POLL: The Lion and The Cobra

PUT'EM ON PUT'EM ON PUT'EM ON PUT'EM ON ME

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:53 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark

I can see too many mouths open
Too many eyes closed, ears closed
Not enough minds open
Too many legs open

why why

I SAID WILL YOU BE MY... LOVERRRRRRRR?
I SAID WILL YOU BE MY... BAAAAAAAAABE?

It's astonishing that she was allowed to produce this thing herself; that's why it sounds like a mixtape of all the genres a teenaged girl would have on a tape of Top 40 songs recorded from the radio.

I can see too many mouths open
Too many eyes closed, ears closed
Not enough minds open
Too many legs open

― Tim F, Monday, October 10, 2011 7:18 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

YES

like "too many legs open" what are you even talking about lady? i can't even figure out where she's coming from half the time.

btw:

I DON'T KNOW NO SHAME I FEEL NO PAIN I CAAAAAN'T SEE THE FLAME

yoooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuu should've left the light on
then i'd never have tried, you'd never have known

^^ i really liked these lines in high school because (to me) they were about the deep embarrassment of trying and failing at seduction
and then she comes back and burns everyone to bits with her incandescent anger
it's like carrie for those who weren't openly reviled, just deeply shamed

a little too much for the average monday, really

we would so have been friends in high school. file under "duh"

Re Troy, I think I was saying this in another thread at some point but it only recently occurred to me that she's basically singing from the perspective of a woman who had an affair with a married (or otherwise committed) man and then has been spurned, right?

What else could it be? I always thought that was the situation, and then he spurned/shamed her, and then she called him out (I know you wanted me to be there, etc)

I wish I still had a copy of this. "Mandinka" fwiw.

No I'm not saying my interpretation is novel or anything, just that I'd listened to it for years and years and never really picked up the specifics. I think Sinead's general drama crowded out any need I had for narrative consistency so I didn't bother looking, and then one day it suddenly snapped into focus like a magic eye.

Ahhh I see.

Also xp -- duh!!

listening to "Troy" communing with 16-year-old Amanda. this song is badass. she sounds so strangled.

this album is AMAZING

this thread has inspired me to pull this out tonight and play it loud

has this been remastered? i remember having to turn it up really loud to get the full desired effect.
i always think of this album when i hear someone described as a "force of nature"

<3 "I Want Your (Hands on Me)"

has this been remastered?

this still stands:

POLL: The Lion and The Cobra

lol at new thread opening image

it's impossible to get tired of this album.

PUT 'EM ON PUT 'EM ON PUT 'EM ON ME

after all these years, I still associate "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" with Nightmare on Elm Street

MC Lyte remix, plz

― Oilyrags, Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:01 AM (7 years ago)

I went back and listened to this edit for the first time in forever and...it's pretty terrible. I somehow remembered it being so much better.

btw, just re-read this entire thread. So much positivity!

fantastic album

mandinka is the greatest song ever written

btw:

I DON'T KNOW NO SHAME I FEEL NO PAIN I CAAAAAN'T SEE THE FLAME

― horseshoe, Monday, October 10, 2011 4:24 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Brad, stop invading my car playlists.

went back and listened to this edit for the first time in forever and...it's pretty terrible. I somehow remembered it being so much better.

FP'd you for this

lol I like MC Lyte a lot, but not on that.

Lyte's rap might not be her best but there's some fun dub-lite effects in those mixes

also what this guy said:

LOOK/LOOK/LOOK I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

― energy flash gordon, Friday, May 2, 2008 7:01 AM (nine years ago)

also:

I DON'T KNOW NO SHAME I FEEL NO PAIN I CAAAAAN'T SEE THE FLAME

― horseshoe, Monday, October 10, 2011 4:24 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same

I DON'T KNOW NO SHAME I FEEL NO PAIN I CAAAAAN'T SEE THE FLAME

― horseshoe, Monday, October 10, 2011 4:24 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

PUT 'EM ON PUT 'EM ON PUT 'EM ON ME

― horseshoe, Tuesday, October 11, 2011

1) this album is the best album ever made

2) did I inadvertently invent the concept of the interzone upthread and, if so, how many cocktails does Alfred owe me

1. otm

2. are we gonna count those cocktails

"Troy" is the clear choice here, but "Jerusalem" should have garnered at least a few votes.

The guitars overall are fierce.

I was fortunate enough to see her on this tour. She was fierce. I was in the front row and almost had to take a step back.

Would've loved to have seen her on this tour, I saw her on the next one in 1990 after her fame had exploded. She was drunk/high off her ass and slurred most of the lyrics, prompting boos from the audience.