 Genius Meanings
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Television – See No Evil
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“See No Evil” is the first song of off Television’s debut album Marquee Moon. It features impressionistic lyrics and a focus on guitar arpeggios to create melody in the guitar part
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Television – See No Evil (Alternate Version)
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What I want / I want now / And it's a whole lot more / Than anyhow / I want to fly / Fly a fountain / I want to jump, jump, jump / Jump a mountain / I understand all / (I see no
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R.E.M. – See No Evil
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What I want, I want now / And it's a whole lot more, anyhow / I wanna climb a mountain / I wanna jump, jump, jump, jump a mountain / I understand all destructive urges / It's seems
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Ghost – See No Evil
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[Verse 1] / What I want, I want now / And it's a whole lot more than "anyhow" / I wanna fly, fly a fountain / I wanna jump, jump, jump, jump on a mountain / [Chorus] / I understand
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Television – Venus
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The character in Venus – possibly Tom Verlaine himself – is hanging out with a friend through the streets of NYC.
Verlaine’s vivid and surrealistic imagery suggests both an acid
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Bryan Waterman – Television's "Marquee Moon" (33 1/3 excerpt)
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An excerpt from Bryan Waterman’s book Marquee Moon on Television’s seminal album, part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
You can buy the book here!
Read and annotate Marquee Moon
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Joe Jackson – See No Evil
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What I want, I want now / And it's a whole lot more than "anyhow" / I wanna fly, fly a fountain / I wanna jump, jump, jump, jump a mountain / I understand all / Destructive urges
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Krayzie Bone – No Evil
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[Chorus: Krayzie Bone] / Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil, we know evil comes (comes, comes, comes) / Comes (comes, comes, comes) / Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil
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Television – Guiding Light
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[Verse 1] / Do I, do I / Belong to the night? / Only, only / Only tonight / All the ladies / Stay inside / Time may freeze / A world could cry / All this night / Running loud / I
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Television – Venus de Milo
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It was a tight toy night, streets so bright / The world was so thin between my bones and skin / There stood another person who was a little surprised / To be face to face with a
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The Game (Ft. Kendrick Lamar & Tank) – See No Evil
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Track 9 off Game’s fifth studio album Jesus Piece which features a verse from Kendrick Lamar and Tank on the hook. The song’s mostly about the notorious streets of Compton. Game
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This Way to the Egress – See No Evil
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[Verse 1] / Wonder if you wanna go around town / Play it up, or play it down / You gotta prove yourself, you gotta be a man / But just understand / You gotta kill your enemies
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Television – Marquee Moon
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“Marquee Moon” is the title track off Television’s debut album of the same name. In a 1977 interview with Caroline Coon for Melody Maker, lyricist and guitarist Tom Verlaine stated
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Television – Torn Curtain
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Final track from the album Marquee Moon. Recorded versions of this song go back as far as 1975. It is thought this song was written and first performed after Richard Hell left the
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Television – Little Johnny Jewel
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[Verse 1] / Now Little Johnny Jewel / Oh, he's so cool / He had no decision / He's just trying to tell a vision / But some thought that this was sad / And others thought it mad
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Television – Friction
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Featuring a more sensible punk beat, but beginning in a minor key that includes an opening guitar solo going down a scale, “Friction” proves itself an inspiration for John McGeoff’
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Television – Elevation
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[Verse 1] / The last word / Is the lost word / Why don't you say so? / Say so / [Pre-Chorus] / I sleep light on these shores tonight / I live light on these shores / [Chorus
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Original Television Cast of Jesus Christ Superstar (Ft. Ben Daniels, Jin Ha, John Legend & Norm Lewis) – Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)
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[PILATE] / And so, the king is once again my guest / And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed? / [CAIAPHAS] / We turned to Rome to sentence Nazareth / We have no law to put a man to
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Television – Prove It
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[Verse 1] / The docks / The clock / A whisper woke him up / The smell of water would resume / The cave / The waves / Of light, the unreal night / The flat curving of a room / Get
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INXS – Don't Change
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“Don’t Change” is a song by Australian rock band INXS. It was released as a single from the album Shabooh Shoobah, in October 1982. It has been described as the band’s first
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Chris Webby – Raw Thoughts IV
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[Intro] / Yeah / I don't wanna do it / But I feel like I got to / [Verse 1] / Good morning America, time to get to waking up / We've never all at once been confronted with so much
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Emoji Genius – List of Emoji Names
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Emojis are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. They exist in various genres, including facial expressions, common objects, places and types of weather
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Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta
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AV Club describes “Flagpole Sitta” as “exploring the tension between being both a cultural observer and a participant—when you’re self-aware enough to notice how the underground is
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Kieran the Light – Witchcraft, Pt. 2
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“Witchcraft, Pt. 2” is the second installment in Kieran the Light’s “Witchcraft” series, five months after the first installment, “Witchcraft, Pt. 1,” released. It is one of the
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Television Personalities – Conscience Tells Me No
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It doesn't matter who you are / It doesn't matter what you do / It doesn't matter what you see / It only matters who you tell / As long as you don't try / To hide the feeling deep
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The Smile – You Will Never Work in Television Again
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[Verse 1] / Fear not my love, he's a fat fucking mist / Young bones spat out, girls slitting their wrists / Curtain calling for the kiss, from the nursery rhyme / Behind some rocks
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Empire Cast (Ft. Jussie Smollett & Yazz) – Money for Nothing
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Remake of Dire Straits' popular 80s hit “Money For Nothing”.
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Bloxx – Television Promises
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[Verse 1] / Late night viewing shadows on my face / Tried to go to sleep, but I couldn't look away / Change the channel 'cause I couldn't wait / To watch another human put a robot
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Estee Nack – NACKMANCOLETRANE
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[Intro] / If you watch pro-wrestling, you know Jim Duggan / He is a legend, he won the first ever royal rumble, in WWE history back in 1998 / So you watch him on TV and you think "
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Jedi Mind Tricks – Trail of Lies
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Track 6 from the album A History of Violence released on November 11, 2008.
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Paul McCartney & Dominic Fike – The Kiss of Venus
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[Chorus] / The kiss of Venus has got me on the go / She scored a bullseye in the early morning glow / [Verse 1] / Then I asked her, have you read the paper? Okay / People talking
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Jesus Christ Superstar Original Studio Cast (Ft. Barry Dennen, Ian Gillan, Quire & Victor Brox) – Trial Before Pilate
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[PILATE] / And so, the king is once again my guest / And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed? / [CAIAPHAS] / We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth / We have no law to put a man to
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