ALust For Life-era recordingthat finally found its way ontoChemtrails, “Yosemite” sees Lana looking upon a relationship with no regrets. Echoing “Venice Bitch,” she looks forward and back at the same time: “Seasons may change/ But we won’t change/ Isn’t it sweet how we know that...
single. But what a single. On this rough-and-ready studio recording of live favorite “Vampire Empire,” Adrienne Lenker’s deep sensitivity to everything around her is at its most finely tuned. Atop ragged folk-rock, she spills forth about sex that transcends gender and drugs that don’t...
Role B – Drugs You think songs about drugs are the worst for young people. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their songs. Also, tell the others which is the next worse of these (and why): alcohol, sex or xenophobia. Role C – Sex You think...
"Captain Jack," from 1973's Piano Man, could really be a song about anything that makes a person happy. But he does reference weed at one point in the song: "So you play your albums and you smoke your pot." There's also an indication that the "push" Joel sings about in ...
If you’re crafting such a playlist, try to include songs from artists like Jefferson Airplane or Janis Joplin. These artists also carried messages of peace and equal rights during the so-called counterculture of drugs and anti-war rallies. ...
"Captain Jack," from 1973's Piano Man, could really be a song about anything that makes a person happy. But he does reference weed at one point in the song: "So you play your albums and you smoke your pot." There's also an indication that the "push" Joel sings about in ...
Initially used in reference to drugs, this idiom uses blow in the sense of “blow up” or, in other words, explode. Yeah, like a mini bomb has exploded in your head, completely destroying your brain. Perhaps that sounds too dramatic. Now, let’s read a few media examples of real peop...
I have many favorite star, Britney Spears is one of them. Reference to Britney Spears, you might think of her negative news such as sex, drugs, divorce, but she is also outstanding in the pop music. Today I have to tell you about--me against the music of Britney Spears songs. this ...
In New York, your area code is just as fundamental to your hometown pride as any other locality marker. No one knows that better than Harlem-raisedAzealia Banks, who wrote the hit in reference to Manhattan’s premier three digits while living on Dyckman. Banks burst onto the scene at the...
Lou Reed wrote so many songs about drugs that when he wrote songs that werenotabout drugs, people tended not to believe him. Such was the case with "Perfect Day," which many presumed to be another ode to addiction. "No, that's not true," hesaidin 2000. "I don't object to that,...