One of the many songs that I was listening to in 2011 is Barfly by the Ace of Base. The song kicks off very mono tone which I thought could sound boring but if you understood the song itself you would start to understand that it's meant to have a lingering feel to it in order for you to relate to the shady character they sing about. The climatic points of the song match the individuals rise in enthusiasm when he thinks his method is getting him somewhere. So I thought it is a smart song. It is unpolished because it's a demo but I really got into it for awhile.I also found the subject matter very interesting and since I did work behind a bar I certainly could relate to it.
I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me - Marilyn Manson
The lyrics of the song are fascinating and can be easily misinterpreted. Manson uses shock value in order to move one to question and think about the way we choose to live. Breaking the borders of ridged conformity and thoughtless ways.
"Norm life baby, We are white and oh so hetero and our sex is missionary..."
I like the fact that he says, "oh so hetero"
When he sings this line it almost sounds like a play on words, singing out "hetero - sexual."
White - Heterosexual - Missionary : What we are taught to believe is the right way of living to a point where we forget to even think and look at what we really feel on the inside. The conformed majority then dictate to the world of what is considered to be normal.
"we are quitters and we're sober and our confessions will be televised"
The video features a very Jerry Spinger type of show with a lady who is pregnant with a TV. SOoooooooo cooooooool and sooooooo smart!!!!!!!!
" You and I are under dosed and we ready to fall.
Conformity drummed in by society can be like a drug. We are under dosed and so everything on TV and adverts etc are there, constantly brainwashing you with fear...
We are told whats beautiful and whats not, what to wear and how to behave.
" pays to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all"
When we don't conform we are labelled as outcasts and misfits. We are given medication like anti-depressants and told that something is wrong with us. The less you think for yourself the better your life will get the greater the consumer you become. Buy this product and your life will be better.
"God is white and unforgiving and we're pissed tested and we're praying"
Very derogatory but true. People have used religion to make God seem filled with wrath and vengeance, he punishes and strikes down those who question his word and way.
Forgetting that all Jesus ever preached was love and caring for the next. Jesus himself stood side by side with a prostitute and when she was to be stoned he said that he who is sin free shall cast the first stone and nobody could.
" I'm just a sample of soul made to look just like a human being..."
"We are rehabbed and we are ready for our 15 minutes of shame"
Going back to the whole Jerry Springer theme. People have problems with their lives and humans have found a way of making a mockery of it by broadcasting on TV for the world to see.
Instead of focusing on being happier we focus on the ego.
" Norm life baby, we're talk shown and we're pointing just like Christians at a suicide..."
Christian preach of not judging yet they constantly look down upon others for not living up to their ideals.
The line once, again is really offencive but like I said Manson uses shock value and imagery to get attention.
The song has an undertones of Gospel feel to it with a bunch of woman singing in a church like fashion.
" I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me "
Finally the title of the song is just oh so Manson. :)
We take away the responsibility of our thoughts, words and action by blaming it on the devil. That it really isn't our fault at all.
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
A song for the underdogs. I consider myself to be an underdog but by choice. I don't really care, to a certain extent, of what the world thinks of me. I have reason for why I choose to live my life the way I do. Rather a freak on leash than a cow following the heard. Hee hee
But in someways we are all weird and different, i just choose my right not to be afraid to exercise that notion and express it to the world. Sometimes however I'm not even aware that what I'm doing is what the world considers traits that need to be swept under a rug.
Other times I do care in the sense that my ways have set me apart from everyone. Over the last few years I have been working on my perception. Somewhere along the lines of choosing not to be afraid of being considered strange, my perception got warped into seeing the world as a monster with jagged teeth. I am very aware of that fact, that it is all in my head. So I have taken steps to improve my perception. Alas, however I have understood that many care intensely for me and value and respect me. Which I'm grateful for but I'm still very disconnected from the world. I often feel like I was unplugged when I was born. My projection in contrast with who i really am seems to be out of sync and it keeps people away. I'm still very defencive and protective over myself and my autopilots kick in to push people away. It's really hard work trying to make these adjustments but I have made immense progress (and without Prozac, hee hee)
This song is all about that. I often feel so content after hearing this song :)
Rebel Heart - The Corrs
I think the violin is a magical instrument that sets off waves of emotions and can take you on a journey far and beyond. This song is so powerful and so in sync with tune of the heart.
...and finally to wrap things up from the howling foxx
Included in on of my favourite bands of all time is THE SMITHS
There is a light that never goes out
Lyrics:
Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
and they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
anymore
Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
and i want to see life
Driving in your car
oh please don't drop me home
because it isn't my home, it's their home
and I'm welcome no more
and if a Double-Decker bus
crashes into us
to die by your side
is such a heavenly way to die
and if a ten-ton truck
kills the both of us
to die by your side
well the pleasure - the privilege is mine
take me out tonight
take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
and in the darkened underpass
i thought oh God - my chance has come at last
but then a strange fear gripped me
and I just couldn't ask
Take me out tonight
oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
driving in your car
I don't want to go home
because i haven't got one, dum da da...
Oh, I haven't got one
and if a Double-Decker bus
cashes into us
to die by your side
is such a heavenly way to die
and if a ten-ton truck
kills the both of us
to die by your side
well the pleasure the privilege is mine
oh there is a light and it never goes out
there is a light and it never goes out
there is a light and it never goes out
there is a light....
i was watching 500 days of summer and Zoey Dechanel sings it in the elevator and the song just became magical all over again. I heart the Smiths :)
No comments:
Post a Comment