There are at least 8 artists called "X".
1: X (America)
X w… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 8 artists called "X".
1: X (America)
X were far from the first punk rock band in Los Angeles, and they weren't the first to achieve some level of nationwide recognition, but in a very real way, they were the ones who put the L.A. punk scene on the map. X were the first L.A. punk band to be taken seriously by the rock press on both coasts, and at a time when many wondered how punk could thrive in the land of all that was mellow, X played music that was as raw, passionate, and powerful as anything coming out of New York, London, or any other major city. X's melding of punk's speed and ferocity with the sounds of rockabilly, blues, country, and other roots music styles would prove to be wildly influential in the years that followed, as were the off-kilter harmonies of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. And while they never enjoyed the commercial breakthrough that many believed was their due, X were massively popular in their home town and could successfully headline large outdoor venues like the Greek Theater, proving there was an audience for punk in the City of the Angels. Their first two independently released albums -- 1980's Los Angeles and 1981's Wild Gift -- were critical favorites and sold remarkably well by small-label standards, helping establish Slash Records as a major independent label as well as defining the group's unique approach. The band moved up to a major label, Elektra Records, with their unique sound and integrity intact on 1982's superb Under the Big Black Sun. After Zoom left the band, they soldiered on with new guitarist Tony Gilkyson on 1987's underrated See How We Are, but most of their fans remained loyal to the original lineup, and they remained a popular live attraction after reuniting with Zoom in 1998. Those fans would have to wait until 2020 for a new studio album from X, when Alphabetland was released to immediate and widespread acclaim.
X was formed by bassist, vocalist, and songwriter John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac), who moved to Los Angeles in 1976. Born and raised in Baltimore, where he'd played in a number of forgotten bar bands, Doe had discovered punk rock after hearing Patti Smith's Horses and was eager to form a band in his new home town. Through a newspaper ad, Doe met Billy Zoom (born Ty Kindell), a gifted guitarist originally from Savannah, Illinois who had been playing rockabilly, blues, and R&B in L.A. for years, and had backed Gene Vincent during the rockabilly icon's last shows. Like Doe, Zoom had discovered the Ramones and wanted to play music that was fast, loud, and honest, and they began jamming together. Shortly before meeting Zoom, Doe had met Exene Cervenka (aka Christine Cervenkova) who, like Doe, had recently arrived in Los Angeles (in her case from Tampa, Florida) and was interested in poetry. Doe and Cervenka were attending the same poetry workshop, and bonded over their shared tastes in literature. Doe and Cervenka started dating, and when he read one of her pieces and thought it had the makings of a good song, he asked her permission to sing it in the band he was forming with Zoom. Cervenka said she'd prefer to sing it herself, and before long, she was rehearsing with Doe and Zoom, with her enthusiasm compensating for her lack of musical experience. Naming themselves X, the new band went through a handful of drummers after making their debut at a house party in 1977; their original drummer was a guy named Mick Basher, and reportedly, K.K. Barrett of the Screamers and Nicky Beat of the Weirdos sat in with them on occasion, but when Doe saw the Eyes performing at The Masque, L.A.'s first punk club, he saw their drummer was just what he and Zoom had been looking for: someone whose style was smart but simple, and who hit a big snare drum really hard. That drummer was D.J. Bonebrake, and he played his first gig with X in February 1978.
It didn't take long for X to make a name for themselves on the L.A. punk scene, and later the same year, the group recorded their first single, "Adult Books" b/w "We're Desperate," released by the seminal West Coast punk label Dangerhouse Records. The single sold well, and X's song "Los Angeles" appeared on the label's sampler LP Yes L.A., but the band was unhappy with Dangerhouse's business practices, and opted to record their first full-length album for Slash Records, an offshoot of the key L.A. punk 'zine. X had also won a valuable ally in Ray Manzarek, former keyboard player with the Doors; Manzarek was impressed with X's bold music and literate songs, as well as their open admiration of his former group (they had taken to covering "Soul Kitchen" on-stage). Manzarek played keys at a few X gigs and offered to produce their first album. Recorded on a slim budget of $10,000, Los Angeles was released in April 1980, and immediately received rave reviews from punk fanzines and the big-league music press; it was an immediate success in the band's home town, and as word spread nationwide, the album sold over 50,000 copies, an impressive sum for an independent punk album. Along with steady touring, fans outside of California were seeing X thanks to the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, which focused on the L.A. punk community and gave the group a healthy amount of admiring screen time. 1980 also marked the year Doe and Cervenka became man and wife, with their relationship informing the lyrics to many of their songs.
X's second album, Wild Gift, appeared in May 1981, a few months after the release of their single "White Girl." Also produced by Ray Manzarek, the critical reception for Wild Gift was just as enthusiastic as it was for Los Angeles; sales also matched those of the debut, and before long, X were not just L.A.'s most popular punk band, but one of the town's biggest bands period, and became the first unsigned rock band to headline L.A.'s Greek Theater. Major labels finally came calling, and X signed a deal with Elektra Records, which released Under the Big Black Sun in July 1982. Manzarek once again produced, and while the bigger recording budget resulted in a fuller sound, the group's approach was essentially the same, and while critics and fans were once again impressed with X's passionate music and street-level lyrics, radio still wasn't ready for them, and the album failed to sell significantly better than Los Angeles or Wild Gift, despite plenty of touring and occasional television appearances. The same fate befell 1983's More Fun in the New World, as the band continued to sit at the top of the heap in L.A. without making significant headway elsewhere.
