Favorite song quotes...

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You're reading too far into the man. Look at the lyrics, it's an anti-war and anti-hate message. It doesn't say everyone should be the exact same. And the world will live as one? It's about peace, not uniformity.

graph Reviewed by graph on 03-22-2006. Favorite song quotes... "Just cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there." Radiohead "Sometimes it's easy to forget where you're goin Sometimes it's harder to leave And everytime you think you know just what you're doin That's when you're troubles exceed." Guns N Roses "The medicated state of mind you find is overrated." Red Hot Chili Peppers "I hurt myself today to see if I could feel." NIN Rating: 5

[psychocat]

You're reading too far into the man. Look at the lyrics, it's an anti-war and anti-hate message. It doesn't say everyone should be the exact same. And the world will live as one? It's about peace, not uniformity.

It reminds me of greyness, no progress is ever made in a stagnant world and the unfortunate truth is that adversity is what drives the human animal to invent ever more ways to ease the existence of people on this planet.
Another truth of the matter is the fact that disease is a natural phenomenon
and old age and death and sadness.
Without dark there can be no light.

[Oneironaut]

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I hate this song with it's candy apple oversentimentality, it's maybe a good idea at first sight but the reality is that variety is the spice of life and if we all thought the same and we all behaved the same I would probably be so bored I would put a bullet through my head.

Umm, where does it say everybody should think the same? Quite the contrary, he imagines a world without religion, materialism and patriotism, all things which try to get large groups to think in the same way.

People like Lennon are hypocrites preaching the humble life whilst residing in luxury.

Maybe so, but I still agree with the basic idea behind the song. There just aren't very many musicians trying to spread real messages that get at the root of society's problems. Most songs I hear on the radio are just mindless blather about "oh baby I want you girl why did you break my heart". And when some musician does try to get a message out there and make a change, they too often couch a poor understanding of the problem in lyrics which make you wonder if the song has any meaning at all. There just seems to be a complete absence of any intelligent thought or social analysis in modern popular music. To illustrate, here are the lyrics of the top 3 songs on the current Billboard charts:

Mmmm mmm yeah
Do do do do do do do-do
Ohh Yeah

Gotta change my answering machine
Now that I'm alone
Cuz right now it says that we
Can't come to the phone
And I know it makes no sense
Cuz you walked out the door
But it's the only way I hear your voice anymore
(it's ridiculous)
It's been months
And for some reason I just
(can't get over us)
And I'm stronger then this
(enough is enough)
No more walkin round
With my head down
I'm so over being blue
Cryin over you

And I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?

Gotta fix that calender I have
That's marked July 15th
Because since there's no more you
There's no more anniversary
I'm so fed up with my thoughts of you
And your memory
And how every song reminds me
Of what used to be

That's the reason I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?

(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone
(Stupid love songs)
Dont make me think about her smile
Or having my first child
Let it go
Turning off the radio

Cuz I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing she was still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)

Said I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing she was still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)

And I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishin you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
Why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)
Why can't I turn off the radio?

[Intro:]
The gal dem Schillaci...Sean da Paul
So me give it to...so me give to...so me give it to...to all girls
Five million and forty naughty shorty...
Baby girl...baby girl...Sean da Paul sey...

[Chorus:]
Well woman the way the time cold I wanna be keepin' you warm
I got the right temperature to shelter you from the storm
Oh lord, gal I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I...
Wanna be the Papa...You can be the Mom....oh oh!

[Verse1:]
Make I see the gal them bruk out pon the floor from you don't want no worthless performer
From you don't want no man wey can't turn you on gal make I see your hand them up on ya..
Can't tan pon it long.....naw eat no yam...no steam fish....nor no green banana
But down in Jamaica we give it to you hot like a sauna..

