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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
Notice:Rules-2.*,Directory-7.*,Roster-3.*,Garbage-99.*
Moderator:BUSY::SLABB
Created:Thu May 05 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1238
Total number of notes:65616

525.0. "What do those song lyrics mean?" by ANT::SLABOUNTY (The stakes are high, and so am I.) Tue Apr 11 1989 20:45

    
        This note will be used as a place to ask one another "What
        does this song mean"?
    
        First one:
    
        "Battery" - Metallica
    
        What does it mean?  What's a battery?  (Well, I KNOW what a
        'battery' is ... but what's a "battery"?
    
                                                       GTI
    
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525.1Well I really don't know?NEEPS::IRVINENight Time is my Best Time...Wed Apr 12 1989 07:573
    Maybe it refers to an "Artillary Battery". Maybe not.
    
    Bonzo
525.2Another possibilityTALK::BAGDYNothing personal today eitherWed Apr 12 1989 11:063
    Or how about the percussion section of an orchestra ?  
    
    METALord"_account_jumping_to_bring_my_notebooks_up_to_date_! :^)
525.3a guess?ONFIRE::FRANCINEseek and destroyWed Apr 12 1989 17:0015
    
    
    
    Didn't someone mention earlier in the Metallica note I believe,
    that Metallica wrote that song for their fans?
    
    I think myself that the song "Battery" has many meanings, maybe
    its supposed to be that way, so you can get your own interpretation
    out of it?
    
    One of my theorys is that its about a person who is like half human,
    half man made and he doesn't like it too much...
    
    
    F.
525.4I had a dad...RICKS::MINARDIMemphis Hip ShakeWed Apr 12 1989 17:157
    Geez Shawn, if I hafta tell you this ONE more time!!!!!
    
    BATTERY was written about Metallica's fans!!!
    As in BATTERY, as in ammunition, not as in Duracell, the copper
    top battery.
    
    /Motorbreath...NOW you can sleep  8^)!!
525.5Violence is the only way...MCIS2::AKINSA Rebel without a cause....Fri Apr 14 1989 08:043
    Could it be about assault and BATTERY type Battery...?
    
    The Rebel
525.7to compliment the info givenUSACSB::CBROWNdid you think you were pure?Tue Jun 06 1989 10:317
    
    Re: .4 (yea wot he sayd)
    
    In the millitary... an artillery company is reffered to as a battery.
                                                                  
    	(I guess dead horses are easy targets?)
    
525.8ANT::SLABOUNTYIt's 7 o'clock and I wanna mosh ...Wed Aug 02 1989 14:485
    
    	"Master of Puppets" by Metallica is about cocaine addiction.
    
    							GTI
    
525.9Master of puppets you're pulling the stringsCSC32::G_HOUSEI guess I'm just a spud boyWed Aug 02 1989 16:153
    I thought it was more generically about any form of drug addiction...
    
    gh
525.10Oops, wrong sign-off!! GTIANT::SLABOUNTYIt's 7 o'clock and I wanna mosh ...Wed Aug 02 1989 16:297
    
    	Well, I heard that that's what it was about .. and lookin' at
    	the lyrics I saw "Cuttin' your breakfast on a mirror" or
    	something similar.
    
    							Shawn L.
    
525.11PFLOYD::ROTHBERGLudicrous speed ... GO!!!!Wed Aug 02 1989 18:454
                i believe it is specifically about yao ...
                
                
525.12Ok, so I'm stupidCSC32::G_HOUSEI guess I'm just a spud boyWed Aug 02 1989 22:184
    You'll have to forgive those of us less current (namely myself); What
    is Yao?
    
    gh
525.13PFLOYD::ROTHBERGLudicrous speed ... GO!!!!Thu Aug 03 1989 06:419
                
                ever see scarface...
                
                shawn's right,  it's another word for coke.  used
                alot in methuen  [the  word, not the substance of
                course].
                
                
525.14now the leg, huh?RICKS::MINARDIshake that cosmic thing!Mon Aug 14 1989 17:377
    
    	I'm sure it's probably spelled yejo or something...
    pronounced "yay-oh".
    
    	Zjou got the yejo, mang?
    
    /Motorbreath
525.15ANT::SLABOUNTYDo ya wanna bump & grind with me?Mon Aug 14 1989 18:5713
    
    	"Heaven Is a 4-letter Word" by Bad English.
    
    	After hearing the song a couple times and taking note of the
    	line "One touch is never enough", I think a punctuation change
    	of the title is in order ...
    
