a malaise, a nothingness
oh no, I’ve said too much
the outsiders took over and everyone wanted in
“Seriously, that guitar liftoff at the end is exhilarating.”
All I wanted to do was grieve for him and celebrate his life.
a generation of getting-crazy-with-the-Cheese-Whiz stoners and slackers
I’d felt like Tom Petty when I wrote the song
Damage! Damage!
a Texas venue literally pulled the plug on their sound system rather than allow her to reach a vocal climax
snotty brattishness
furious and pensive, sloppy and pointed
absolute rush of techno euphoria
That idea is in a lot of my songs
Gave poignancy to the alcohol related lyrics
the possibility that utopia can be found on the dance floor
from a sardonic social commentary to a personal need for sex
a bewildering but beguiling mix of bizarre samples
a propulsive, rollicking groove that sweeps the listener along like a gospel river
Scary, brilliant, and beautiful
a musical cry for help
“I just went back to the early Beatles”
the #5 best Boy Band song
compared to Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, and Edith Piaf
a side door that leads into an alluringly destructive abyss
his songs are all shtick
This is what a hero sounds like
it came out just exactly as it is now. It was just there, and it was my first song
a song about slowly losing connection
the vulnerable one
Things are going to be gone
could be an ex-lover or an A&R man
a tale of young love, tinged with sadness
“I hate you so much right now”
completely resigned to romantic failure
a bit of an epic
omnipresent sense of laid-back cool
a simple statement of insecurity
three minutes of sparkly, ABBAesque disco
splashed vibrant colors onto punk
a band that never played background music
somber tale of a long suffering cuckold
98% of Texas is either barren or covered with strip malls and fast food joints. That other 2% is worth the exploration.
a peak of bombastic ridiculousness in pop music, but still way too fun to dismiss
“if you’re interested in who he became as he grew up, you can’t skip this”
exquisite and grotesque, claustrophobic and free
“I wanted to write a song with ‘na-nas’ in it, ’cause I love the Ramones”
“That song is the gift that keeps on giving”
Smith wrote the raps with some assistance from an uncredited Nas
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