descendents – Cameage Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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what a kICK ASS song!! where are all of the other comments?! The Descendents pretty much have a lock on the difiantly angry/wistful/love song. |
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| Descendents – Silly Girl Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Gotta rep for 2010. This is, of course, a classic. I din't even get a chance to catch on to the Descendents until the ALLalbum or soo. and believe you me, there weren't any other black folk at the concert. Folks don't know what they're missing.
A sad sad poignant song. But some how i always feel good about it. |
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| Hayden – Holster Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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What!! Not one SINGLE comment for holster? It has to be one of the most heartbreaking perofmances I've heard! Please give it a listen and be prepared when Hayden lays that harmonica on ya. Dripping with ernest pain. Unblinking misplaced faith. But underneath abrave front- the clear understanding that the battle has long been lost... |
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| Morrissey – Life Is A Pigsty Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Im forced to concur with so many here. Especially xdarkentries and girl least likely.
How does morrisey consistently thread this fine needle? Humour, and pain. When I'm not amused and deeply feeling every inch of this sone lines like " shoot me or throw me off a train" are so dramatic i cant help but feel a twinge of empathetic pain...and yet i can't help but giggle a bit too!
And when i'm happy he can still bring me back to this drafty damp place, wandering shells of building, mourning some imagined lost love. A true artist writer and performer every inch.. Thanks Moz. I hear you voice in my head and think of you kindly. |
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| Morrissey – Southpaw Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Just adding a STRONG note of agreement with djnee.
Not about being bullied, you see, but yes the end of this song is absolutely beyond reproach! it's like floating along in a storm cloud roilng and peaceful at once. |
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| Fishbone – Sunless Saturday Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Amazing amazing amazing song. I have to say that inspite of the lyrics or rather because of them and their seeming incongruence with that driving beat and fearless guitars straining at the leash.... i always feel empowered after hearing this song. Like i've been girding for battle. and i won't stop until the truth is seen by each and every eye! |
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| Modest Mouse – You're the Good Things Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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One thing that seems to have gone unreferenced in theses commentaries is tone. I can see how some folks could interpret this as some paean to an enduring love...BUT the tone is LOADED with sarcasm. and the Juxtapostions are just as sardonic.
You're the good things(sung sweetly) YEAH THATS YOU YEAH THATS YOU YEAH (abrasively as in My cousin Vinny's "YEAH! YOU BLEND")
You're the flowers (sweet) IN MY HOUSE WHEN MY ALLERGIES COME OUT!
Youre' the icing..(aww icing "literally sweet) ON MY CAKE ON THE TABLE AT MY WAKE
is there anything actually good here? Seems like he's discovered she has the "artifice" of good but ultimatly is really no good for hom at all.What more does the man have to say? Does he have to telegraph it like Triumph the insult comment dog? You're great you're just wonderful....For me to poop on!! |
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| The Softies – These Sad Times Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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True a sad song. But theres something self affirming about this one. She's not fooled this time around, it seems.
Also this song kind of rocks. i find it oddly... jaunty. i can't help but bop around..all sad-like but still. the softies kneow what they were doing huh? |
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| Grateful Dead – Eyes Of The World Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Personally i love the 14 min Great American Music Hall version. August 13th 1975.
This is also the song that turned me into a deadhead. As someone born and raised in the hood on R&B and Hip Hop, no small task. :)
But of course this song also typifies one of the key thing s i love about music. How it speaks to the soul. Especially when improvisation comes into play when they're just jammin'. So maybe not such a huge leap for me to go from Jazz- to hip hop - to saSonic Youth (masters of the Jam and improv themselves) to The Dead etc etc.
This song is instant energy boost, chicken soup for the soul, Popeye's shot of spinach in the nick of time. Once in college i saw a stranger on campus looking particularly bummed. I handed my walkmen to him (dating myself here, Im 33 now) and he was shocked to discover that it was playing the Dead... and in particular the '75 American Music Hall version of Eyes. He was instantly cheered. We remain homies to this day.... |
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| The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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No one has mentioned the absolutley electric EYO-0! EYO-O! EYO-O! my favourite part I'd have to say.