    	... "Heaven is a <4-letter word>".
    
    	Am I right, or is my dirty mind working too hard?
    
    							GTI
     
525.16PFLOYD::ROTHBERGLudicrous speed ... GO!!!!Tue Aug 15 1989 03:187
                re : .14
                
                i was  just  taking a wild guess, you're probably
                right...
                
                
525.1737936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 15:5713
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Note 487.0                The Real Meaning of the Song                 6 replies
DASXPS::BOURQUE "Cant tell if this is True or Dream" 15 lines  23-FEB-1989 12:46
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     I sometimes get curious in wondering the true meaning of
    some Heavy_Metal songs, Though I know at times the song 
    can be Taken wrong (Lyrics) wise, or ya really can't un-
    derstand what the song means.
    
    Example:  can anyone tell me what Kashmir by Zeppelin Means
                  whats the song about?????
    
525.1837936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 15:5813
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Note 487.1                The Real Meaning of the Song                    1 of 6
HAZEL::STARR "Like a fool, fell in love with you..."  7 lines  23-FEB-1989 12:54
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I believe that lyrics are meant to be interpreted by the individual.
What one song says to me, the same song could mean something totally
different to someone else.

I don't think there is a definitive answer here.

cat

525.1937936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 15:5912
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Note 487.2                The Real Meaning of the Song                    2 of 6
CISM::JANCZYK "Bless me father, for I have sinned"    5 lines  23-FEB-1989 14:32
                              -< .. what he said >-
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    -1
    
    My sentiments exactly!
    
    CJ

525.2037936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 15:5913
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Note 487.3                The Real Meaning of the Song                    3 of 6
ANT::SLABOUNTY "Do u wanna bump and grind with me?"   9 lines  23-FEB-1989 15:28
                                    -< 8^) >-
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        RE: -1 -2
    
                   In other words, "Kashmir" is a song comprised of
                   a bunch of cliches (sp?) and random phrases and
                   words and has no meaning whatsoever, right?
    
                                                       GTI
525.2137936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 15:597
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Note 487.4                The Real Meaning of the Song                    4 of 6
SACMAN::FRANCINE "and justice for all caacaabums"     5 lines  24-FEB-1989 09:26
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    Well, thats the way you interrpret it!
    
525.2237936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 16:0021
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Note 487.5                The Real Meaning of the Song                    5 of 6
SIGME::KARRFALT "Welcome to the Jungle..."           16 lines  29-MAR-1989 11:48
               -< Oh Father of the four winds fill my sails... >-
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	If anyone can make out even one fourth of what Plant is singing,
I would imagine that it would be a simple matter to figure out what he is
singing about.  This song has to have the most undecipherable (is that a
word?) lyrics of any song since "Wooly Bully".  Then again, "Trampled
Under Foot" is not very discernable either.  Something about a car would
be my guess, "...Baby let me check your oil, fix your overdrive..."

	The way that I understand it, Kashmir is a mythical "Shang-Ra-La",
that the singer has either been to or dreamed about and wishes to return
to.  Whether or not it is a dream is what is left to the interpretation
(and state of mind) of the listener.

					Dedicated_Led_Head

					     Brad
525.2337936::SLABOUNTYReal cars spin their FRONT wheels.Mon Aug 28 1989 16:0012
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Note 487.6                The Real Meaning of the Song                    6 of 6
ONFIRE::FRANCINE "tweak...tweak...tweak"              8 lines  29-MAR-1989 12:22
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    I believe they had the inspiration to write and did write the song
    Kashmir in Morroco.  
    
    Thats why Plant went back to film the video "Heaven Knows"
    
    F.

525.2425414::BUCKLEYWhat happened to that electric girl?Mon Aug 28 1989 18:043
    I had heard Plant do an interview where he said the inspiration
    for Kasmir came from some place Zep had visited on tour.  What
    he was doing/on at the time, who knows?!
525.25Manalishi???ACE::ROBERTSFri Dec 22 1989 03:209
    QUESTION?
    
    	I just picked up Hell Bent for Leather and while looking down the
    	contents I saw The Green Manalishi.  I hear it's a kick a$$ tune,
    	but what does Manalishi mean???
    
       			thanks,
    				Crazytrain
    
525.26MILKWY::SLABOUNTYRaging SlabFri Dec 22 1989 10:447
    
    	RE: -1
    
    	It's gotta be some kind of "monster", maybe from mythology.
    
    							GTI
    
525.28MCIS2::AKINSValhalla I am coming....Fri Dec 29 1989 23:069
I looked it up once...

