Dinosaur Jr. – Feel the Pain

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  General Comment:The sound effect of a cork popping out of a bottle at the start is a clue
  “I feel the pain of everyone
  Then I feel nothing”

  Flag RichPinchon December 21, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:uh, So I've always thought this song and video were to mock Bill Clinton's quote, "I feel your pain", but I cannot find anything to confirm my suspicion. The album Without a Sound was published after Bill's quote and during Bill's term.

  Flag uhmynameisArtDon June 12, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:more classic 90's alt rock. my interpretation of the lyrics is that the protagonist gets everyone's shit piled onto him and since he's incapable of solving all of their problems, he just winds up miserable because of it (good god, how i can relate to that..).
  
  the singing is classically lo-fi and the video is awesome. that guitar riff speaks for itself..
  
  damn you rock band 2 for getting me addicted to this song.

  Flag smashingyngmanon June 17, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:hahahahahaha wasnt this song about drugs? i mean thats pretty much common knowledge around seattle. hahahahhahaha about politicians? why dont u ask j mascis. but anyways it should be about whatever u feel like it makes u feel about. but j mascis wrote it about drugs.

  Flag GlriusBlnknDshWrldon January 23, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:I think its about politicans. They make a big deal about how they care so much, but really they don't. Its all about money.
  Is about a politician who is trying to talk about it, because he really does care and the other politians are telling him..."Is it up to me ?
  You won't wait to see
  Screwed us yet again
  About as close as you dare
  Hey now, take it back
  Get off me, you're sad
  Trailin' on your scene
  Just try and keep it clean
  Its not up to us....wait and see what happens, but dont get too emotionally involved. Your caring too much..your getting away from the point(we are here to make money)Just try and make a positive appearance...and not get into trouble by getting too emotionally envolved

  Flag Lisasimonson January 05, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:i think its just feeling empathy for others..but knowing you can't do much about it.

  Flag Shaykidxxxon June 27, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I really think this is one of those songs that will never get old or feel dated. It's one of those rare examples of truly universal lyrics that don't feel cliched. I think it's safe to say that anyone who hears the lyrics to this song will have a strong connection to make with them. It could be taken politically -- think about how it feels trying to empathize with all the people around the world who you know are suffering, hearing about starvation or genocide or people displaced by tsunamis, what have you. The human brain isn't meant to perform calculations like that; our brains are programmed to forget our grief, and the fact that it's so easy to "feel nothing" can send you into a vicious cycle of guilt and apathy, with stages when you "feel the pain of everyone" and stages when you "feel nothing." And that's just one possible interpretation from two lines of lyrics. Absolutely a fantastic piece of songwriting.

  Flag sweatersdotcomon December 19, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I think it's about how a person can empathize with everybody else and takes on everybody else's problems, because they can't feel their own pain. At least that's what I take away from it. That's how I am.

  Flag UWGcowgirlon January 29, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I think it's about someone that gets everyone's baggage piled on him and then eventually he can't deal anymore. He becomes numb and miserable.

  Flag BlakeQHatfieldon January 26, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I think of the "then I feel nothing" part as getting completely wrecked on whatever so he doesn't have to feel so depressed.

  Flag bedlamighton July 21, 2006   Link

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