Genius Lyrics
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Frank Turner – English Curse
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Frank explained to the blog Drankin' and Smokin' what he’d intended to do with the song.
I’m from near the New Forest, that’s kind of where I grew up… I was reading up on some
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Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx2RuANAyk
“If I Ever Stray” is the third single from England Keep My Bones. It begins quietly and builds to a huge crescendo of guitar and brass
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Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones Album Art
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The album cover for Frank Turner’s 2011 release, England Keep My Bones.
The art was designed by graphic artist Tom Lacey, who uses older, public domain imagery in his art, in
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Frank Turner – Rivers
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A strong argument could be made that “Rivers” is the central track on England Keep My Bones, because the album’s two central themes—mortality and England—meet so consummately in
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Frank Turner – I Still Believe
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKkIysX2Bow
This song is the third on England Keep My Bones. It deals with how rock music has supplanted religion: artists are the new prophets in
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Frank Turner – Redemption
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A minor theme on the album England Keep My Bones is that of regrets. As Frank ages, he revisits things from his youth and realizes that many of the things he thought he knew are
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Frank Turner – Eulogy
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A eulogy is read at a funeral to celebrate a person’s life. By opening with this song, Frank establishes the central theme of England Keep My Bones from the off—it’s death.
The
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Frank Turner – Peggy Sang the Blues
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The second song on England Keep My Bones, Frank sings about meeting his late grandmother in a dream. Again, the main theme of England Keep My Bones is mortality, so this song, too
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Frank Turner – Nights Become Days
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As explained in the video below, this gentle folk song from England Keep My Bones is about Frank’s friend Milo, who coped with drug addiction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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Frank Turner – Wessex Boy
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“Wessex Boy” is a song from England Keep My Bones, Frank Turner’s 2011 album. It’s about Frank’s connection to his home of Wessex, England, but more broadly, about the connection
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Frank Turner – One Foot Before the Other
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This song, which, musically, is one of the heavier songs on England Keep My Bones and a throwback to Frank’s hardcore days with Million Dead.
Lyrically, it references the
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Frank Turner – Glory Hallelujah
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The closing song on England Keep My Bones, a staple of Frank’s live shows, deals with religion and atheism, specifically, if there is no God, can we still find meaning in life? Is
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
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According to co-writer Desmond Child, Jon Bon Jovi originally considered not including “Living On A Prayer” on the band’s third album Slippery When Wet:
After Bon Jovi did the
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Radiohead – Creep
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According to Thom Yorke, “Creep” tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman to whom he is attracted by following her around. In the end, he lacks
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Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
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“Smooth Criminal” was an idea Michael had in 1984. Originally, it was to be a Western Musical, with Michael being a gunslinger.
When he didn’t like the original sketching of the
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Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
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On their controversial self-titled album which came to be known as the Black Album, “Nothing Else Matters” was perhaps the greatest example of the new Metallica sound that
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Queen – Somebody to Love
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As strongly in the major key this song is, it tells quite the tale. Lyrics ranging from “each morning I get up I die a little” to “everyone wants to put me down” portray Freddie as
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Sam Smith – Fire on Fire
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Sam Smith’s emotional vocals in “Fire on Fire” feature on the BBC and Netflix mini-series Watership Down, an adaptation of the eponymous 1972 Richard Adams novel, which debuted 23
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Kendrick Lamar – Alright
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“Alright” provides a moment of hope amid To Pimp a Butterfly’s battle to find higher purpose. After “u” – where Kendrick lays out his burdens – “Alright” responds by detailing how
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Kendrick Lamar, Blxst & Amanda Reifer – Die Hard
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In a very Nipsey track, Kendrick opens up about his insecurities and struggles involving honesty and sharing in a relationship. He is having doubts as to whether he will still be
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Iron Maiden – 2 Minutes to Midnight
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Released as the first single from their 1984 album Powerslave, Iron Maiden deliver another riff-heavy song. The subject of this rocker is the Doomsday Clock, an international
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Kendrick Lamar – Mirror
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“Mirror” is the outro to Kendrick Lamar’s fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. He discusses the pressures of fame and the dichotomy of living selfishly despite his
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