What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Action Bronson, Riff Raff, and Dana Coppafeel rip a track together produced by the White Russian

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

The combination of the fact of the song title and the fact that it’s summer implies it is the 4th of July. Which, is effectively America Day. On the 4th of July, many people set off fireworks, and in the intro there’s the sound of fireworks in the background.

It seems quite iconic that Lana’s new relationship of materialism starts on the day which celebrates America. This thirst for money is now everything that America stands for.

Additionally, “heaven being in his eyes” could also relate to “Video Games”:

Heaven is a place on Earth with you

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

A “roody poo” is a nice way to call someone a piece of shit. Legendary WWF (yes I said WWF) wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson used to call people roody poo’s all the time.

Riff Raff is the rap game Dwayne Johnson layin' the smack down on all other candy-ass rappers.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

The Power Rangers would transform (also known as “morphing”) into a giant robot like mecha structure known as the Megazord when battling enemy combatants. This process would always happen in no time at all.

The left hand shifting is on cars from overseas as the Power Rangers originated overseas in Japan.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Zero was Corgan’s answer to the public’s perception of him as a Rock God and, simultaneously, a way to express his condition of apathy. He expresses his reluctance to assume that role as he believes that such an indulgence can only lead to emptiness.

“Zero” became more than just a song to Billy Corgan; it became his alter-ego.

Zero is invincible. After all, it is nothing to begin with. He removes his ego out of the tumultuous music scene he found himself submerged in.

The song shares its namesake with Billy’s iconic “ZERO” shirt. Billy wore a Superman/Superslut long-sleeve tee for much of the Siamese Dream tour, in effect mocking himself: though the world saw him as a rock idol and a super hero, he saw it as an archetypal cliche. His solution was to declare to the public that he was worth nothing.

It is to say that ‘I’m not your god…

I’m your Zero .

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

A lot of people change to fit into the mold of society. This numbs the pain of being an “outcast” or “loser”, but also makes you like everyone else, creating less “actual feeling” like true expressions of art and love and other feelings of this nature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqWEpPIfGvs

Also about changing to conform and about the inevitable changes caused by the passage of time. As we age our emotions become more controlled and less afflicted by euphoria and despair, hence “the less you feel.”

Also if this is about a love relationship, changing would mean that you may also change your feelings, also as time goes by it can happen that you feel less for someone.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

By meeting one another (or simply interacting with new people in general) peoples lives become affected. Similar to the “Butterfly Effect” which basically embodies the concept that “if a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world it creates a hurricane in another”, which means every action creates a reaction, which means every interaction creates a change.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

While Billy Corgan himself has revealed very little regarding the meaning behind the lyrics, the theme of “Tonight, Tonight” is one of hope. To find the courage to lose oneself in the moment where all is possible.

The little information Corgan has given can be found in the 2012 liner notes:

Lyrically there were a few nods to Cheap Trick and Yeats, but the message I scrawled out was mine alone; rare in its direct honesty

In 1997, Corgan offered some commentary on the recording process:

When we were still in the middle of Siamese Dream touring, I booked us into a Chicago studio to just put all of our ideas down to tape. “Tonight” was one of those ideas…I never thought “Tonight, Tonight” would be a single. I just didn’t think people would get it. Also, I have to say that recording the 30-piece string section was probably one of the most exciting recording experiences I have ever had.

The music video was inspired by George Méliès' silent film A Trip to the Moon. Méliès' name is actually written on a steamboat in the music video.

The video for “Tonight, Tonight” dominated the 1996 MTV VMA’s with 8 nominations and 6 wins.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

As the saying goes, ‘you snooze, you lose,’ and when dealing with young miscreants you better stay on top of your game otherwise they’ll play you.

In the music video you can see the hooligans acting like fools in the convenience store while the employee is on the phone, and then they get crossed as their “friend” drives away at the end.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Justine has no reason to apologize for being “too cool” to enjoy her youth like the rest of the kids because this guy knows her too well.

The line “I know you better than you fake it,” could be a response in reference to Courtney Love’s line in “Doll Parts,” “I fake it so real I am beyond fake.”

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.