 Genius Meanings
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The Rolling Stones – Child of the Moon
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“http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOChildOf.html” is a mix of psychedelic & rock & roll, ultimately The Rolling Stones signaling their end with psychedelic music all together and a
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The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers
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“Dead Flowers” is one of the most pessimistic songs ever written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In it they describe a relationship in the process of breaking apart between a
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Bonnie Tyler – Love of a Rolling Stone
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You hate old Chicago ,in the winter time / When the cold wind blows right through you / And you said it ain't no fun / You called west a dream come true / Then one week it got the
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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Taylor Swift – 'tis the damn season
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“‘tis the damn season” is the fourth track on evermore, and marks the first time that Taylor Swift has cursed in a song title.
In the liner notes of the album, Swift wrote that
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Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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Bob Dylan wrote “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” – one of his greatest compositions – during the summer of 1962. Although it is often linked with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dylan
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Ben E. King – Stand By Me
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Released in 1961, this song was inspired by the spiritual hymn “Lord Stand By Me”. It has since been recorded into more than 400 other versions.
It was ranked the 122nd out of
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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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The B-52's – Roam
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“Roam” was the fourth single from the B-52’s' 1989 hit album, Cosmic Thing. “Roam” hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during March 1990.
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Eminem – Kill You
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“Kill You” is the opening track to the album, and is a lyrical tirade against Kim, Debbie Mathers, girlish rappers and women in general. The call-and-response part after the hook
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Cory Morrow – Straight To Hell
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I grew up just west of the tracks / Holding me to hold you back, around your door she's calling out my name / She said son won't you go outside, I've got a man coming over tonight
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Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
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“Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison appears on his first solo studio album, Blowin' Your Mind (1967).
The song was originally titled “Brown Skinned Girl”, but the record label, Bang
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The Psychedelic Furs – The Ghost in You
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This is the opener from the Furs' Mirror Moves (1984). It was written by the Butler brothers and is representative of the 80’s synth pop sound that producer Keith Forsey brought
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Mitski – Working for the Knife
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The lead single from her sixth album Laurel Hell, “Working for the Knife” sees Mitski singing with her characteristically expressive voice about characteristically cynical subjects
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Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
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“Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star evokes the feeling of deep longing with its slow and repetitive melody, wrapped in sorrowful strings that pull the song’s tone back and forth between
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Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore
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An epic, Celtic folk saga relating a mythological struggle between good and evil, this song is notable within the Led Zeppelin catalogue for several reasons.
It’s the only track
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. SYML) – Paris, Texas
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“Paris, Texas” is the tenth song by Lana Del Rey featuring “SYML” from her ninth studio album and eighth major-label studio album “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean
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The Turtles – The Walking Song
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[Verse 1] / Bacon fried, squinty-eyed, moments of the dawn / Misty street callin' me, "Get dressed and walk around" / In the square, standing there girl, so said "What's the matter
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Andrew Bird – Sisyphus
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[Verse 1] / Sisyphus peered into the mist / A stone's throw from the precipice, paused / Did he jump or did he fall as he gazed into the maw of the morning mist? / Did he raise
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Shofu (Ft. Anonymuz, Archer (Rap), BlackLynk, Chris Patrick, CTC (Rapper), Dedboii Kez, G.Yee, JWittz, KingShofu, Matt Houston, OmarCameUp, PE$O PETE, Scoot, Shofu Tha Beatdown, ShueTube, Tanukes, TokenBlackYGOGuy & VI Seconds) – Pokemon Cypher 2019
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[Intro: Shofu] / Ayy, huh (Omar on the come up) / Pokémon Cypher 2019 / We're back, better than we've ever been / We the very best like no one ever was / And I'm getting money like
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Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
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[Intro] / Sugar, sugar / Ooh / [Verse 1] / She sits alone waitin' for suggestions / He's so nervous, avoidin' all the questions / His lips are dry, her heart is gently poundin
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Mandrake Paddle Steamer – Strange Walking Man
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[Verse 1] / There was a strange walking man / Leaving footsteps on my lawn / He cried, "I can't understand / My love left just before the dawn / From velvet valleys of dreams / By
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