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This is one of my favorite songs ever. It’s about how Hollywood movies glorify violence, sex, and drugs. “Slow motion” refers to when they slow down scenes in movies- you can make anything look cool when you do that, that doesn’t mean it’s good. It just seems like every “good” movie that people take seriously has to be packed with unrealistic extreme destructive behavior. NEWSFLASH: problems aren’t cool.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, people can have sex everyday and not hurt anybody; murder, on the other hand, ISN’T NORMAL yet we see it more often in movies and it’s even considered more “appropriate” to see than sex. Suck my dick hollywood.
While I’m sharing The Distillers I might as well post their best CD. HANDS DOWN this is the best female-fronted punk album to come out in the last decade! Forget Paramore (I’m sorry but all their songs sound the same) Brody can ROCK! My fav tracks: The Hunger, Dismantle Me, For Tonight…, and of course, Hall Of Mirrors. Oh, and above is the banned version of the album cover (you can only get it on vinyl).
Our Lady Peace’s best song about NOT giving up your dreams. It’s also about learning to live with your problems, whatever they may be. Shit happens. I love the line “Johnny wishes he was famous/spends his time alone in the basement/with a Lennon and Cobain.” The first time I heard that i was like…”Shit! That’s ME!”
As I’ve stated before, 3eb is an underrated band. I firmly believe that they are THE best post-grunge band of the 90’s and this album proves it. Not only does it have the smash hit “Semi-Charmed Life” (which is about crystal meth lol) but it’s one of those albums that I can just listen to all the way through, and as a result, is one of my FAVORITE albums of all time. Yeah, it sold 6 million copies, but it should have gone diamond (10 mill) “Motorcycle Drive By” is genius and “God Of Wine” is perhaps the most relaxing song I’ve ever heard in my life. Stephan Jenkins (the lead singer and writer) is also one of the greatest lyricists of the 90’s as well. You wouldn’t expect it from such an upbeat band, but 3eb songs almost always have deep meanings.
Ok that’s enough posts 4 today, it’s 3:40 am and I think I’m gonna call it quits for now. Read more…
Jumper is probably one of the best songs about suicide. Stephan Jenkins (the lead singer) really knows how to write a song. I love how the song is written like he’s talking to a jumper. Overall, an underrated song from an underrated band.
Rather than try to explain the meaning of this song, I’m going to let the original author do that:
In 2001, Brian Vander Ark explained what the song means to him on Verve Pipe’s bulletin boards:
“When I was young I knew everything” - We all think we know everything at a young age. I thought I did. I realize I didn’t know sh*t until I was 36.
“And she, a Punk who rarely took advice” - How many people do we know like that?
“Now I’m guilt-stricken, sobbing, with my head on the floor” - Something happened that caused this reaction, but I wouldn’t want to give that away this early in the song, so let’s throw in an some ambiguity:
“Stop a baby’s breath, and a shoe full of rice, no” - First of all, forget the NO. Stop a baby’s breath is just that. Abort the baby. A shoe full of rice is a result of a wedding. So - stop a baby’s breath AND then you stop a wedding. She’s pregnant, get her to abort, and then there’s no wedding. And you know what?
“I can’t be held responsible, cause she was touching her face” - When I wrote this song, The Divinyls had a song out called ‘I Touch Myself.’ The TV was on, she was touching her face in the video. Very sexy. So, I can’t be held responsible because she was trying to be sexy, trying to seduce me, etc.
“I won’t be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place” - I didn’t tell her to fall in love.
“For the life of me, I cannot remember what made us think that we were wise, and we’d never compromise” - What was I thinking back then? Who am I to put a girl though that? Why was I unable to compromise? Guilty feelings.
“For the life of me, I cannot believe we’d ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen” - We were just kids, let it go, we all make mistakes, etc.
“My best friend took a week’s vacation to forget her” - He needed to get away because of what happened.
“His girl took a week’s worth of Valium and slept” - This is why this song is not that strong literally - it’s confusing. HIS girl is MY girl. the same girl that had the abortion has now killed herself.
“Now he’s guilt-stricken, sobbing with his head on the floor, thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says” - He has the same guilty feelings that I do about the abortion and death.
“We tried to wash our hands of all of this, we never talk of our lacking relationships” - We rarely spoke after the incident - we just tried to forget it. We never spoke of her or the fact that we can’t have a decent relationship with anyone since then.
“We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip” - No matter how careful you might be, there are other perils out there.
The girl is real, the abortion is real. the death is not. it’s poetic license to make the story more interesting.
Hands down, THIS is the Goo Goo Dolls BEST album. Iris, Black Balloon, Slide, etc all are on this great album. In fact, Iris was one of the first alternative rock songs to top the Hot 100, but it never officially was because of their stupid rules back then. They should have learned when Nirvana came out but NOOO. This is what post-grunge should be all about. NOT trying to be like Nirvana. I’m pretty sure “Dizzy Up The Girl” means getting a girl high off their music. Or it could mean something else who the hell knows what Johnny was thinking.
While were on the subject of angry songs, here’s a unique one. It’s called “Kick Some Ass” but it’s actually about “sensitive artists” pretending to be hard. Great song to sing along to! DOWNLOAD SONG HERE
Jaaerdfoll: hey everybody
I figured it would be a good idea to introduce myself to everyone!
Can't wait to get to know you all better!
-Marshall
Thanks again!
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So this is where I usually type some shit about how I can relate to these songs and what I think they mean.
Rather than try to explain the meaning of this song, I’m going to let the original author do that:
While were on the subject of angry songs, here’s a unique one. It’s called “Kick Some Ass” but it’s actually about “sensitive artists” pretending to be hard. Great song to sing along to!
