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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about All These Things That I've Done (page 2/ 5) ------ performed by The Killers Get your heads out! | Reviewer: Warzombie | 8/11/08 This much overplayed, flavor of the week/month song is like anything else of "artistic" endeavor. Anybody can get whatever he wants out of it, or read whatever he wants into it. You can work in the damn maize fields all summer vacation--like I used to as a kid in between high school years--& never see a snake, but if you decide to look for one hard enough, bygod, you'll find one or more of them. And for you oxygen thieving, leftist, sheeple anti-war pansies; Ben Stein's AWESOME movie, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed had the song playing during final credits. Ben Stein, by the way, is not only super intelligent, and a true patriot, but a staunch supporter of both the war AND our troops. The song's "actual content" strikes me as ambiguous at best, and the video makes no sense at all. It is actually possible the band just wanted to cut up, be silly, have fun, and come up with a memorable hook (which they did a good job of). No heavy, "social commentary" has to be there just because someone who watches too much MTV, BET, CNN (communist news network), "reality" TV, or smokes 12 lbs of pot/week thinks it does. Get a grip. BTW, I'm a soldier, many in my family have been, many of my friends and acquaintances are or have been, and bygod, we damn sure have souls. So put that in your pipe and smoke it, you mopes. wtf | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/31/08 "I got soul, but I'm not a soldier" is a metaphor for social conformity. There's obviously some kind of internal struggle going on here with this character; some sort of growth or lack thereof. The lyrics hint at many different aspects of what one could consider an actual "theme", but hints are really all they are. It's not nearly discriptive or upfront enough to be completely deciphered. It's more than likely a song about freedom of expression and personal triumph. That's what it appears to be anyway; otherwise, if you still need another answer, go ask Brandon yourselves. And I agree with another comment somebody made - that not everything is always about the war. Though, I do not think it's as simple as "You're on the boat, or you're not." That phrase is stupid, and I'd prefer to never use it in regards to ANYTHING in my life, especially in contemporary world issues. Other than that, awesome song. Huh? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/1/07 Okay, don't see the anti-war, even though you spelled-it out. I just don't take one or two words and make a book out of it. My take on the 'refrain' about not being a soldier: Look at some hip-hop or rap sometime - "I know some soldiers in here! Where dey at, where dey at?" The rap "soldiers" refers to a man who can battle the everyday world to provide for the singer (female) and her family. She sees them at the party she is at, tells her friends, who want a man to provide for them. Now the tie-in: The guy has soul, he can do the job of providing; but he's not a soldier, he doesn't want to. Look at the video, the men are backing away from the women, who are also displaying strong-willed feminine traits. The guys clearly don't want to be tied-down. Or it could just be a simple fun, funky play on words (or play on sounds). Lighten up. Not everything is about the war. Remember the lyrics from another song, and a different band: "What consumes your thoughts controls your life." Anti marriage song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/1/07 Okay, here's a fun exercise. Listen to the song and constantly apply the theme of anti-marriage to the lines. Example. "While everyone's lost, the battle is won with all these things that I've done" = with all my friends lost to marriage, I still accomplish the same things (sex, companionship) with what I've done in the past and the present. My two cents. look deeper | Reviewer: Sarah | 10/25/07 Fully agreed with "anonymous 10/16/2007" comments -- a genuinely powerful anti-war song. And like they say, "you're either on the bus or you're off the bus" -- you get it or you don't... Excellent Anti War Song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/16/07 I am surprised that all the reviewers think this song is nonsense and nobody gets the anti-war theme. "One more son". . . ."while everyone's lost, the battle is won" and of course, the hook...you can have SOUL w/o being a soldier. This is not actually a happy pick me up song -- it is a strong message song. Still, great to sing along to. inspirational | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/23/07 the best sense is non-sense. this song just makes you want to stand up and sing like you really mean it. it's for those days when you feel absolutely terrible and you just need a pick-me-up, and suddenly you can just be okay. this song ispires me to a great degree! Inspirational | Reviewer: sam fever | 8/23/07 The best sense is non-sense. This song just makes you want to stand up and sing it like you really mean it(bad vocals and all). It's for those days when you really need a pick-me-up. This song seriously inspires me to a great degree... Great song | Reviewer: Mauricio Montes | 8/21/07 At first I just heard it and did not payed much attention to the lyrics. It is true, they are not THE best lyrics but come on, it is a great song. That choir for "I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier" it is simply powerful. Dreadful song writing | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/6/07 I don't understand why people actually like this band. This song is testimony enough. The lyrics are just plain awful ("I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier." - that makes no sense at all whatsoever) and the music is your run-of-the-mill bland U2 rip-off. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5