Others argue about its meaning, with some insisting that Greensleeves was a prostitute ('green' being a word with sexual connotations that often referred, at the time, to the grass stains on a woman's clothes from having sex outdoors). Whatever your take, it is undeniably one of the mos...
(Not to mention being ungrammatical in a few ways.) When searching several years ago for explanations/interpretations of this song the best I could come up with was fansites where the Leslie Fiedlers of their time decided it was “a song Scott Weiland wrote about his girlfriend.” Yeah,...
Being sexual (as in “sexy drill”) in a social-media world is easy; being truly romantic takes skill. Flirty lines like, “Put me on your Close Friends/Show me what you never show them,” land with a precision that’s almost too practiced, but Joey sounds so slick and sweet that ...
Essentially, he paints himself as not being made for love –“I wouldn’t know, never that boy.” Prior to that, in the pre-chorus, he sings:“Mama called me destructive Said it’d ruin me one day Cause every woman that loved me I seemed to push them away.” ...
Swift began rerecording her early material in an effort to gain control of it—the hope being that her remade songs and not the originals would be sought out for licensing deals—and in 2021Fearless (Taylor’s Version)andRed (Taylor’s Version)appeared. They were remakes of earlier albums ...
Blink-182 wrote dozens of songs about being teenagers, so it’s ironic that the most enduring is also the most mature. The San Diego trio was riding the tide of local fame when this quintessential ode to growing up came out; within a couple of years, it had vaulted them into the Bill...
Dan:Then we hadhonedfor something that is crafted and improved over time. A bit like my physique. I’ve been honing my body in the gym. Neil:Really? Are you being witty? Dan:I wasn’t trying to!Anyhow, we ...
Uzi shows up late and sounding a little unsure of where they even are, but that just adds to the song’s gleeful delirium. – A.U. 63 Laila!, “Not My Problem” Summer ‘24 was about being outside and unbothered – twin mentalities perfectly captured by Laila!, one of the most ...
One of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it’s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” as the first single from Abbey damn Road.“...
“Evil” is basically a slow blues, but the sheer ferocity with which the band attacks it – not to mention the delicious menace in Wolf’s vocal – account for its influence. Meanwhile,Willie Dixonfinds the greatest metaphor ever for being cheated on (“Seems like another mule’s kicking ...