Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
Will you accept a collect call
From Robert Plant?
We picked him up on Vine
On a bus bench singing that song
This is not the 1st time
He was so cute
Jonny Punk Rock, so cynical
You woulda jumped him too!
Why are the burners always toast?
Why are the stoners always stoned?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
The Zeplin song
I got a job minimum wage & a tabledance
He drinks my beer and plays guitar
He's on my bed wasted every night when I come home
Play the same 'ol lead again & again..
Sometimes I gotta say shutup
Sometimes I gotta say so what
I don't think that it's so punk
What's with the Zeplin song
Sometimes I gotta ride
Sometimes I gotta hide
Sometimes I press rewind
I gotta throw the trash out
He's on a stairway to hell
Yeah that is him
Playin' the zeplin song again & again & again & again & again & again
I'm a guitar
Honest pop single cut away
Please don't play that song on me again
I'll explode
I'll break all my strings, stop playing shit
Like the Sex Pistols are anything
Why does he rain on my parade?
Why does the song remain the same?
I can't remember my own name
I work for minimum wage
Oh go sell it to Jimmy Page
At the crosses the deal he made
Cuz that song ain't goin' away
Oh God the Zeplin song
Nono the Zeplin song
Here comes the Zeplin song
Oh God the Zeplin song
SHUT UP!
From Robert Plant?
We picked him up on Vine
On a bus bench singing that song
This is not the 1st time
He was so cute
Jonny Punk Rock, so cynical
You woulda jumped him too!
Why are the burners always toast?
Why are the stoners always stoned?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
The Zeplin song
I got a job minimum wage & a tabledance
He drinks my beer and plays guitar
He's on my bed wasted every night when I come home
Play the same 'ol lead again & again..
Sometimes I gotta say shutup
Sometimes I gotta say so what
I don't think that it's so punk
What's with the Zeplin song
Sometimes I gotta ride
Sometimes I gotta hide
Sometimes I press rewind
I gotta throw the trash out
He's on a stairway to hell
Yeah that is him
Playin' the zeplin song again & again & again & again & again & again
I'm a guitar
Honest pop single cut away
Please don't play that song on me again
I'll explode
I'll break all my strings, stop playing shit
Like the Sex Pistols are anything
Why does he rain on my parade?
Why does the song remain the same?
I can't remember my own name
I work for minimum wage
Oh go sell it to Jimmy Page
At the crosses the deal he made
Cuz that song ain't goin' away
Oh God the Zeplin song
Nono the Zeplin song
Here comes the Zeplin song
Oh God the Zeplin song
SHUT UP!
Lyrics submitted by almostmanda
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Sounds like someone playing part of the 'Stairway To Heaven' riff just before the last time Courtney screams "Shut up!"
I know exactly what this song means and its so hilarious. courtney love is like the last authentic rocker of our times- screw what anybody else says about her personal life or artistic ability....
i'll interpret it here for you guys:
"Will you accept a collect call From Robert Plant? We picked him up on Vine On a bus bench singing that song This is not the 1st time He was so cute Jonny Punk Rock, so cynical You woulda jumped him too!
[i think she's caustically joking about how there are cover band musicians out there that want to emulate Led Zeppelin and other rock bands but come out dirt poor (hence the collect call and a pick up at the bus stop) and sleazy. well first i imagine this musician is first in a ramone's cover band- hence johnny punk rock but then as time progresses and this guy is still in cover bands and hasn't made it, is then doing led zeppelin]
I got a job minimum wage & a tabledance He drinks my beer and plays guitar He's on my bed wasted every night when I come home Play the same 'ol lead again & again..
Sometimes I gotta ride Sometimes I gotta hide Sometimes I press rewind I gotta throw the trash out He's on a stairway to hell Yeah that is him Playin' the zeplin song again & again & again & again & again & again
In the two paragraphs above she's speaking from the dead-end musicians girlfriend's point of view she's basically lamenting on how much a loser this guy is because he's always wasted drinking her beer and playing the same fucken song again and again...and how she tries to avoid the musician's obnoxious behavior by playing tv, and hiding away from him, basically she's dependent upon him cause she's a stripper -hence "the minimum wage and table dance quote" Then she juxtaposes stairway to hell with stairway to heaven by led zep cause he's not going anywhere
"I'm a guitar Honest pop single cut away Please don't play that song on me again I'll explode I'll break all my strings, stop playing shit Like the Sex Pistols are anything
obviously this is from that beat up guitar's point of view, freaken hilarious!
"Why does he rain on my parade? Why does the song remain the same? I can't remember my own name I work for minimum wage Oh go sell it to Jimmy Page At the crosses the deal he made Cuz that song ain't goin' away Oh God the Zeplin song Nono the Zeplin song Here comes the Zeplin song Oh God the Zeplin song SHUT UP! "
So at the end, love is making a point that this guy is just a freaken sell-out or just doesn't have any creative input to the music scene. who just wants to party and not do anything creative, basically a sleaze instead of a bob dylan or kurt kobain. I don't know how i understand the song, i guess its cause i've browsed musician classifieds long enough to get the hunch there are guys in their forties doing gigs on songs that are totally overplayed...but love makes it so hilarious i literally laugh in my car when i play like all the time...
is this abotu stairway to heaven?
The real lyrics are: I'm a guitar A Les Paul Single Cut Away Please don't play that song on me again I'll explode I'll break all my strings and start playing shit Like the Sex Pistols or anything
I know,why is the lyrics wrong here? there was songwords in the freaking booklet thing with the album!!!! damn you!
Courtney Love rocks! I have no idea what this song is about but It's fun to rock out to!
oopss, i copied that paragraph that is totally wrong: its really I'm a guitar A Les Paul Single Cut Away Please don't play that song on me again I'll explode I'll break all my strings and start playing shit Like the Sex Pistols or anything
shit!
oh and when she says he's playing the same "ol lead again and again" it means a guitar solo or lick whatever
oh and another mistake: the whole song is told entirely by the girlfriend's point of view...shit! this is the last post i will post on this thread i am taking so much space...
Really funny song! I love it
In my opinon, I'm pretty sure this whole song is about Stairway To Heaven, how it's one of the most overplayed songs on a guitar and how you can get tired of hearing it all the time
I'm a guitar A Les Paul Single Cut Away Please don't play that song on me again I'll explode I'll break all my strings and start playing shit Like the Sex Pistols or anything
Of course the guitar's point of view, not liking how that's pretty much the only song played on it