 Genius Meanings
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Radiohead – Karma Police
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One of several stunning singles from Radiohead’s heavily influential masterpiece, OK Computer, “Karma Police” is a haunting and atmospheric track. Thom Yorke’s strained
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Billy Joel – Vienna
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In a July 2008 New York Times article, Joel cited this as one of his two favorite songs, along with “Summer, Highland Falls”.
Why did I pick Vienna to use as a metaphor for the
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Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the 9th track of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. The song became GNR’s most successful single, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
The
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Radiohead – Lift
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One of the band’s “lost classics,” Radiohead originally performed “Lift” in 1996 as part of sets that included early arrangements of songs that would end up on OK Computer
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Radiohead – No Surprises
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“No Surprises” is the fourth and final single from Radiohead’s third album, OK Computer. It was the first song to be recorded for the album, and the band actually stuck with the
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Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
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Radiohead was in the middle of their 1996 tour when they were approached by director Baz Luhrmann to record a song meant for his upcoming film, Romeo + Juliet.
The band was shown
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
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The song is about front man Anthony Kiedis and the period in his life when he walked around Los Angeles sad and very alone, finding solace in the streets and hills and the wind
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
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The first single off of Californication describes the struggles addicts go through to get sober and how they are viewed different when they return to reality. Scar tissue is a good
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Around the World
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“Around the World” was released on September 14, 1999 as the second single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album, Californication.
The song details the love that Anthony Kiedis
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Radiohead – Let Down
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Featured on Radiohead’s 1997 alternative-rock classic OK Computer, “Let Down” was recorded at 3 AM in a ballroom at the historic St Catherine’s Court. The song structure features
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can't Stop
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Released as a the third single from By The Way, “Can’t Stop” is known for its simple but catchy guitar riff, pulsating bass and thoroughly cryptic lyrics.
Throughout the track
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Radiohead – Fitter Happier
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Fitter Happier is a list of bullet points that diagnosed society for what it was, and where it was headed at the time of this song’s release and arguably the world we live in now.
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Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
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A fine example of Radiohead’s “post-grunge” / “pre-electronic” phase on The Bends.
The song is supposed to be a call against consumerism. While recording the song, the band went
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Radiohead – Climbing up the Walls (Thom 4Track)
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[Verse 1] / I am the key to the door in your house / That keeps your toys in the basement / And if you look too hard in your mind / You'll often see my reflection / It's always
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dosed
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“Dosed” is a slower-paced song in which Anthony Kiedis recounts a close relationship that was overshadowed by drug use and addiction. The song is most commonly speculated to be
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside
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A single from the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s 1999 album Californication, the “other side” here is a metaphor for both the struggle to get back to a normal life after addiction and also
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Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices
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The opener to Sufjan Steven’s beautiful, introspective The Age of Adz concerns itself with the different types of intimate and/or platonic love.
Here, Sufjan (or the Narrator
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh)
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This song is from their 2006 album Stadium Arcadium and is one of the songs to sit longest at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart.
In the words of the lead singer it’s about “
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Linkin Park – One More Light
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“One More Light” is the eponymous song on this album. Mike Shinoda sat down to describe the song in an interview with Zach Sang:
The song, “One More Light”, was actually, it’s
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Vance Joy – Riptide
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The intro and first single to Vance Joy’s debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing was a critical and commercial success. Critics praised its clever lyrics filled with pop
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The Neighbourhood – Daddy Issues
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“Daddy Issues” peers into the relationship between frontman Jesse Rutherford and his late father.
Lyrical content from “1 of Those Weaks,” “R.I.P. 2 My Youth,” and “Greetings From
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Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful
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From the soundtrack for the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby. The song was also featured in the second trailer released for the film, and used throughout the film as a motif
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