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flauben
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Now Tell Me What Does ... Means!
Thank you Diego to tell the secret about Main Vein. I'm a journalism student anyway, and I'll will publish good stuff about our favorite band. To start I'm gonna try my best to publish the new album here in Salvador-Brazil in the newspaper. I hope it achieve great repercussion in my city.
Now tell me the secret about High Times. what is this song about?
Thank you!
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fUnK[iLo]
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Location: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 15:51 |
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Re: Now Tell Me What Does ... Means!
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| Now tell me the secret about High Times. what is this song about? |
Yes, please. I've been told it is about drugs and sex, but I can't find the connection between the chorus and the verses. They are too much metaphores for me. Could someone please write the entire lyrics of this song and explain every part?  It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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cheeeba lover
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Location: croatia
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 16:32 |
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uh...i am kinda lazy so i will not post like diego or jamirofan..but the song is all about drug...
"white lines(cocaine) sure are killing me"
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monisum
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 20:10 |
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Here are the lyrics (I made a few remarks):
High Times
You don't need your name in bright lights
You're a rock star
And some tin foil with a glass pipe (heating up heroine in metall or smoking hard stuff (shit) with a bon (glass pipe)?)Is your guitar - now yes it is
Little Angela
Suffers delusions
From these high times
She's been cleaning up, since she was fourteen (cleaning up on the main line = be on the needle/take heroin)
On the main line
And her hunky funky junky, of a boyfriend (junky=being on heroin)Got her on late nights, with her skirt tight
Woah, she's a wild thing
Letting it all swing
God bless our high times
Don't you know that last night
Turned to daylight
And a minute, became a day (when you got the flash from hard stuff)
Last night (last night)
All my troubles
Well they seemed so, so far away
Searching my reflection
For a glimpse of, another me
I've got to get away from all these high high times
'Cause these high times are killing me
Now high times go on and on and on
High times rock your mind yeah
This twisted crystal Kingdom (hallizugenic stuff)Where you live your nine lives
And your head spins
With purple cyclones
Made of dexadrine (something like speed; psycho drug)And when the phone rings
You think bad things
Well these are high high high high times yeah
In any back street
When you take a hot seat (when you set a heroin needle)Make sure check your flight times (always the risk of getting an overdose)Oh now mama
Don't you know that last night
Turned to daylight
And a minute, became a day
Last night (last night)
All my troubles
Well they seemed so, so far away
Searching my reflecting
For a glimpse of, another me
I've got to get away from all these high high times
'Cause these high times are killing me
Now drop this time
Paranoia will destroy ya
Paranoia will destroy ya
Paranoia will destroy ya
Paranoia
Paranoia
Don't you know that last night
Turned to daylight
And a minute, became a day
Last night (last night)
All my troubles
Well they seemed so, so far away
Searching my reflection
For a glimpse of, another one
I've got to get away from all these high high times
'Cause these high times are killing me
La la la la
High times (oh yeah)
We're living in high high times yeah
Last night (last night)
Turned to daylight
And a moment
Half a world away
Time can be so precious
When you throw your life away
I can't help living it up
Letting it all go wrong
I can't keep living this way
Knowing my life has gone
Kids wanna give it up
Kids wanna give it up
Time to let your mind be free
Searching for eternity
Kids wanna give it up
Kids wanna give it up
Time to let your mind be free
Searching for eternity
Kids wanna give it up
Kids wanna give it up
Time to let your mind be free
Searching for eternity
Kids wanna give it up
Kids wanna give it up, yeah, alright
So, this song is not about smoking just marihuana or getting drunk from time to time (like discussion in another topic here) This is about the really hard drugs that will take you immedeately into another reality, out of control, but will ruin your body and mind and make dependend very quick!
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funkynic
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Location: Buenos Aires Funkcity!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 20:51 |
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High times is kind of like, life being lived at """underground night life "" speeds:
Last night, turned to daylight.
And a minute, became a day.
Last night al my troubles
well they seemed so, so far away
searching my reflexion
for a glipse of another me
I´ve got to get away from
all these high times
cause these high times
are killing me...
FunkyNic
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fUnK[iLo]
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Thank you so much Monisum! I had always wanted to understand this song completely and your post has helped me a lot!  
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Serge
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 15:41 |
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I'll add a bit more to Monisum's post too:
The song can be applied to all drugs in general, but is mainly about coke (just listen to the repetition in the song - the bass, the guitar and piano - kind of like the way your leg jumps up and down without you noticing). The brass at the end seems as though it's reminiscent of sweet, intensely pleasant "high times".
