REM wrote some great songs : night swimming, great beyond etc. but why did they have to write shiny happy people. Not just the lyrics either the way it sounds is nauseating.
The wrote it as a critique of Chinese political propoganda. Of course I always question the true motives of bands writing really catchy, **** songs to be ironic, and they happen to end up being hugely successful singles.
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As you can see, I'm completely ridiculous.
Okay, I'll try to open my mind a bit. Is it literally about a man who plays the spoons or is there some deeper meaning I'm not getting?
Do you enjoy the spoon solo? Do you wish more bands would incorporate spoons in their music? Do you like the "jammers" the spoon man is wearing in the video?
Not trying to be a dick...just wondering what you like about the song and if I should be coming at it from a different angle. I've hated that song for so long it's actually become a bit of a problem for me. Like if I hear it or think about it, I get angry something so awful exists.
I think I posted yesterday somewhere that I don't pay attention to song lyrics so I couldn't tell you what it is about. The only word in the song I know is Spoonman and I sing it LOUD! Also, I enjoyed jammers very much in their day.
REM wrote some great songs : night swimming, great beyond etc. but why did they have to write shiny happy people. Not just the lyrics either the way it sounds is nauseating.
What's the Frequency Kenneth is really really bad, too.
I think I posted yesterday somewhere that I don't pay attention to song lyrics so I couldn't tell you what it is about. The only word in the song I know is Spoonman and I sing it LOUD! Also, I enjoyed jammers very much in their day.
Not going to lie, I had a pair of jammers as well.
I'd prefer to skip the entire White Album altogether.
I'll add:
Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Changes - Black Sabbath
##### the Police - Rage Against the Machine
Special mention goes out to Everything I Do by Vancouver's own Bryan Adams. That tune, while ridiculously commercially successful, killed what was left of his credibility.
REM wrote some great songs : night swimming, great beyond etc. but why did they have to write shiny happy people. Not just the lyrics either the way it sounds is nauseating.
Change it to Shaganappi People, and it works better.
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Jeff Healey has a horrendous attempt at a rap song on one of his albums. It ruins the entire album. Also there is a Bob Seger cd where he sings some sappy pile of shart to one of his kids that kills it.
Spoonman is in fact about a long time homeless man (featured in the video) who played the spoons for money in a park located directly across from a public art piece called Soundgarden in Seattle Washington! Does that blow your mind!
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