 Genius Meanings
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Green Day – Macy's Day Parade
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“Macy’s Day Parade” was the fourth and final single released from Green Day’s 2000 album, Warning.
“Macy’s Day Parade,” taking its name from the Thanksgiving parade supported by
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Michael Penn – Macy Day Parade
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Macy day parade / Saw it on a station / It is in the air / The floats are floatin' in it / Everything's all right / Yes everything is changed / Everything you thought of / But don'
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Green Day – King for a Day (Live in Japan)
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A live recording of “King for a Day” in Osaka, Japan on the 13th of March, 2001.
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Green Day – Blood, Sex and Booze (Live in Japan)
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A live recording of “Blood, Sex and Booze” in Sendai, Japan on the 16th of March, 2001.
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Green Day – Minority (Live in Japan)
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A live recording of “Minority” in Sendai, Japan on the 16th of March, 2001.
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Green Day – J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)
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This song is written about Mike Dirnt’s close friend Jason Andrew Relva, who died in a car crash at the age of 19.
(“He was going 95, I think he committed suicide.” – Dirnt)
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Green Day – Church on Sunday (Live in Japan)
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A live recording of “Church on Sunday” in Fukuoka, Japan, on the 22nd of March, 2001.
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Green Day – Minority
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“Minority” is the first single released for Green Day’s 2000 album Warning. This song gives us a preview of Green Day political side, which would become more prominent in future
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Green Day – Warning
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The title track of the album of the same name, “Warning” was released in 2000. After the success of Dookie and Nimrod but the mixed reactions to Insomniac, Green Day took a
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Green Day – Maria
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Track 1 on International Superhits!.
It is a re-recording of what originally was a B-side on the “Waiting” single.
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Green Day – Poprocks & Coke
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Other than a re-recording of “Maria” (whose original version had been a B-side on the “Waiting” single), this is the only previously unreleased track from International Superhits!.
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Green Day – Hold On
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In “Hold On”, the narrator speaks as if he underestimated the strength he had. But, once he discovered what he was capable of, he was able to overcome the obstacles that held him
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Green Day – Waiting
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The third single off Warning is a very emotional song filled with optimism and positivity. The narrator describes his feelings about his future and opportunities; the moment that
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Green Day – Misery
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“Misery” is probably the band’s most experimental track featuring a mariachi band style instrumentation, as well as strings, accordions, and acoustic guitar. This, along with the
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Green Day – Castaway
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“Castaway” shows a character who feels alone with no friends or family to help him. He doesn’t know where he’s going or how to get there, but he doesn’t care. The song uses
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Green Day – Blood, Sex, and Booze
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“Blood, Sex and Booze” expresses a narrator who has a slightly ambivalent attitude towards being the bottom in a BDSM relationship. But aside from that, the song could also be
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Green Day (Ft. Benmont Tench) – Church on Sunday
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“Church on Sunday” details a relationship where the narrator’s partner is religious while he is not, but he likes her too much and thus making them compromise.
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Green Day – Jackass
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“Jackass” is a song about people who believe they’re hysterically funny when in fact they are annoying and no one laughs at their jokes but themselves. The narrator’s tone in this
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Green Day (Ft. Benmont Tench) – Fashion Victim
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“Fashion Victim” shows how people will change how they look just to fit in. The narrator criticizes how nobody is dressed uniquely or different and he states that looks don’t
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Weezer – Worry Rock
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Another sentimental argument and bitter love / Fucked without a kiss again and dragged it through the mud / Yelling at brick walls and punching windows made of stone / The worry
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Green Day – Deadbeat Holiday
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“Deadbeat Holiday” describes a torturous reality and a narrator who sees no bright future yet he wishes to enjoy his time in this world. This song says to accept your own fate and
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Original Broadway Cast of Shucked (Ft. Andrew Durand, Ashley D. Kelley, Caroline Innerbichler & Grey Henson) – Corn
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The first musical number of Shucked, this song introduces us to Cob County and the inhabitants' obsession with corn. The song also introduces us to the soon-to-be married Mazie and
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Bowling for Soup – Smiley Face (It's All Good)
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[Verse 1] / Make me something out of nothing, you're good at that / I could be tripping but I think it's time we got back / To being apart if you want to / Back and forth like a
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My Chemical Romance – Teenagers
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The singer reminisces about his teenage years and attempts to convey the unfair prejudice against teenagers that he experienced.
In this song, the singer (Gerard Way) talks about
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Wester – J.A.R
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My friend drove off the other day / And now he's gone and all they say / Is you gotta live 'cause life goes on / But now I see I'm mortal too / I can't live my life like you
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The Kingsmen – Jolly Green Giant
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In duh valley of duh jolly... (Ho - ho - ho) / Heard about the Jolly Green Giant (potatoes) / He's so big and mean (artichoke hearts) / He stands there laughin' with his hands on
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Ludacris (Ft. Nicki Minaj) – My Chick Bad
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[Chorus] / My chick bad, my chick hood / My chick do stuff that your chick wish she could / My-my chick bad, my chick hood / My chick do stuff that your chick wish she could / (DTP
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Captain Sizzurp – Code Blue
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[Intro: Captain Sizzurp & Co.] / *noises of us getting money and u getting no money broke bitch* / You niggas sound real nervous there, you alright? / Duffyboy shit / [Verse
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The Royal Guardsmen – The Jolly Green Giant
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Hey Jolly Green Giant! What's new besides ho ho ho? / Would you believe a rowboat with three leaky worms? / You heard about the Jolly Green Giant (potato) / He's so big and mean (
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NaTasha Yvette Williams, Adrianna Hicks, J. Harrison Ghee & 'Some Like It Hot' Original Broadway Cast – Some Like It Hot
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[SWEET SUE] / The world is like this supper club / The Lord above, the maître d' / He throws the menu down / Lets you peruse, then ask ya, "What'll it be?" / The choices are many
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toasty digital (Ft. CyHi, Elvis Presley & Teyana Taylor) – CHRISTMAS IN HARLEM
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[Verse 1: Elvis Presley] / I'll have a blue Christmas without you / (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) / I'll be so blue just thinking about you / (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) / Decorations of red on a
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UP SYNDROME – Going To Pasalacqua
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Here we go again / Infatuation touches me just when I thought that it would end / Oh but then again it seems much more than that but / I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking
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