| The Who – Won't Get Fooled Again Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Did we get fooled again? | |
| The Who – Baba O'Riley Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| No, the "teenage wasteland" phrase was used to describe the way the teens at Woodstock acted and their state. And their celebration at being "wasted". Nothing to do with the "living in the 'burbs". | |
| Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This song was inspired by gangster films and a TS Elliot's poem, "The Waste Land". The poem speaks of "unreal" cities. I don't think you can get more "unreal" than post war Berlin. But, I think the song may be relating to all cities where there is a division. Dickins', who is quoted in "The Waste Land", wrote extensively about class structure, so it may be a division of class, ideology or something else. It is just an exploration in social and economic differences. | |
| The Zombies – Time Of The Season Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is about a guy picking up a younger girl. "Whose your daddy?" has NOTHING to do with a pimp or father. It is "a boastful claim of dominance over the intended listener" according to Wikipedia. It fits because the guy is conceited and rich. The "time of the season" is from Chapter 3 verse 1 - ?? of Ecclesiastes (KJV Bible) and echoes the song "To Everything (Turn,turn,turn) by P. Seeger. "1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to ... " The guy is just saying 'It is time to get it on like Donkey Kong'. The rest of the song is just to impress the 'younger' girl. |
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| Kansas – Carry on Wayward Son Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This seems to be a mix up of two myths, The Myth of Icarus and the Prodigal Son Parable. In the Myth of Icarus, the son of Daedalus dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax his own father gave him and died when the wax melted. This is echoes the first part of the song. In the Prodigal Son Parable, a son takes his "trustfunds" and basically wastes it on wine and women and comes back to his father in shame, but his father takes him back and accepts him. This meshes well with the second part of the song. | |
| Jethro Tull – Cross-Eyed Mary Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In order to understand this song, you must know something about London. Highgate is an elite private school for well-of f students. From the song, 'Cross Eyed Mary' attends Highgate, so it is clear that indeed Mary is not poor. She is the classic high-class person slumming it. Look at the begining of the song. Who would be a poor man a beggerman, a thief if he had a rich man in his hand Who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth if he could take it from the money man Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again It is asking who would choose a hard life if she could have an easy life. And the first line in the next verse answer by saying Cross Eyed Mary would choose the hard life. She eats in Hampstead, using an expense account, but chooses to eat a poor man's food, gruel. She is 'the poor man's rich girl' a girl that chooses to associate with the seedy side of life. Mary is just a rich girl who is slumming it... nothing more. |
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| The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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'got bottle' is British slang for 'to have courage' 'brass in pocket' means she has money on her. So it is saying she has money and courage enough to go out tonight. |
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| David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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'Johnny' in the song is from 'John Doe' which is used to identify an unknown victim of a crime. 'Coke' is NOT cocaine, but Coca-Cola, a worldwide image of America. Even in countries that are anti-America, they still love Coke. This song is simply saying that America and Americans are shallow and destructive; instead of adding to the world in a meaningful way, they take the basest and the easiest path. Compare THIS song about America to the song he wrote earlier in his career, 'Young Americans' and you can see how his views of America and Americans have changed. |
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