Genius Meanings
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Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort
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Creature Comfort (an object that makes a person feel more comfortable or happy) was first played at Arcade Fire`s surprise warmup gig at Primavera Festival, on 01/06/2017
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Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now’ Critiques Modern Fame & Instant Gratification
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It draws on classic Arcade Fire themes with a shiny disco & pop-rock sound.
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Arcade Fire – Good God Damn
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“Good God Damn” is the tenth track on Arcade Fire’s Everything Now. Fans have noticed that this song is from the point of view of the girl whose story is featured on “Creature
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Josiah Botting – Album Review: Arcade Fire
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Welcome to my first Album Review of 2017. The first album I will be talking about is Arcade Fire’s newest album Everything Now. If you have any suggestions on how this review can
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Arcade Fire – Everything Now
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The first single from Arcade Fire’s fifth studio album, Everything Now, was released while the band played a secret set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. A clip had already been
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Arcade Fire – Everything_Now (continued)
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“Everything_Now (continued)” is the first track in Arcade Fire’s Everything Now.
This song begins with the ending of the album’s final track “Everything Now (continued
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Arcade Fire – Electric Blue
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Both a meditation on generic modern music and the crumbling of a relationship from a woman’s perspective in the modern age, “Electric Blue” (possibly a reference to the influence
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Arcade Fire – Signs of Life
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While announcing “Signs of Life” in a June 30, 2017 Facebook post Arcade fire wrote:
The song is either about the futility of seeking meaning in a meaningless world or a
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Arcade Fire – Infinite Content
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Infinite content / Infinite content / We're infinitely content / Infinite content / Infinite content / We're infinitely content / Infinite content / Infinite content / We're
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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
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“Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” is set in the North American economic boom of the ‘80s and ‘90s. It has been suggested that there was a blizzard in '98 that may have inspired this
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Arcade Fire – Everything Now (continued) (2)
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I'm in the black again / Not coming back again / We can just pretend / We'll make it home again / From everything now / I'm in the red again / No space in my head again / We can
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Arcade Fire – Put Your Money on Me
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“Put Your Money on Me” details an intense love, and dives into the various uses and effects of money and how it changes people. It is viewed as a sign of confidence or strength in
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Arcade Fire – Chemistry
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“Chemistry” is the sixth track on Arcade Fire’s Everything Now.
The song follows a man who has fallen in love with this girl, but she doesn’t feel the same. While this man does
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Arcade Fire – We Don't Deserve Love
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“The Suburbs” provided a time capsule for a generation that could remember a time before The Internet. This song (and album) cap off a thesis for a generation that can remember a
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Arcade Fire – Peter Pan
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“Peter Pan” is the fifth song on Arcade Fire’s new album Everything Now. The song gathers inspiration from the fictional character Peter Pan, created by J.M. Barrie. He has the
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Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Once described by frontman David Byrne as “the most direct love lyrics that I’ve ever written”, the island-y vibe of this beautiful song is the soundtrack for when everything in
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Arcade Fire - Everything Now (Traducción al Español)
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[Traducción al español de Arcade Fire - Everything Now] / [Verso 1] / Cada centímetro de cielo tiene una estrella / Y cada centímetro de piel tiene una cicatriz / Supongo que ahora
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Phoebe Bridgers – Kyoto
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“Kyoto” is an uptempo indie rock song that takes a glimpse into Bridgers' inner musings during her time spent on tour in Japan.
With a little help from Bright Eyes‘ Nathaniel
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Owen Pallett – The Sky Behind the Flag
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The Sky Behind the Flag is the eighth song on In Conflict, Owen Pallett’s fourth full-length album. The song focuses on a relationship Pallett had in their early 20s, as well as
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Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
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The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis’s marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980.
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Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
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The first single and track off of Avenged Sevenfold’s fifth studio recorded album, Nightmare that was released in 2010. It was the number one rock track on iTunes in the U.S and in
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Dexys – Come On Eileen
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“Come On Eileen” is the fourth single and final track of DMR’s 1982 album Too-Rye-Ay. In the UK, the band was already well-established with their 1980 chart-topping “Geno” along
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AURORA – Cure For Me
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“Cure For Me” is the lead single from AURORA’s third studio album, The Gods We Can Touch. In an interview with NME, AURORA talks about how the track was inspired by countries that
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Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
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The first single from In Utero, “Heart-Shaped Box” details the battle of wills inherent to a new relationship when one doesn’t quite feel so strongly about another person.
“Heart-
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Adele – Easy On Me
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“Easy On Me” marked Adele’s return after a six-year hiatus. The song is the lead single off her fourth studio album 30. In an October 2021 BBC Radio 1 interview, Adele revealed
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Kanye West (Ft. Fivio Foreign & Playboi Carti) – Off The Grid
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A recording of the fourth track off of Kanye West’s Donda, “Off The Grid,” with vocals from American rapper Playboi Carti, played off of Kanye’s speakers in a Belgian hotel during
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Offset (Ft. Cardi B) – Clout
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On this couple’s duet, Offset and Cardi B come together as a fortified unit to denounce those who act impulsively to receive clout. There have been various attacks on their
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Lil Uzi Vert – Money Longer
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On “Money Longer,” Lil Uzi Vert contemplates how life has changed since he became famous. The song was first released a track on Uzi’s Soundcloud—a major promo tool for this North
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The Weeknd – The Hills
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Originally nicknamed “Mood Music” and first teased in a live performance at SXSW, the narrative of “The Hills” is a sinking sexual affair. Abel sets the record straight about what
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
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One of Michael Jackson’s signature songs, “Billie Jean” tells the tale of a young girl who claims to be the mother of Jackson’s alleged son. The song was the second single from his
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Tool – Ænema
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The word Ænima is a portmanteau of the words Enema and Anima.
An enema is a procedure of introducing liquids into the rectum and colon via the anus. Metaphorically, it could refer
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Saweetie (Ft. Doja Cat) – Best Friend
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“Best Friend,” the first collaboration between Saweetie and Doja Cat, was prematurely released by her own label on Apple Music and Deezer on 4 December 2020, a month before the
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Charles Dickens – Pictures from Italy (Genoa And Its Neighbourhood)
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Genoa And Its Neighbourhood / The first impressions of such a place as Albaro, the suburb of Genoa, where I am now, as my American friends would say, ‘located,’ can hardly fail, I
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James Joyce – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Chap. 5)
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He drained his third cup of watery tea to the dregs and set to chewing the crusts of fried bread that were scattered near him, staring into the dark pool of the jar. The yellow
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Marcel Proust – Swann in Love (Chapter 3)
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SWANN IN LOVE / To admit you to the 'little nucleus,' the 'little group,' the 'little clan' at the Verdurins', one condition
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Marcel Proust – Chapter 3
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CHAPTER THREE / THE SORROWS OF M. DE CHARLUS. — HIS SHAM DUEL. — THE STATIONS ON THE ‘TRANSATLANTIC.’— WEARY OF ALBERTINE I DECIDE TO BREAK WITH HER / I was dropping with sleep. I
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Marcel Proust – Combray [Chapter 2]
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COMBRAY / Combray at a distance, from a twenty-mile radius, as we used to see it from the railway when we arrived there every
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