You don't need your name in bright lights
You're a rock star
And some tin foil with a glass pipe (Tin foil - cooking heroin, glass pipe - for smoking crack cocaine)
Is your guitar - now yes it is
Little Angela
Suffers delusions
From these high times
She's been cleaning up, since she was fourteen
On the main line
And her hunky funky junky, of a boyfriend (Junkie = addict)
Got her on late nights, with her skirt tight
Woah, she's a wild thing
Letting it all swing (will do anything)
God bless our high times
Don't you know that last night
Turned to daylight (on coke, time flies and before you know it, it's daylight)
And a minute, became a day (but sometimes, for a minute, time stops)
Last night (last night)
All my troubles
Well they seemed so, so far away
Searching my reflection
For a glimpse of, another me (you're so confident and love yourself, you wanna admire how you look, could also be because you snort coke from a mirror)
I've got to get away from all these high high times
'Cause these high times are killing me
Now high times go on and on and on
High times rock your mind yeah
This twisted crystal Kingdom
Where you live your nine lives (comedown from the high, everything has sharp edges and is irritating, twisted crystal kingdom could also mean everything you feel while high is fake)
And your head spins
With purple cyclones
Made of dexadrine
And when the phone rings
You think bad things (paranoia)
Well these are high high high high times yeah (it's just normal that you're paranoid)
In any back street (where drugs are taken)
When you take the hot seat (when you do the drug)
Make sure check your flight times (check the time because it might be too late and no one can help you)
Oh now mama
Don't you know that last night
Turned to daylight
And a minute, became a day
Last night (last night)
All my troubles
Well they seemed so, so far away
Searching my reflecting
For a glimpse of, another me
I've got to get away from all these high high times
'Cause these high times are killing me
Now drop this time
Paranoia will destroy ya
Paranoia will destroy ya
Paranoia will destroy ya
Paranoia
Paranoia
Don't you know that last night
Turned to daylight
And a minute, became a day
Last night (last night)
All my troubles
Well they seemed so, so far away
Searching my reflection
For a glimpse of, another one
I've got to get away from all these high high times
'Cause these high times are killing me
La la la la
High times (oh yeah)
We're living in high high times yeah
Last night (last night)
Turned to daylight
And a moment
Half a world away (sometimes for a second you feel like you're a million miles away from reality)
Time can be so precious
When you throw your life away
I can't help living it up
Letting it all go wrong
I can't keep living this way
Knowing my life has gone
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Dye
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Location: Planet Home; Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 16:47 |
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Hello Jamirotalkers,
Well yes, 'High Times' is about drugs, talks about Jay's flirting with that kind of lifestyle. (Great post Monisum)
There's no secret in it too. He enjoyed that back then (to be honest, not pretty sure if he still does, altought with the track 'Cannabliss'...mmm...  ) and he dedicated a song to it. Like somebody said, 'white lines are killing me', and the 'high' of the title... or the censured part on the video (two actually: in one of them they are in the airport making a marihuana cigarrette, and at the very end of the video he is holding a 'cheeba' on his mouth).
But he also knows what he is talking about:
"kids wanna give it up
time to let your mind be free
searching for eternity"
"I can´t keep living this way
knowing my life has gone"
Message in pretty clear in my opinion.
Nothing much I can say about this song, although I think is one of the best ones on 'Travelling Wihout Moving'.
Some quotes of Jay about the song and marihuana and aditional information on 'High Times':
 -"Sometimes I do know what you mean I am protecting myself, I mean, on 'High Times,' I'm not blurting out the names and addresses of my dealers am I? Learn from your mistakes, learn from your mistakes, dude."
- Jay replied "stop smokin' marijuana, I ve been on it now for 2 days and I feel fine!" (with a smile on his face....everyone could tell he was lying!).
-'High Times' entered the CIN official UK singles chart at number 20. This was Jamiroquai's worst first-week chart position at that time since When You Gonna Learn?. Reasons: single being not so mainstream as the previous three singles Virtual Insanity, Cosmic Girl, and Alright, the lack of a video being shown on UK television prior to it's release, and also the price of the CD in the shops - which was more expensive than any other Jamiroquai releases.
Thanks to the funkin site for the additional information.
'It's your guitar... now yes it is!'
D! (dyego)
By the way, EvoV was the one who made good songs interpretations... but he left. |
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