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The Who – Baba O'Riley Lyrics	7 years ago
@[PJ10:17108] What is that synthesizer called. The one that creates a loop based on personal information.

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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Lyrics	7 years ago
It's about a man having a midlife crisis so he visits a foreign country. Could be a metaphor for abandoning his life to persue his dream or something.

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The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper's Delight Lyrics

7 years ago

This is about the state of politics in 1980. Ronald Reagan was about to be elected when the song was written, The contains metaphors about Jimmy Carter like the scene in which the narrator is offered "chicken that tastes like wood" meaning he thought Carter would be better than he was and he was really sick of the disgusting stuff that Carter was trying to serve him. In addition, the chorus, "hotel motel, holiday inn" is a reference to the Watergate scandal which, of course, occurred at the Watergate hotel. This further show the discontent of Master Gee in the politics of the time, describing the scandals as incredibly common like hotels, motels, and Holiday Inns.

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Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way Lyrics

7 years ago

It seems like the story of a draft dodger who fled up into the mountains. The nonchalant way he says "Time to open fire" references the war that he was not a part of. "We don't need the ladies crying" is a reference to mothers who lost their sons at war, of which he was not one. "He's telling us this, he's telling us that" is a reference to Nixon lying all the time. I don't know who Casey is unless the line is actually "in case he's at bat" instead of "and Casey's at bat". "Time to change the batter" means getting a new president. The message of the song is that he would rather live up in the mountains than be at war or deal with the ridiculous political situation of 1973 (the year the song was written).

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The Allman Brothers Band – Melissa Lyrics

7 years ago

There's a man who always on the road (the"gypsy") who lives in a absent-minded state, constantly thinking of Melissa. The first three paragraphs describes the man. The last compares his state to that of Jesus, asking "will he lie beneath the clay or will his spirit float away?" He answers this by saying "he won't stay without Melissa." This means that his constant thinking of Melissa is keeping him from reaching his full potential. The narrator asks "will you ever let him go?" directing this question at crossroads. Why is he on the road all the time? Probably him trying to earn money by going from job to job ."crossroads seem to come and go." So crossroads means jobs. In conclusion, a man is on the road, away from Melissa, and he can't stop thinking about her. This inhibits his ability to be successful at his job which keeps him on the road. This cycle of being away from Melissa, being distracted thinking about her, needing to move because he is bad at his job, and continuing to move and be away from home is the beautifully sad story of what love does to a man.

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The Edsels – Rama Lama Ding Dong Lyrics

8 years ago

This song follows the story of a young female writer in France after WWII. She fights both sexism and her neighbor who is a Nazi sympathizer. She moves to the United States where she hopes she can fulfill her dreams of writing for a major newspaper. However, within weeks of reaching shore she meets the man of her dreams and gets married shortly thereafter. She always wants to return to her journalism career but is too caught up in raising her children. She regrets not following her dreams for the rest of her life. It's a beautiful and poetic song if you read it closely.

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Electric Light Orchestra – Telephone Line Lyrics	8 years ago
It's about a guy trying to talk to someone - could be a break up, could be God, could be humanity, could be himself - about how the dreams/goals/visions of the past didn't come true. He's also losing hope that they ever will.

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