Looking out, I want a reason to be there
'Cause I don't know what I've done to deserve you
And I don't know what I'll do without you Portishead – Nylon Smile
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The speaker doesn’t know what she did to deserve all of her sadness, but she’s had it so long that she doesnt know if she can live without it, she wants to have a reason to be happy, because right now she is okay with her sadness, as shown in Verse 2.
We'd ever known each other
And new evidence is what we require
In this world Portishead – Hunter
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In this world where there’s not enough love and intimacy, the speaker and her partner feel the need for signs of love.
It seems that the narrator doesn’t believe she’d get them by asking for them directly, except for waiting for awhile.
I stand on the edge of a broken sky
And I'm broken down, don't know why
[Chorus]
And if I should fall, would you hold me?
Would you pass me by?
Oh, you know I'd ask you for nothin'
Just to wait for a while Portishead – Hunter
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Hunting has pretty much always been used as a metaphor for courtship.
Perhaps there is something fundamentally flawed about the comparison. It assumes everyone is predator and/or prey, and turns love into a cyclical process ( we consume, then move on to fresh meat, over and over again). Not many prospects for comfort and security in a world of one-night stands.
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Multi-Instrumentalist Geoff Barrow explained to Observer Music Monthly (March) about this track:
The vibe I really wanted was when Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman at the Rumble in the Jungle and James Brown played. I wanted it to feel like it had been recorded somewhere really remote."
O que você dá, retornará para você
Essa lição, você tem que aprender
Você só ganha o que você merece Portishead – Silence
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What [Blige] need[s] here is eternal affection, or sex… that works too, this loving apparently has Blige in a daze, proclaiming her man as a monarch, devoting her full time to serve him and playing a game that it’s hard to say Blige’s character fully understands.
Always be my king, can't nobody take you down Disclosure (Ft. Mary J. Blige) – F For You (Remix)
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Disclosure are running for best dance/electronica album at the GRAMMY’s and best band, album and single of the year at the BRIT awards, Blige declares that like Disclosure, her man is unstoppable and is king.
Let’s just hope Disclosure fight off competition Arctic Monkeys and Bastille in 2014.
Hold to want me back
You make everything alright! Disclosure (Ft. Mary J. Blige) – F For You (Remix)
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This man’s embrace makes Mary feel comfortable, warm and secure and wanted. Just like when she would’ve been held as a baby or child.
There’s No More Drama with this guy.
And I'd do anything you say
Boy your love's got me in a daze
And I'd do anything you say babe Disclosure (Ft. Mary J. Blige) – F For You (Remix)
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It’s safe to say that Mary’s Latched and is now willing to do anything that her man may desire, the lust and love is almost hypnotic, enducing Blige into a daze.
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Dubbed the queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige has had a multi-platinum career ever since her early-‘90s debut.
Blige fits in perfectly with the house pulses of F For You, offering a slick 90’s dance-pop atmosphere reminiscent of Corona’s The Rhythm Of The Night or Snap!’s Rhythm Is a Dancer
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