Hmm, maybe the 80s were alright after all...Wolter wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 5:29pmIf you like gibberish lyrics, then do I have a fin de siecle decade for you!matedog wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 11:19amHeston wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 11:06amThe prisoner makes the busted eye boy, north of what the capturematedog wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 11:00amToday I learned about the "black Maria" lyric. I always thought it was something like "no need to live like Maria" but I don't really listen to lyrics. And I know the Waits song well and that the song is called "Big Black Mariah", but it does sound like he's saying something like "biggest black rattle."
I'm an idiot.
Just goes to show you that when I hear songs with vocals, it's basically just gibberish, melody, and rhythm that I hear.
Things you learned through the Clash
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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10/10. Would bellylaugh again.Wolter wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 5:29pmIf you like gibberish lyrics, then do I have a fin de siecle decade for you!matedog wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 11:19amHeston wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 11:06amThe prisoner makes the busted eye boy, north of what the capturematedog wrote: ↑07 Mar 2018, 11:00amToday I learned about the "black Maria" lyric. I always thought it was something like "no need to live like Maria" but I don't really listen to lyrics. And I know the Waits song well and that the song is called "Big Black Mariah", but it does sound like he's saying something like "biggest black rattle."
I'm an idiot.
Just goes to show you that when I hear songs with vocals, it's basically just gibberish, melody, and rhythm that I hear.
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I know what time it is.
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Thanks to Bernie i woke up this morning and i knew which side of the bed i'd been lying on.
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That punk rock was fake.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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