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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Australia (page 1/ 7) ------ performed by The Shins realistic | Reviewer: sanstitre | 10/26/09 For me these lyrics are absolutely realistic, of what is the real meaning of life.. dont try hard to find what is it about.. you born to do the same because there´s no other way , trying to find a park i life to feel much better ..I love this song i'm not sure... | Reviewer: Bren | 10/22/09 i'm not really sure what all the fuss is about. being a musician i feel like i write songs because they mean something to me, but it is up to other people to determine and interpret the song for themselves, whether it be right or wrong in my eyes. i just think that people need to be a little nicer in this world. there are so many worse things than having differing views on song lyrics, and personally i think all the opinions listed are valid. good ideas! | Reviewer: Mike | 8/19/09 i like the holocaust idea. i don't agree with it, but the guy (max) who thought it up clearly developed it quite a bit and thought through most of the lyrics. a meaning i lean towards is Nicole's, although i would take it out of "story form" and think of it as a whole group of people feeling this way, not just a melancholy old man =D Looking at it the wrong way | Reviewer: Dan | 6/28/09 I don't see why everyone's so obsessed with finding the right meaning to the song. I think it's best to find your own meaning, and attach your own memories and experiences to a song, it's much more enjoyable that way. My interpretation of some of the song. | Reviewer: mr. marshmellow man | 4/30/09 I feel like the song is about life, boredom and pain, but you can do something about it to make it fun. All you want is one more saturday/buy time - People who feel like they have to wait a whole week for their one day to have fun, and they're letting the world take the rest of their days from them. Window Pane is another name for acid, "so let's jump out the window" cartwheels, crawling - You put everything in to what you do, and yet it's not enough? Society? Re: you guys are dumb.. | Reviewer: Maia | 4/26/09 Lyndsey, I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone when I say a) thanks for the link, and b) there's no need to call anyone "dumb". Cause all these "dummies" have been coming up with their own ideas about the song's meaning, something you failed to do. Nonetheless, after so much hesitation regarding the matter, I find your fanatic teenager attitude quite helpful! Evidently, none of us had ever come across this interview, and were therefore unable to reach your level of enlightment. But now that you've shown us the way, we can proudly say that we've learned the true meaning of this song. For the rest of you guys, here's the transcript: "Well that song isn't about Australia, first of all. That's from my memories of working in offices. I've had a hundred different jobs, and there is a special kind of sickness doing a job in an office. I was a bookkeeper and a secretary, and there is something so horribly boring and defeating about it. That song is also about this woman from Texas who was just awful, a racist and a miserable person. I felt sorry for her. In Australia, she's Himmler. So it's partly me wondering, 'Is this what humans are meant to be doing?' You're in this fucking cage and there's people you can see through the window and you see the gardener and you're so fucking jealous." hello the title is australia | Reviewer: Lorne | 3/27/09 Whoa, the Holocaust reading is WAY too involved- it's interesting that the lyrics can be interpreted so widely, but I haven't seen anyone explain the lines 'And your shape on the dance floor Will have me thinking such filth and gouge my eyes.' in the genocide theory. That is some creepy kinky stuff going on there if so. And why would they call it Australia? Hasn't it occurred to anyone that the song might be at least partly about Australia? 'All you want is one more Saturday'- a nod to stereotypical Australian apathy and enjoyment of leisure- 'your feet in fetters' -convict past... And the whole section 'sterile hands..' to '...for you to love' could be read as a lefty description of the Australia-US 'special relationship'. Probably pretty topical at the time of the Shins' Australian tour. Just saying. Hmmm.. Interesting! | Reviewer: Adrienne | 1/29/09 The Jew love story theory seems valid to me, all the reasons you give are surprisingly matching with the lyrics. The funny thing is that for the third time I read them, I finally found a meaning to me. Just saw my no-love-around life reflected. Just like these people who can't find love because maybe they are too shy or demanding. As humans we are convicted to reproduce ourselves, but some of us have some difficulties finding a relationship which means something else than biology. We can say it's better that way, ''but we know it to be quite contrary''. Also, I can see how you may find someone that won't make your life any better. This is why ''you be damned to be one of us, girl'', the ones who are trapped in doubts, the ones who want to fly but won't. you guys are dumb.. | Reviewer: lyndsey | 11/19/08 Actually..the song is about a woman from texas who was basically a racist and she's horrible..its in an interview JAMES MERCER..for those of you who don't know he's the singer for the shins.. Its not about the holocaust.... She's the "HIMMLER".. WWW.NERVE.COM/SCREENINGROOM/MUSIC/THESHINS2 Wow | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/13/08 This evidences the genius of the Shins on so many levels. The Shins really did a wonderful job combining a complex network of lyrics and poetic cynicism with a terribly creative melody. I don't know how they do it... Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7