What do you guys think this is all about?
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Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
Comatose & Got Some always had a similiar sound to me but yeah, now that you mention it I can hear them in MYM too.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
I was gonna ask the same thing. I just assumed he was saying "she's my rock n' roll" but the vinyl notes say "she's my rko" and now I can hear it pretty clear. What the hell does it mean though?stupidmop wrote:What do you guys think this is all about?
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
The CD liner notes say "She's your rock and roll." I think they're playing around with writing certain words differently than they're said, i.e. the word in MFS is "surely", not "Shirley", but for fun it's written down as "Shirley". There are a couple of other examples. PJ haven't done this for a long time but they used to.bluestate wrote:I was gonna ask the same thing. I just assumed he was saying "she's my rock n' roll" but the vinyl notes say "she's my rko" and now I can hear it pretty clear. What the hell does it mean though?stupidmop wrote:What do you guys think this is all about?
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Edit: scrap that, that section isn't even in the liner notes. I thought it was as I'd seen the lyrics before somewhere.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RKO
I think "Really Kinky Orgasm" is the most plausible interpretation.
I think "Really Kinky Orgasm" is the most plausible interpretation.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
If RKO stands for "really kinky orgasm," does that mean the part about her "weeds" being "obesely overgrown" is a reference to pubic hair?
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It's a real possibility!
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It looks like the lighthouse in the Sirens artworkBirds in Hell wrote:Yup.McParadigm wrote:
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
Are RKO pictures known for anything in particular they would be referencing then, or is it just a random reference?
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Well, their logo, for one.
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She's your radio picture!stupidmop wrote:Are RKO pictures known for anything in particular they would be referencing then, or is it just a random reference?
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theplatypus wrote:Well, their logo, for one.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
Just a thing with a lightning bolt then 
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Tbf, I think it's probably deeper than "a thing with a lightning bolt", considering the rest of the lyrics.stupidmop wrote:Just a thing with a lightning bolt then
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
he probably says "rock n roll", its just written different in the liner notes bc they stole the symbol. doesnt it say "you are a furry thing" in the yield liner notes?
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Yup.warehouse wrote:he probably says "rock n roll", its just written different in the liner notes bc they stole the symbol. doesnt it say "you are a furry thing" in the yield liner notes?
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt
I think these and the FD lyrics are the ones i like the least on the whole album.harmless wrote:Tbf, I think it's probably deeper than "a thing with a lightning bolt", considering the rest of the lyrics.stupidmop wrote:Just a thing with a lightning bolt then
Maybe the entire albums subliminal advertising, for the lightning bolt surf company and now old rko movies