It is some type of god like ruler of ancient Egypt...I think....My 
dictionary here doesn't have it.  I like the live version on 
"Unleashed in the East" better.


Bill

525.29MILKWY::SLABOUNTYI want my Heavy_Metal.Wed Jan 10 1990 14:059
    
    	What's a "SATO"?
    
    	"Diary of a Madman" - Ozzy Osbourne.
    
    	Thanks for any info.
    
    							GTI
    
525.33MILKWY::SLABOUNTYI'M SHOUTING: I DON'T KNOW WHY!!Mon Feb 19 1990 20:4313
    
    	"New York City" - The Cult
    
    
    	"Hell's kitchen is a DMZ, I ain't never coming back no-no."
    
    
    	What's a DMZ?  The only thing I can think of is "Dead Man's
    	Zoo".  (?)
    
    
    							GTI
    
525.34DMZ a war termCSC32::G_HOUSEKittymania's running wild!Mon Feb 19 1990 23:273
    Try "De-militarize Zone"...
    
    Where the heavy fighting takes place in a war.
525.3558205::CROWLEYI am NOT ok!!Tue Feb 20 1990 11:2211
    
    
    re -.1
    
    Actually, its the opposite.  Its where NO fighting can take place.
    Like the area around the 38th parrallel in Korea is a DMZ....no
    military installations are allowed.
    
    Ralph
    
    
525.36I ain't never goin backBINKLY::MINARDIBart Simpson - Radical Dude.Tue Feb 20 1990 14:203
    DMZ = Demilitarized Zone.
    
    
525.47MILKWY::SLABOUNTYWed Mar 07 1990 11:5110
    
    	"Bent for Silver" - Raging Slab
    
    	"If you're bent for silver, baby ...
    	 why don't you bend for gold?"
    
    	Sounds like a 'proposition' to me.
    
    							GTI
    
525.48gallows pole---rightBREW11::WICKETTYngwie.J.Malmsteens rising force kinWed Mar 07 1990 13:258
    
    
     In the second one the guy/gal is trying to offer
     money---gold silver to save himself from being hanged.
    
     a bribe.....
    
                 The_lovedriver
525.49I don't know... it's sad.... but trueVLNVAX::COOPTwisting,Turning,Through the NeverTue Aug 27 1991 16:165
    What do you think the lyrics of metallica's "Sad but True" refer to...
    could it be ther mind, soul, conscience (sp), or what....
    
    Chris.
    
525.50no beatin around the bushEDWIN::HOOKERMon Dec 18 1995 16:11103
    Well these aren't actual lyrics they are song titles.  And they're
    not even Heavy Metal, they're Country.  Just thought they were pretty
    funny though.
    
        "The Best of the Worst Country-Western Song Titles" 
         (These are REAL)
    
         - Do You Love As Good As You Look?
    
         - Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life
    
         - Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
    
         - Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure
    
         - Here's A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares
    
         - How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
    
         - Been Roped And Thrown By Jesus In The Holy Ghost Corral
    
         - I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life
    
         - I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
    
         - I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me
    
         - I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart.
    
         - I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
    
         - I Wanna Whip Your Cow
    
         - I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!
    
         - I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dawg Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win
    
         - I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy
    
         - I'm Just A Bug On The Windshield Of Life
    
         - I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
    
         - I've Got The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In Your Welfare
           Line
    
         - If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
    
         - If Love Were Oil, I'd Be A Quart Low
    
         - If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You
    
         - If The Phone Don't Ring, Baby, You'll Know It's Me
    
         - If You Don't Leave Me Alone, I'll Go And Find Someone Else Who Will
    
         - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
    
         - Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
    
         - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
    
         - My Every Day Silver Is Plastic
    
         - My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus
    
         - My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was
           Breaking My Heart
    
         - My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
    
         - Oh, I've Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down,
           But Baby I Can See Through You
    
         - Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
    
         - She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft; She Got The Ring And
           Got The Finger
    
         - She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart
    
         - She's Got Freckles On Her, But She's Pretty
    
         - Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone
    
         - They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin
           Out
    
         - Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart
    
         - When You Leave Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You're Walkin In
    
         - You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too
    
         - You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
    
         - You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat
    
         - You Were Only A Splinter In My Ass As I Slid Down The Bannister Of
           Life
    
         - You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
    
525.51DECWIN::JUDYThat's *Ms. Bitch* to you!Mon Dec 18 1995 16:164
    
    	Yeah, but Travis Tritt won a Grammy award for
    	"Here's a Quarter....."
    
