Lyrical Analysis Numbah 2 - She's...Well You Know

She's So High - Tal Bachman

She's blood, flesh, and bone. No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound.
But somehow I can't believe that anything should happen
I know where I belong and nothing's gonna happen

Cause, She's so high, high above me. She's so lovely
She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Ark or Aphrodite
Too-too-too.
She's so high, high above me

First class and fancy free, she's high society
She's got the best of everything
What could a guy like me ever really offer?
She's perfect as she can be, why should I even bother, a-hah

[Repeat chorus][solo *]

She comes to speak to me, I freeze immediately
Cause what she says sounds so unreal
Cause somehow I can't believe that anything should happen
I know where I belong and nothings gonna happen

[Repeat chorus]

In the 90's, we got a good group of one hit wonders. One of them, was Tal Bachman. The Canadian, born in Manitoba, is best known for his smash 1999 hit "She's So High". The song earned him BMI's Song of the Year, and established him as a simple, yet deep lyricist. However, his star power did not last, and he faded away from our music memories. His ancestry in music consists of his father, Canadian rocker Randy Bachman, of Bachman Turner Overdrive.

In the song, Tal uses the literary device of allusion, using one thing as a reference to something else, to portray his thoughts on a girl that he believes is way to good for him. In the first stanza, he talks about how "She's blood, flesh and bone". This line is a perfect example of the allusions we were talking about before. With out saying it, he shows us how real of a human being she is having all the qualities needed to sustain life. Another great example of the allusion in the song found in the first stanza is "She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound". Obviously these are allusions to the senses of the human body, but this also says how important she is to him. With out any of these common everyday things, a human would not be able to function properly.

Another really great allusion can also be found in the chorus in the line, "She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Ark or Aphrodite". This powerful line shows how much meaning she really has to the speaker. All three of these women did very important things in world history. Him alluding and comparing this girl to them makes her all most seem invincible, and invoked with awesome powers. Not only is this an allusion, but it is also a comparison using like or as, a simile.

Tal's use of the allusion is used perfectly in the song "She's So High". Even though he only had this one big hit in the state, Tal Bachman was able to give insight into using historical and scientific references in music.

Weird Music - Backmasking and Reverse Speech (Not Theme-Genre)

To preface all of these claims, notice how all of them have to deal with either sometime taboo in society, the devil, or something illegal. Not one of these hidden messages are about positive values or something in the least bit happy. Also, a lot of the claims are up for debate. Once someone tells you that something is there, obviously your ears are going to be automatically tuned to look for those. The gibberish in speech of children does make me think that they are speaking backwards and I would be interested in conducting and experiment in recording a baby and playing it backwards to see what happens.

1.The Beatles's song - "Help" }
2.Paul McCartney - "Band On The Run" }
In the songs, you can almost definitely hear the whole word "marijuana" and it is clear from their drug use at the time that the Beatles would take the time and effort to make something so small able to be heard at a later date. It is coincidence though that he did get "banished" years after the song was made. However, I think these are more backmasking than reverse speech, just for the sheer fact of the excessive drug use. }
3.Cheap Trick - "Gonna Raise Hell"
It was easy to hear the "keys" and "lock" in the song. I believe this is more reverse speech, and it wasn't put their by the band, even if it does relate directly to the title of the song ("Hell").
4.George Harrison - "Here comes the Sun"
The "he needs this mystery girl" is a tough one. Like Kefor described to me, it could be about the Clapton/Layla saga. However, I think it could also be a reference to Yoko Ono and Lennon. This one is probably reverse speech as well.
5.Judas Priest - ""Beyond the Realms Of Death"
This one sounds more like backmasking.
6.Queen - "Another one bites the dust"
This pretty much ruined one of my favorite Queen songs. This is definitely a case of reverse speech. If you listen close enough to the song forward you can actually hear it when they play it backwards clear as day. The way he sings it, almost planned but not really, sounds like the words depicted in reverse.
7.Britney Spears - "One more time"
This one is definitely reverse speech. Most likely a guy was just fantasizing one day and decided, "wouldn't it be cool if she was saying that". You can definitely hear it but I don't think it was put there intentionally.
8.The Eagles - "Hotel California"
Could be either or. However, I believe this could be backmasking.
9.Styx
This one is reverse speech. Styx wasn't cool enough to do this on purpose.
10.Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"
Obviously the most well known evidence of this theory. Obviously this is Backmasking at its finest. The whole song can be accounted for as a proclamation in contrast to the meaning of the song. Since the whole song is about getting into heaven, it is appropriate that the whole idea backwards is about hell.

http://www.reversespeech.com/music_reversals.htm

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Song Analysis Numbah 1 - DON'T BE A LOVE-FOOL

Lovefool - The Cardigans
Dear, I fear we're facing a problem
You love me no longer, I know
And maybe there is nothing
That I can do to make you do
Mama tells me I shouldn't bother
That I ought to stick to another man
A man that surely deserves me
But I think you do!

So I cry, I pray and I beg

Love me love me
Say that you love me
Fool me fool me
Go on and fool me
Love me love me
Pretend that you love me
Leave me leave me
Just say that you need me
Love me love me
Say that you love me
Leave me leave me
Just say that you need me
I can't care 'bout anything but you...

Lately I have desperately pondered,
Spent my nights awake and I wonder
What I could have done in another way
To make you stay
Reason will not lead to solution
I will end up lost in confusion
I don't care if you really care
As long as you don't go

So I cry, I pray, and I beg

Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Fool me, fool me
Go on and fool me
Love me, love me
Pretend that you love me
Leave me, leave me
Just say that you need me
So I cry, and I pray for you to
Love me, love me
Say that you love me
Leave me, leave me
Just say that you need me
I can't care 'bout anything but you...
Anything but you...
Love me, love me (Say that you love me)
Fool me, fool me (Go on and fool me)
Love me, love me (I know that you need me)
I can't care 'bout anything but you..



Love has always been a popular topic of discussion in the world of music. The 90's hit "Lovefool", by The Cardigans, expresses the love and devotion of a girl to a man that she is enthralled with. She seems to be overly obsessed so much that she disregards everything else but this one man.

Even with the upbeat nature of the song, the narrator is heart broken when she finds out that he ex-boyfriend has broken up with her. However she still believes that this boy is still in love with her. She expresses this in the first line, when she says there's "a problem". The problem is that the boy doesn't love her any longer. This irony is exemplified through the entire song, with the narrator "begging" the boy to love and need her.

She continues to beg the boy to love her for most of the song, showing the obsession and how unhealthy it might be. She says "I can't care 'bout anything but you...". This is definitely unhealthy because she is "losing sleep" and not taking any interest in anything besides getting the boy back. The obsession can also be deemed kind of creepy because of the upbeat nature of the song.

The Cardigans brought back a kind of disco feel to the 90's with their dance hit "Lovefool". Even though this was the only hit in America for the Swedish rock group, they were still able to contribute their lyrical stylings to the OCD lyricists of today. So if you have a crush that wants nothing to do with you, take a page from The Cardigans and write them a song. A creepy stalker-esq song. =)