To say that someone is “cold as ice”, as the vocalist is accusing the addressee of, is another way of saying that they lack the type of natural sympathy people tend to have when dealing with one another. Or...
This track is of course a cover of the original, classic “I Want to Know What Love Is“, as dropped by Foreigner in 1984. We’ve already looked at that particular outing, so we won’t go about...
Most simply put, “E=MC2” serves as a tribute to Nicolas Roeg (1928-2018), who was a prominent British film director of the late 20th century. As such, the lyrics consists of references to a number of his works ....
We regularly come across songs, being dropped to this very day even, which criticize the Western masses for being too complacent. Fundamentally “White Riot” is one of such pieces, albeit with a twist. And that would...
The Piano Man may look like your average Joe, but he’s also one of the best-selling musicians in industry history. You have to believe that reality has attributed to his impressive dating history, which features the...
The Clash is one of those types of music acts who appear to have been more appreciated in hindsight than when it was actually extant. And that likely has something to do with the fact...
The Hammersmith Palais was an entertainment venue that existed in London for nearly a century. And the reason this song is named so is because Joe Strummer once attended a mini-concert there, alongside a couple...
Being that we currently live in the age of rap music, it is somewhat common to come across songs which present the idea of it being better to live life fast than indefinitely stuck...
The title phrase “London Calling” was a term used by the BBC World Service Station to introduce themselves when broadcasting to other nations during the Second World War. The song begins with the narrator describing an...
The addressee of Foreigner’s “Waiting for a Girl Like You” is a lady whom the singer is clearly smitten by. Or more to the point, he is hoping to build a lasting romantic relationship with...