I do think it someone he already knows. Beside the thousand rainy days thing i think the umbrella talk is impotant. Hell is directly tied into the rainy days... I think its just another example of how infatuated he is. They are friends theyve been together on thses rainy days, the umbrella is big enough but does she share? (NO!) and yet... Every little thing she does is magic!!
its akin to Shakespere's love sonnet where the object of his love has hair like wire and breath like onions...but he love her in spite of these things. Or maybe because of them too...the whole package "warts and all"
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| The Police – Darkness Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I also take issue with George's harsh asessment. (though we're each entitled to our repective opinions, thats why we're here)
I think the spare repetitive melody is supposed to be a sort of meditation. A lacrimose meditative song reminding me of places I've ofte n gone, lament when i've finaaly arrived, leave, and immediatley plot my return to. Life's cycle of want to want. The grass seems greener over there- isms. |
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| Common – The Food (feat. Kanye West) Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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WHAT! Two just two comments? IS is one of the finest tunes ever. Common's delivery is as smooth as ever. I'm guessing that maybe Knaye produced? Flyest shit ive heard in a while Im gonna put this on blast back home once i get out of this office! |
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| Common – The Food (feat. Kanye West) Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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WHAT! Two just two comments? IS is one of the finest tunes ever. Common's delivery is as smooth as ever. I'm guessing that maybe Knaye produced? Flyest shit ive heard in a while Im gonna put this on blast back home once i get out of this office!
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| Blackalicious – Make You Feel That Way Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Actually this makes me think of some chill summer afternoon in the park. Playing ball, and you know you've got some sweet plans later that night...and tomorrow's only Sunday....and you've got Monday off for a three day weekend. |
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| Yeasayer – 2080 Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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It's so odd that most folks refer to the music as hippie-like. In my mind this song is 90% African rythym. Especially that lilting guitar in the background. So much more so than the overhyped Vampire Weekend. |
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| PJ Harvey – Hardly Wait Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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You know i also could have sworn it was "Hey Romeo make my water break."
Not very hard to imagine with the Peejster. I'l have to listen to it again. "Make my world as great" doesn't have her usual poetic flow or passive/angry resonance. I remain doubtful as to it's veracity. |
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| Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Surprised there arent more comments here, as i suppose most folks are ewwhenevr they happen upon a song near and dear to them. I always feel such pangs of nostaligia and hopefulness whenever i hear this song. It reminds me of a time when me capacity for frelling things deeply (like hope) was so much wider. No that I'm an "adult" and everything must be taken in stride in order to function i realize that there is a price to pay. that equanimity is a double edged sword. But this song along with a few others somehow tap into my the reserve behind my "reserve". Ill listen to this song at lunch today and walk around hopeful/purposeful for a bit. |
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| Echo and the Bunnymen – Higher Hell Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Why couldn't this be about a relationship gone bad? My lower heaven "you" know so well. Forcing the words out of your stubborn mouth. Being misheard. Confronted by the spectre of continuing his present course...sounds a lot like a personal relationship he's mired in. |
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| Joan of Arc – The Hands Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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At the end of the song i thought he said (the rather haunting):
" Now I've got that stare and I'm ready to die."(3x)
background voice ("I just said it, it must be true...)(2x) |
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| Asobi Seksu – It's Too Late Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I agree w/ Sleep. this song does have a timeless quality. enjoyable and poignant in perpituity. So deliciously sad. almost makes me want to have a breakup so I can use this for some hard core catharsis... |
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| Asobi Seksu – Exotic Animal Paradise Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This is an amazing song. The crushing wave of sound that sneak up around 2:40 is pure genius. Im surprised there aren't more comments for this one. |
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| Sonic Youth – Skip Tracer Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I know what folks often say about Lee at the mike. But " very 'I'm in a band'..... with kneepads." It is a rare thing to be so evocative w/ so little effort. Also i rather like Pipeline/Kill time and Hoarfrost. he produces those little phrases like gems- so easy to get hooked on. (hey Joni too) |
