the version with both verses(apparently the original version, also called "jacknife lee version") is on the album as well as a hidden track a few minutes after u boat. i haven't a clue as to why they changed it, the album version is so fucking flat and boring compared to the original.
i reckon the lyrics are about society today, "rubicon" referencing to caesar's military coup that founded the roman empire and in the long run today's european culture. (or it could be a reference to tangerine dream´s old album "rubycon"?) "see the stones coming at my window, see the left man no protection, tell his family that he will be ok K-I-L-L." - about soldiers being shipped off to (more often than not meaningless) war? "turn away from yourself in silence, you can't finish the country using you" - (would be great to actually get the correct lyrics, wouldn't it?) like i said, about society and trying to fight it eventhough you know there's really no point.
by far the best kasabian song out there, this. both lyrically and musically(jacknife lee version).
I like both versions. I think I like this version better, though. Lyrically, the Jackknife version is more interesting. But this version is truer to Kasabian's sound. The reason they "changed it" is that they didn't like what Jackknife Lee was doing mixing their album, so they ditched him. I like the Kasabian sound better. Flat and boring? Well, that's not how I hear it.
I like both versions. I think I like this version better, though. Lyrically, the Jackknife version is more interesting. But this version is truer to Kasabian's sound. The reason they "changed it" is that they didn't like what Jackknife Lee was doing mixing their album, so they ditched him. I like the Kasabian sound better. Flat and boring? Well, that's not how I hear it.
the version with both verses(apparently the original version, also called "jacknife lee version") is on the album as well as a hidden track a few minutes after u boat. i haven't a clue as to why they changed it, the album version is so fucking flat and boring compared to the original.
i reckon the lyrics are about society today, "rubicon" referencing to caesar's military coup that founded the roman empire and in the long run today's european culture. (or it could be a reference to tangerine dream´s old album "rubycon"?) "see the stones coming at my window, see the left man no protection, tell his family that he will be ok K-I-L-L." - about soldiers being shipped off to (more often than not meaningless) war? "turn away from yourself in silence, you can't finish the country using you" - (would be great to actually get the correct lyrics, wouldn't it?) like i said, about society and trying to fight it eventhough you know there's really no point.
by far the best kasabian song out there, this. both lyrically and musically(jacknife lee version).
I like both versions. I think I like this version better, though. Lyrically, the Jackknife version is more interesting. But this version is truer to Kasabian's sound. The reason they "changed it" is that they didn't like what Jackknife Lee was doing mixing their album, so they ditched him. I like the Kasabian sound better. Flat and boring? Well, that's not how I hear it.
I like both versions. I think I like this version better, though. Lyrically, the Jackknife version is more interesting. But this version is truer to Kasabian's sound. The reason they "changed it" is that they didn't like what Jackknife Lee was doing mixing their album, so they ditched him. I like the Kasabian sound better. Flat and boring? Well, that's not how I hear it.