525.52BUSY::SLABOUNTYForget the doctor - get me a nurse!Mon Dec 18 1995 16:4217
    
    	Well, Shane didn't say they were the worst songs, just the worst
    	song titles.
    
    	And I have heard a few of the songs:
    
    
         - How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
    
         - I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy
    
         - I'm Just A Bug On The Windshield Of Life
    
    	   - Sounds like it could be very similar to "The Bug"
    
         - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
    
525.53BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! SCASS1::BARBER_AHoward Stern for President!Mon Dec 18 1995 17:045
    Her teeth were stained but her heart was pure????
    
    No way. 
    
    'pril
525.54METALX::SWANSONOzzmosisMon Dec 18 1995 17:3518
   >         - I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
   >         - Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life
   >         - I Wanna Whip Your Cow
   >         - I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!
   >         - If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
   >         - Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
    
    
    These can't be real!  I don't believe it!
    (or if they are, they're just joke songs, by "the fools" or something)
    
    Ken
    
    
    
    
    
    
525.55KDX200::COOPERHeh heh - Not likely palMon Dec 18 1995 17:597
    Shane,
    
    You should check out the random blues-song generator
    (kdx200::download:blues.c)  It's a riot...  Whats funny
    is the CODE as much as the output.  :-)
    
    Who wrote that??
525.56BUSY::SLABOUNTYFUBARMon Dec 18 1995 18:094
    
    	Is that the one that Mike Heiser wrote, or did he just cross-
    	post it from somewhere?
    
525.57I_Needed_ThatWMOIS::MAZURKASon_Of_A_GunMon Dec 18 1995 18:108
    Shane...Thank_You_Thank_You_Thank_You...
    
    I Really Needed A_Laugh**
    
    
     
    Crazy_If_I_Told_You_That_You_Had_A_Nice_Body_Would_You_Hold_It_Againest_Me
    _Al
525.58The Blues in CDREGS::BLICKSTEINGeneral MIDIMon Dec 18 1995 18:428
    But Coop, don't you know that can't do the Blues in C?
    
    Only Em and Am.  ;-)
    
    I've been runnin' that program for the last 5 minutes.  Hilarious
    stuff.   The program generates songs faster than Frank Zappa!!!!
    
    	db
525.59And I SWEAR I didn't edit the program!!!DREGS::BLICKSTEINGeneral MIDIMon Dec 18 1995 18:5130
    Hey... wait just a damned minute!!!
    
    I just ran that program and it came up with this one (note the
    author!!!!!!!!!!!!!):
    
$ run blues

"Lord have mercy", by Blind Chitlin Blickstein

Lord have mercy, man, I'm standin' out in the rain
Lord have mercy, man, I'm standin' out in the rain
I got a real bad feeling, put on my walkin' shoes

Woke up early this mornin', man, it's about to drive poor me insane
Woke up early this mornin', man, it's about to drive poor me insane
Well, I'm leavin' you baby, in ninety-nine and one half days

Well, dark clouds are rollin' in, man, it's about to drive poor me insane
Well, dark clouds are rollin' in, man, it's about to drive poor me insane
Woke up this mornin', she left me all alone

You just love that woman, in ninety-nine and one half days
You just love that woman, in ninety-nine and one half days
All the time you know, she bears another man's name

Wait a minute, something's wrong here, Lord, and I can't get a single sound
Wait a minute, something's wrong here, Lord, and I can't get a single sound
Well, dark clouds are rollin' in, in ninety-nine and one half days
    
    
525.60KDX200::COOPERHeh heh - Not likely palMon Dec 18 1995 20:334
    I think the author (Mike H maybe??) put that in there to tweak your
    nose, man...
    
    :-)
525.61BUSY::SLABOUNTYGot into a war with reality ...Tue Dec 19 1995 10:4710
    
    	I'm getting 7 undefined symbols in .OBJ when I try to run this
    	thing.  Am I doing something wrong?
    
    	cc blues
    	link blues
    	run blues
    
    	right??
    
525.62The C RTL is "special" (not included by default)DREGS::BLICKSTEINGeneral MIDITue Dec 19 1995 11:465
    Execute the following command immediately before doing the link:
    
      $ DEFINE/USER  LNK$LIBRARY  SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCRTL
    
    	db
525.63BUSY::SLABOUNTYGreat baby! Delicious!!Tue Dec 19 1995 12:093
    
    	That did it ... thanks!!