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| Fela Kuti – Zombie Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Is this really the only Fela Entry? I love this song!This and Water no get enemy. Fela has a powerful way with words- even to the American ear. |
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| The Dead Milkmen – Bitchin' Camaro Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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No one mentions how funny it is that Joe and Rod SWITCH places!! First it's Joe who is goin' down to the shore. Then Rod asks Joe to ask Rod how HE is getting down there....aww you know what i mean... |
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| We Are Scientists – It's A Hit Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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If you guys love this one give What's The Word another try. I am going through sometthing that seems to me a mix of both songs |
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| We Are Scientists – It's A Hit Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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If you guys love this one give What's The Word another try. I am going through sometthing that seems to me a mix of both songs |
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| We Are Scientists – What's The Word Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Boney is RIGHT on the money. I am going through something as of last night and this song as well as Its A Hit came flooding in. That is the halllmark of an awesome son to me. |
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| Morrissey – Yes, I Am Blind Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Amazing song. histionics at the end make me envision morrissey at his modt dramatic. flinging aside the microphone in sorrow and walking backstage as the band plays out the rest..a very personal song. |
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| Morrissey – Tomorrow Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Man this is one of my favourites!!! I agree with matthewwallen5000. There is a hint of Rubber ring in this song. But as Maudlin as it is i get so amped cant help but sing....(reaching for ipod).. |
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| Hayden – Street Car Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Why aren't there more comments on this one. One of Hayden's best (and thats saying a lot) it is so delicate and harsh at once. his forte |
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| Hayden – Lounging Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I agree with the draining comment. It is os powerful and mornful. like all of the best of Hayden's work. maybe it is more like being pulled into a fog than draining... I don't know. |
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| Hayden – Woody Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Hayden has a sense of humor! I, too, have wondered what cats do. They have a lot of personality thats cloaked in seeming secrecy |
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| Tom Vek – On the Road Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Well in one sense the singer becomes less and less an active partipant "on the road" (maybe a relatioonship or life metaphor?) First he is at least a taking an active interest in driving. Then merely giving left or right directions the simply the means which allow one to drive. The comes a schism. the handbrake. Stopping driving alltogether. (driving again maybe being life or a relationship). His last role is as a glove compartment closed off andd not an interactive component or enabler of driving at all.
Or so i gather. |
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| The Smiths – I Want the One I Can't Have Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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All gay references etc included the melody and energy of a growling top form Mozer Marr affair always pops me out of my seat. I can never help singing and dancing along. Music can be such a gift. They should be proud of their body of work. |
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| The Cure – The Exploding Boy Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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A more underappreciated Cure song there has never been!! So jaunty and great to sing along to- as mood altering as something like Charlotte sometimes just on the other side of the spectrum. |
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| Blackstar – Theives In The Night Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Just wanted to drop a line of admiration for this song. Infecteous beat, catchy hook , smart rhymes deep message. If you haven't heard you ain't heard nothin' yet... |
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| Sunny Day Real Estate – Sometimes Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Are you kidding me? I am amazed that there aren't more comments for this song. It is so powerful. My friends used to do a fun punk/hardcore kareoke. And this song is so sad and angry at the same time. Completely cathartic and amazing on repeat. |
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| Modest Mouse – Ohio Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Amazing no one has mentioned the mournful cry oh OHIO itself. Sung all native americanesque and painfully so. This and Might are two of my absolute favourite MM songs. |
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| The Smiths – Stretch Out and Wait Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Can't help but to burst into song along with the Mozzer in this cracker of a beautiful tune. Soooo much fun to sing. Why dont kareoke places ever have Mo-miester songs? |
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