Results for “Belle and Sebastian”

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Belle and Sebastian

A loose, list-like character sketch built from overheard fragments and secondhand observation, the song circles a restless,…

restlessness and drift class and squalor vs. respectability voyeurism and gossip

Al Green

"Belle" is Al Green's direct address to a woman he loves while confessing that his devotion to God ultimately outranks her. It…

faith versus romantic love spiritual surrender confession and reassurance

Alison Krauss

This is a folk parable that condenses an entire human life—birth, marriage, death—into three ringing-bell scenes tied to the…

cycle of life community and ritual mortality

Wu‐Tang Clan

A posse cut from Wu-Tang's late-90s peak that stacks dense, image-heavy verses from multiple MCs into a single show of…

group supremacy and dominance street violence as metaphor for lyrical combat Five Percenter/Nation of Gods and Earths philosophy

Big Star

A gentle, hymn-like closer built on a single reassurance: fear can be released and morning can be trusted. Chris Bell's…

reassurance and comfort spiritual or quasi-religious feeling renewal

Bert Jansch

This is a cover of the traditional Irish prison ballad most associated with Brendan Behan's play, here rendered by Jansch in his…

confinement longing and separation institutional cruelty

Four Tet

Two Thousand and Seventeen is an instrumental centerpiece from Four Tet's New Energy, built around a looping, bell-like melodic…

cyclical time meditative repetition organic vs electronic texture