[Chorus:]

[Verse 2:]
Bumper exposed and gal you got your chest out but you no wasters cause gal you impress out...
And if you des out a me you fi test out,Cause I got the remedy to make you de-stress out....
Me haffi flaunt it because me God Bless out...And girl if you want it you haffi confess out...
A no lie weh we need set speed a fi test the mattress out..

[Chorus:]

[Verse 3:]
Gal don't say me crazy now, this Strangelove it a no Bridgette and Flava show..
Time fi a make baby now so stop gwaan like you a act shady yo...
Woman don't play me know, cause a no Fred Sanford nor Grady yo....
My lovin' is the way to go...my lovin' is the way to go.....

[Chorus:]

[Verse 4:]
When you roll with a player like me...with a bredda like me girl there is no other
No need to talk it right here just park it right here keep it undercover
From me love how you fit inna you blouse and you fat inna you jeans and mi waan discover..
Everything out you baby girl can you hear when me utter...

[Chorus (repeat)]

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.

I read all those words and learned nothing new about my universe. What is the point of this music? They have absolutely nothing meaningful to say.

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again, how did this come from that song?

Sadness is necessary, disease is the earth's natural process of thinning out the numbers, I get you there. You may see it and think of greatness. I see it as a world where everyone can put aside differences and live as one. The three verses are the three biggest reasons people go to war, or have any sort of problems at all. Religion, nations, and posessions. Utopia, my friend, not grey.

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Sorry about that oneironaut. After I posted it showed that you had already posted.

I just sorta reinforced you point. Yeah, that's what I'll say...

[psychocat]

I don't disagree with your thoughts on the majority of pop songs (they are mindless (but for some mildly entertaining) drivel).

I prefer music with a message wether that be global as in Billy Joels "We Didn't Start the Fire
http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm
Or more on a personal level such as Alice Coopers "Teenage Frankenstein".


I'm the kid on the block
With my head made of rock
And I ain't got nobody
I'm the state of the art
Got a brain a la carte
I make the babies cry

I ain't one of the crowd
I ain't one of the guys
They just avoid me
They run and they hide
Are my colors too bright
Are my eyes set too wide
I spend my whole life
Burning, turning

I'm a teenage Frankenstein
The local freak with the twisted mind
I'm a teenage Frankenstein
These ain't my hands
And these legs ain't mine
Oh no!

Got a synthetic face
Got some scars and a brace
My hands are rough and bloody
I walk into the night
Women faint at the sight
I ain't no cutie-pie

I can't walk in the day
I must walk in the night
Stay in the shadows
Stay out of the light
Are my shoulders too wide
Is my head screwed on tight
I spend my whole life
Burning, turning

I'm a teenage Frankenstein
The local freak with the twisted mind
I'm a teenage Frankenstein
These ain't my hands
And these legs ain't mine

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It grew strong
And enegy has its own will
And people think they make music still
But music is there with out you or me we just manipulate
For better or worse so let it situate
I get to make records and dough
Paid out the ass hole
And still seen as another face on the totem pole
Conquer, my sponsors are monsters
And everybody thinks that I owe them one
I'm glad I love music and life
cuz it's easy to see the pain and strife and end it all tonight
-Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

[beachguy in thongs]

All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars.
All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars.
Turn around, turn around, turn around. -Rush

[pabloescobar209]

Iâ??ve seen a rich man beg
Iâ??ve seen a good man sin
Iâ??ve seen a tough man cry
Iâ??ve seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
Iâ??ve seen the good side of bad
And the downside of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green
I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start

Everlast-What it's like

[thebathroom]

"Idioteque"

Who's in bunker, who's in bunker?
Women and children first
Women and children first
Women and children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I swallow till I burst
Until I burst
Until I..

Who's in bunker, who's in bunker
I've seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen enough
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children..

Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both..

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the..

We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening

Mobiles working
Mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take the money and run
Take the money..

Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time
Background:
The first of the children

--Radiohead

Holy shit does this ever mess with my head when I'm baked. Along with almost any other song off Kid A.