Dull… Read Full Bio ↴Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is a singer and instrumentalist.
Dulli was born and brought up in a working-class suburb of Hamilton, Ohio. He is of Greek (father) and Irish (mother) descent. He first came to public attention in Cincinnati in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs, when Dulli joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky, guitarist Rick McCollum. Dulli's half-hour-long on-stage cigarette breaks, complete with running commentary on sexual politics and attempts at matchmaking at first enraged, but later fascinated the clientele.
Dulli's budding career in the rock and roll production business was halted as The Afghan Whigs began playing more and better gigs, drawing bigger and bigger crowds. The band was soon brought to the attention of Sub Pop Records in Seattle. Sub Pop's signing of The Afghan Whigs created quite a stir; they were the first non-Northwestern U.S. band to record for the label. The Whigs split in 2001.
In 1994, Dulli was a lead vocalist in the Backbeat Band, an alternative-rock supergroup that recorded the soundtrack to The Beatles biopic, Backbeat. Other members of the Backbeat Band were Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Don Fleming (Gumball), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Dave Grohl (Nirvana, later Foo Fighters), and Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum).
In 1997, Dulli (with Ted Demme and director Mark Pellington) bought the movie rights to a book by Ann Imbrie called Spoken in Darkness but the film was never made. He is now the lead singer and main songwriter of the band The Twilight Singers who released their fourth album titled Powder Burns in May 2006.
Dulli is working with Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Mark Lanegan Band) in the project, The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also appears on The Twilight Singers new EP, A Stitch In Time. He released his first CD under his own name in 2005, Amber Headlights, and followed it with a live recording in 2008, Live At Triple Door.
Wicked
Greg Dulli Lyrics
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I fit right in
We've been waiting for you, boy
Where you been?
I don't need no one to love me
I don't need no one to fetch my water
Come on get your money, child
I don't love you any more
Baby
Snap my crooked fingers
And you blow away
Say you want someone to love you
Say you want a fleeting memory
Come a little closer
Things ain't what they seem to be
Believe
What you see
Nothing else
Even dreams
I can't breathe
I can't see
I feel love
I feel love
This world is wicked
It's beautiful
You better play both sides
Or they'll think you an animal
Come on get your money, baby
Come on get your one time, one time
Come on get your loving, girl
It's a fine, fine day
The lyrics to Greg Dulli's "Wicked" paint a picture of a world that is both beautiful and cruel, where people are forced to play both sides in order to survive. Dulli sings of fitting right into this wicked world, seemingly comfortable and accustomed to its ways. He declares that he doesn't need anyone to love him or fetch his water, and urges the listener to come and get their money, suggesting that money is a means of surviving in this world.
The chorus of the song is particularly poignant, with Dulli declaring that he can't breathe or see, but he feels love. This suggests that even in a world full of darkness and cruelty, love is still able to exist and bring light to people's lives. Despite the harshness of the world around him, Dulli seems to be advocating for the importance of love and connection.
Overall, "Wicked" explores the dichotomy of a world that is both cruel and beautiful, where people must navigate both sides in order to survive. It speaks to the importance of love and human connection in the face of adversity, and offers a reminder that even in the darkest of places, there is still hope.
Line by Line Meaning
This world is wicked
The world is an evil and corrupt place.
I fit right in
I belong in this world of wickedness.
We've been waiting for you, boy
The wicked people have been eagerly waiting for the singer to join them.
Where you been?
The wicked people wonder where the artist has been all this time.
I don't need no one to love me
The artist does not want or need anyone to love him.
I don't need no one to fetch my water
The singer is self-sufficient and does not require anyone's help for basic needs.
Come on get your money, child
The wicked people encourage the singer to focus on making money.
It's a fine, fine day
The wicked people are enjoying their day and the artist is encouraged to do the same.
I don't love you any more
The artist no longer loves someone.
Baby
Term of endearment directed at the person the artist no longer loves.
Snap my crooked fingers
The singer can easily dismiss or forget about the person he no longer loves.
And you blow away
The person the artist no longer loves fades away from his thoughts.
Say you want someone to love you
The wicked people are suggesting that the singer wants someone to love him.
Say you want a fleeting memory
The wicked people are suggesting that the singer wants a short-lived romance or fling.
Come a little closer
The wicked people want the singer to come closer to them.
Things ain't what they seem to be
The wicked people are warning the artist that things are not as they appear.
Believe
The wicked people urge the artist to have faith in their message.
What you see
The wicked people want the singer to only believe what he sees with his own eyes.
Nothing else
The wicked people want the singer to ignore everything else.
Even dreams
The wicked people want the artist to doubt his own dreams and aspirations.
I can't breathe
The artist feels suffocated by the wickedness around him.
I can't see
The artist is blinded by the evil around him and cannot see a way out.
I feel love
Despite the wickedness around him, the singer still experiences the emotion of love.
I feel love
Despite the wickedness around him, the artist still experiences the emotion of love.
This world is wicked
Reiteration of the fact that the world is full of evil.
It's beautiful
Despite the wickedness, the singer finds beauty in the world.
You better play both sides
The wicked people warn the singer to not take sides and to play all angles to avoid being labeled an enemy.
Or they'll think you an animal
If the artist does not play both sides, the wicked people will see him as an enemy and treat him as an animal.
Come on get your money, baby
The wicked people continue to urge the artist to focus on making money.
Come on get your one time, one time
The wicked people are encouraging the singer to seize opportunities as they come, because there may not be another chance.
Come on get your loving, girl
The wicked people are encouraging someone to come and receive affection.
It's a fine, fine day
The wicked people continue to enjoy their day and encourage others to do the same.
Contributed by Noah C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.