 Genius Meanings
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St. Vincent – I Prefer Your Love
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Quite possibly the purest love song St. Vincent has ever recorded. And it’s dedicated to her mother.
St. Vincent shared with NPR’s All Songs Considered:
My mother got sick
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St. Vincent – Bring Me Your Loves
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That song is bananas. It’s totally bananas.
- Annie Clark’s only words on the track.
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St. Vincent – Huey Newton
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A lush ballad that turns razor sharp by its end, “Huey Newton” continues to reflect on the 21st century anxieties St. Vincent spins on her eponymous album. It was written during
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St. Vincent – Severed Crossed Fingers
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‘Severed Crossed Fingers’ is the closing song on St. Vincent’s eponymous album. Its title comes from a line in American novelist Lorrie Moore’s ‘Birds of America’ that reads:
“He
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St. Vincent – Digital Witness
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The second single released off St. Vincent’s self-titled album, “Digital Witness” is Annie Clark’s scathing satire of the selfie age.
Its heavy brassy beats are reminiscent of
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St. Vincent – Pietà
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“Pietà” was officially released as a 10" on Record Store Day / Black Friday of 2014 along with its B-Side, “Sparrow”. They were recorded in the same sessions as her 2014 eponymous
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St. Vincent – Bad Believer
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“Bad Believer” is the first of four new songs added to St. Vincent’s self-titled studio album for its deluxe re-issue in February 2015.
Thumping with what St. Vincent herself
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St. Vincent – Prince Johnny
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Thoughtful, precise, and devotedly emotional, “Prince Johnny” remains one of St. Vincent’s most tender songs, deconstructing gender and acceptance.
This is the second in a “
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St. Vincent – Every Tear Disappears
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[Verse 1] / Oh, a smile is more than showing teeth / Oh, it's not the potion, it's the magic that I seek / [Chorus] / Every tear disappears / Every tear disappears / [Verse 2] / Oh
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St. Vincent – Psychopath
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“Psychopath” revisits a date that Clark once went on that didn’t end up sparking any romantic emotions.
The song nearly found life as a track for Madonna after it was first demoed
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St. Vincent – Rattlesnake
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The song Clark herself calls “a new mythology,” “Rattlesnake” is a new creation story styled around the isolation of a person stripped away of their 21st century dependencies and
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St. Vincent – Del Rio
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Like Strange Mercy’s “This Wave” and Actor’s “Bicycle”, it’s a tradition for St. Vincent’s albums to have a bonus track on the international release.
“Del Rio” is St. Vincent’s
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St. Vincent – Regret
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“Regret”, track 7 from St. Vincent’s self-titled album, seems to be about realizing the folly in one’s past actions. Annie was afraid of being left behind, and that fear made her
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Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
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Fleetwood Mac’s singer Stevie Nicks' signature song, one of the many classic hits produced by the group in the mid ‘70s, constantly voted as one of the top all time 500. Based on
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Dua Lipa – IDGAF
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“IDGAF” is the fifth track on Dua Lipa’s self-titled debut album. The song was first previewed via Instagram on May 1, 2017. Lyrically, it serves as a kiss-off to a creeping ex who
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St. Vincent – Sparrow
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“Sparrow” is the B-side of the 2014 Black Friday Record Store Day 10" pink-colored limited-edition vinyl release, Pietà.
A live version was debuted to a European audience about a
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Les Jones – Burger
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[Intro: Johnny Rock] / Le fromage, hum / [Verse 1: Johnny Rock] / Can I get some burger with some peanut butter? / Do you think it's better with a Dr. Pepper? / [Verse 2: Johnny
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St. Vincent – Birth in Reverse
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The first single off St. Vincent’s self-titled fourth album, “Birth In Reverse” sees Annie Clark riffing on the high-strung existence of the mundane.
Both this and the closing
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2Pac – Ambitionz Az a Ridah
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For All Eyez On Me, 2Pac embraced a grittier thug persona than he ever did before, embedded partially due to his association with gangsta rap label, Death Row Records. ‘Pac felt
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Cardi B) – Girls Like You (Remix)
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The existence of the remix of the original “Girls Like You” was initially confirmed in a tweet by the band:
https://twitter.com/maroon5/status/1001866378100359168
Leaving the
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Cardi B) – Girls Like You (Remix)
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The existence of the remix of the original “Girls Like You” was initially confirmed in a tweet by the band:
https://twitter.com/maroon5/status/1001866378100359168
Leaving the
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Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Considered by many to be the ultimate grunge anthem, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was the lead single for Nirvana’s second studio album and major label debut, September 1991’s
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Dr. Dre (Ft. Eminem) – Forgot About Dre
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“Forgot About Dre” was released as the second single from Dr. Dre’s 2001 album, and it was his statement to anyone feeling like his production suffered after his escape from Death
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Childish Gambino – Bitch, Look at Me Now
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[Intro] / I do not talk, I am just a rapper / Ah! / [Verse 1] / Sick boi make moves like a chess piece / And that move real quick like Nestle / Let me make it clear for a second
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Linkin Park – Lost
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“Lost” is a song from the Meteora recording sessions that was officially released on February 10th, 2023 as the first pre-release song from the 20th Anniversary Edition of Meteora.
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Frank McCourt – Angela's Ashes
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Angela's Ashes / A Memoir of a Childhood / By Frank McCourt / This book is dedicated to my brothers, Malachy, Michael, Alphonsus. I learn from you, I admire you and I love you
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SONNETS
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I’ve compiled the Italian translations of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey into an album. They’re mostly sonnets– he came up with the English/Shakespearean rhyme scheme, more or less bringing the sonnet into English along with Thomas Wyatt, and whilst they don’t really stand up to Shakespeare’s, they’re definitely worth a read.
So, what’re your favorite sonnets? Do you prefer Italian or English ones? Do you write them yourself? Let’s talk sonnets!
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Pope Francis I (Ft. Antonio Spadaro) – Interview with La Civiltà Cattolica
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Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, gave a long interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal.
It
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Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction full screenplay
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Pulp Fiction is one of Quentin Tarantino’s most successful films commercially and critically. It is also a lot of people’s most favorite film of all time. Part of the intrigue is
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Ben Jonson – The Poetaster Act 5. Scene 1
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Banquet halls are a very special place, where under one big roof so many different memories are made. From proms to weddings to baby showers, once that DJ starts to spin, there’s
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O.G.C. (Ft. Sean Price, Smif-N-Wessun & Smokelite) – Girlz Ninety Now
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[Intro: Smokelite] / Yo what up man? / What's the deal Starang Wondah? / Ay, what up Louieville, what up D.O.G / Yeah man I just ran to Tek-N-Steele / Let's talk about these Ninety
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