 Genius Meanings
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St. Vincent – Northern Lights
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[Verse 1] / If you say it is, then I guess it is / What you say it is, but I don't feel anything / 'Cause your pendulum is in swing again / Yeah, your pendulum hasn't swung back in
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St. Vincent – Cheerleader
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In “Cheerleader,” Clark reclaims her dignity and self-worth against those she felt she had to uproot her lifestyle for.
The idea of being a cheerleader denounces Clark’s
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St. Vincent – Champagne Year
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[Verse] / So I thought I'd learned my lesson / But I secretly expected / A choir at the shore / And confetti through the falling air / [Refrain 1] / I make a living telling people
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St. Vincent – Dilettante
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“Dilettante” is the ninth song on Indie/Art Pop-artist St. Vincent’s 2011 album, Strange Mercy.
It was her third full studio album, and came to be with Clark writing in an
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Bon Iver & St. Vincent – Rosyln
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“Rosyln” a melancholic ballad by the indie folk band Bon Iver and rock pioneer St. Vincent. The collaboration itself was used in the second movie of the Twilight trilogy, Twilight
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St. Vincent – Chloe in the Afternoon
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The opening track of St. Vincent’s third album, Strange Mercy describes a sexually active dominatrix and her loyal wounded client who’s desperate for some emotional connection
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St. Vincent – Neutered Fruit
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A fruit is a ripened ovary of a plant, so a neutered fruit would be an infertile ovary. This is an analogy for loveless love or a relationship that is lacking love from one person.
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St. Vincent – Year of the Tiger
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“Year of the Tiger” is the last track from St. Vincent’s third album, Strange Mercy.
2010, the titular Year of the Tiger in the Chinese calendar, was a personally “difficult” year
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St. Vincent – This Wave
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“This Wave” is a bonus track off Strange Mercy. It was left off the finished record but included on the Japanese release. Delicate and unnerving, it stands as one of Annie Clark’s
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St. Vincent – Hysterical Strength
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[Verse 1] / Hey, it's your blood / That makes my veins run / It's true / So I tried to give it back to you / Young one, look at me / It's not your beast to leash / Oh, don't hold
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St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
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In “Strange Mercy,” the album’s title track, Clark reflects back on the imprisonment of her father in 2010 following his involvement in a stock fraud scheme, and how her family
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St. Vincent – Surgeon
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“Surgeon” was born out of a single line Annie Clark found while reading Marilyn Monroe’s diaries.
Best, finest surgeon – Lee Strasberg, come cut me open
In an NPR interview in
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St. Vincent – Cruel
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Cruel to be kind.
That’s how Annie Clark described the core theme of Strange Mercy. In the single “Cruel”, the former is explored as she details the subtle cruelties society
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The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
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“Blinding Lights” is the second single to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours, following the record’s lead single “Heartless,” which released two days prior on November 27
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Owl City – Fireflies
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“Fireflies”, Owl City’s debut single, was an international smash hit, effectively launching the genre Twee into the mainstream. It reached #1 in the US in November 2009.
The song
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Irrelevant Cabbage – IC's Listening Log
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[!] means I'm listening to it for the first time / December 2023 / 8/12 / BadBadNotGood - III / US Military Band EP / Eiger Drums Propaganda - Eiger Drums Propaganda III / Concrete
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fun. (Ft. Janelle Monáe) – We Are Young
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“We Are Young” is the lead single from fun.’s second album Some Nights. It hit #1 on the Hot 100 for 6 straight weeks (from March 17 to April 21, 2012). Lyrically, the song
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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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Aerosmith – Dream On
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Off of their first LP, this is one of Aerosmith’s biggest early hits, along with “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion.”
Frontman Steven Tyler began writing the song on his father’s
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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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The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman
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“Mr. Sandman” was a #1 pop hit for The Chordettes quartet, topping the chart for seven weeks in 1954. “Mr. Sandman” is a mythical figure who brings good dreams to sleepers but The
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Neal Stephenson – Cryptonomicon
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PROLOGUE / Two tires fly. Two wail. / A bamboo grove, all chopped down / From it, warring songs / ....IS THE BEST THAT CORPORAL BOBBY SHAFTOE CAN DO ON short notice--he's standing
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