Breakups suck. When Victor Fuentes and his girlfriend, Cara, had broken up, she left all kinds of incidental things at his place: razor, makeup, shampoo, toothbrush, etc. He said that he was reminded of her when he saw the things and that he lamented ever breaking up....
The song "Soldier, Poet, King" is a "heavy folksong." The Oh Hellos sing about the second coming of Jesus Christ as foreseen in the Book of Revelation. They also reference C.S. Lewis's charming book about a devil, who happens to be terrible at being a devil, named...
No, it's not a misprint. The title of the song is both a play on words with "Teen Idol" and a self-deprecating jab at the idleness of teen life in the 21st century. She recently told Last FM that the inspiration for the song was just seeing a T-shirt with the phrase...
It's difficult to know where to start when it comes to the lyrics of "Hallelujah." Cohen himself famously said that he wrote hundreds of verses for the song and that he was reduced to bashing his head against the floor while writing them. Even more confusing is that...
"Black Betty" could mean several things. It could be a bottle of whiskey, the whip used to punish slaves, a vehicle used for transporting prisoners, or even a Black woman named Betty. Lead Belly may not have been the first singer to record it, but his version is the...
In 2023, there is still controversy regarding LGBTQ2IA+ folks. Many conservatives incorrectly consider being a member of that community to be a choice rather than who those folks actually are. They advocate for discriminatory practices against members of the...
The lyrics of "Glycerine" are about lead singer Gavin Rossdale's then girlfriend, Suze DeMarchi. Rossdale croons about her skin and how it feels, pontificating that it must be real because he can feel it. Later in the song, he laments her loss. Indeed, she married...
In the ordinary of the Mass, "Kyrie Eleison" means, "Lord, have mercy upon us." Mr.Mister blazed a trail of hits for about two or three years in the mid-1980s and then flamed out just as spectacularly. They weren't a one-hit wonder, but as popular as they were, it's...
The story behind the meaning of the song lyrics of "Y.M.C.A." is convoluted. On the one hand, there is the theory that the song extols the virtues of the "Y" as a spot for gay men and teens to hookup. On the other hand, there is lead singer Victor Willis's assertion...
This song is a collaboration between three disparate artists. It takes lyrics from Elton John's "Rocket Man," "Kiss the Bride," "Sacrifice," and "Where's the Shoorah?" The song describes the slow death of a relationship, which is unusual against the major-key, upbeat...
Cracker Island is the name of the new song as well as the album Gorillaz created on June 22, featuring Thundercat. Fans quickly began to dissect and find the song's meaning, as is their customary practice. They endeavored to understand the progression of the band's...
Madonna spoke candidly to Rolling Stone in 1989 about the guilt that she had at the time when she wrote the song, because of the teachings of her Catholic faith. The lyrics of "Like a Prayer" combine those feelings of guilt with her open sexuality. The lyrics put the...
