Meaning behind the SOng What is the song saying?
#1
Posted 22 October 2004 - 06:06 PM
Track: Life On Mars
Album: Space Oddity
What is this song saying? From what I gather it's about a girl who is watching a movie. And the movie is boring. Micky mouse is growing fatter on the cow. And the girls parents tell this girl "no" and "go" prior to entering the cinema.
What the heck? This song rules but what the hell does it mean. Life on mArs? what?
#2
Posted 22 October 2004 - 09:49 PM
Here's one: what the fuck is going on in "Macarthur Park?"
#5
Posted 23 October 2004 - 04:19 PM
Check this out: http://www.teenagewi...s/SO/Title.html
#6
Posted 23 October 2004 - 04:57 PM
I'm thinking about buying his greatest hits. I just realized how awesome he is lnot too long ago. You don't get that kind of quality on the radio today.
What genre is he? I'm thinking rock'n roll, but his later work sounds very adult contemporary/pop.
#7
Posted 23 October 2004 - 05:33 PM
His early stuff is very much a part of the glam rock thing that was going on at the time. Eventually he moved towards more straightforward pop rock, then did some weird electronica stuff, and now he's back to pop again.
#8
Posted 23 October 2004 - 05:58 PM
I grew up with early 90 to mid 90's rock. Then, some time around 1997, Rap and "Rnb" took over. And I use quotes because modern RnB is not RnB. It's stupid pop bullshit. It seems like if you're an attractive black female, and can remotely sing, then you're RnB. I think it's ridiculous.
#9
Posted 24 October 2004 - 01:15 AM
Also, while I don't care for her music, Avril Lavigne's continuing success is a promising sign for today's kids. I think it's better that so many young girls see her as a role model than if they saw that in someone like Britney Spears.
#10
Posted 24 October 2004 - 02:27 PM
The albums did well, but no real following conjured after their success. Remember Grunge? The early 90's opened to the doors to a ton of great rock bands. Variety, Variety!
Punk is creeping it's way in. Top 40 is still dominated by pop and rap.
NoDoubt is one my favorite bands. Although not true punk or ska, they are a blend of both mixed with other stuff- therefore they are alternative.
Placing genres on groups today is a really hard task. I saw an interview with the lead bass guitar guy from NoDoubt. He said their roots are in ska, but now they are alternative. He's not even sure though what genre they are. "we've been called ska, alternative, and pop, take your pick". Is what he said, roughly.
#12
Posted 11 November 2004 - 12:18 AM
Her latest single "what you waiting for" is great. The music video is really good too.
She's working on a solo project right now, or an "art project" as she calls it. Her and Tony Kanal (lead bass from No Doubt) are putting it together.
#13
Posted 19 September 2005 - 08:51 PM
Track: Evil AND A Time to Be So Small
Album: Antics
Evil- I think it's about a man lamenting the loss of his dead lover. He's pleading with Rosemary (some kind of mother mary?) to return her to him
A Time to Be So Small- I think this song is about a father and son relationship, taking place on a boat, from the presepective of a sea urchin. But the last chorus "When the cadaverous mob save's it's door for the dead man you cannot leave" makes me thing the father killed the son, and that the line refers to the fathers comupance{sp?}? Also the song, like evil, has a tragic theme to it so ya...
Any one else take a stab as to what Paul Banks is talking about?
#14
Posted 20 September 2005 - 06:58 AM
Antics is on my 'to buy' list at the moment.
#15
Posted 20 September 2005 - 02:11 PM