In 1984, Doe, Cervenka, and Bonebrake released an album by their acoustic side project the Knitters, while X recorded a bombastic cover of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" which appeared on the soundtrack of the film Major League. The "Wild Thing" single was produced by Michael Wagener, who had worked with heavy metal bands such as Mötley Crüe and Dokken; Wagener returned to produce X's next album, 1984's Ain't Love Grand, and while one tune from the album, "Burning House of Love," earned steady MTV airplay, the album's more polished sound didn't favor the band, and both critics and fans were disappointed while radio programmers and mainstream audiences paid little attention. Disappointed with the band's failure to break through to a mass audience, Billy Zoom left X in 1985, and the divorce of Doe and Cervenka, who had wed in 1980, didn't help relations in the group. Dave Alvin, guitarist with the Blasters and a collaborator in the Knitters, was recruited to join the band, and while he was an ideal fit for X, by the time they completed the recording of 1987's See How We Are, he was offered a record deal as a solo act and opted to leave. Tony Gilkyson, formerly with Lone Justice, took part in the recording of See How We Are and became X's lead guitarist after the album was released. While the album was a strong piece of work, sales were disappointing, and after releasing Live at the Whisky A Go-Go in 1988, X quietly broke up.
After the band's breakup, Doe launched a solo career with the album Meet John Doe in 1990, and also pursued a career as an actor, appearing in a number of notable film and television projects. Exene Cervenka released her first solo LP, Old Wives' Tales, in 1989, and recorded both acoustic and rock music as a solo artist and with the bands the Original Sinners and Auntie Christ; Cervenka also wrote and published poetry, created visual art, and acted in the film Salvation, where she met actor Viggo Mortensen, whom she married in 1987 and divorced in 1997. Billy Zoom stayed out of the public eye, primarily working in his own shop fixing and modifying guitar amplifiers, while D.J. Bonebrake stayed busy working with a wide variety of musicians and playing with a pair of jazz combos, the Bonebrake Syncopators and Orchestra Superstring. In 1993, after the success of Nirvana's Nevermind had opened up radio to more adventurous sounds, X reunited with Tony Gilkyson on guitar and recorded the album Hey Zeus! Reaction to the album was polite but not enthusiastic, and after the release of 1995's Unclogged, a live album drawn from a series of acoustic shows, the group once again retired.
In 1998, to the surprise of many, the classic X lineup of Doe, Cervenka, Zoom, and Bonebrake reunited for a handful of shows in Los Angeles. The reunion shows were rapturously received by both fans and critics, and the band has staged periodic reunion tours ever since. A late-2004 stand at the Los Angeles House of Blues resulted in the live CD and DVD Live in Los Angeles, and X continue to perform despite Cervenka's announcement in 2009 that she had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
In January 2019, X announced that the original lineup had gone into the recording studio for the first time since they cut 1985's Ain't Love Grand. The band recorded five songs with producer Rob Schnapf, and the following October, the first track was released online. "Delta 88 Nightmare" was a new version of a song X had performed and demo'ed in the '80s but had never recorded in its final form. The song was also made available on a 7" vinyl single in November 2019, with "Cyrano de Berger’s Back," a tune Doe had written and recorded with the Flesh Eaters, appearing on the flipside. The group returned to the studio to cut more songs, including a handful of new compositions, and in April 2020, after X were forced to cancel touring plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they offered their fans a consolation prize in the form of Alphabetland, a ten-song album that recaptured the sound and spirit of their celebrated early recordings.
Biography by Mark Deming
There are other artists with the same name:
2: X (Australia)
The Australian band called X, formed in 1977 by Rose Tattoo bassist Ian Rilen and Steve Lucas. They initially called themselves Evil Rumours. Their debut LP Aspirations (recorded by the equally great Lobby Loyde) is a punk classic (and was later reissued in the US by the revered Amphetamine Reptile label). Search for it you will be glad you did. A couple of members passed away early in their career. Cathy Green became a permanent fixture on drums. They were being groomed for bigger things and their LP ...And More was to get a big push from the label (White) but there was "an incident" involving the label and although the album was released it was no longer a priority. Probably because of this the band has long periods of inactivity, but continue to play nearly 30 years later including May / June 2009 with legendary San Francisco punks Flipper. They have released many albums and have a great reputation for their live-shows! Sadly Ian Rilen passed away in late 2006 from cancer, but Kim Volkman has stepped up to the plate. Their 2nd LP At Home With You has been reissued on Aztec Music with a bonus live album. Their music has been covered by the New Bomb Turks and feedtime amongst others. The classic debut Aspirations has just been reissued by Aztec Music.
3: X (Japan)
Metal band from Japan, founded in 1982, X changed their name to X JAPAN in 1992-08, when HEATH joined the band. Releases until Jealousy / Say anything belong to X. Later releases belong to X JAPAN.
4. Czech punk band formed in 2003.
5. Bulgarian metal band
6. An alias of Australian DJ Deepforces
7. An alias of Terekke
8. X is Javon Johnson, an American hip-hop lyricist from Houston, TX.
1: X (America)
X w… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 8 artists called "X".
1: X (America)
X were far from the first punk rock band in Los Angeles, and they weren't the first to achieve some level of nationwide recognition, but in a very real way, they were the ones who put the L.A. punk scene on the map. X were the first L.A. punk band to be taken seriously by the rock press on both coasts, and at a time when many wondered how punk could thrive in the land of all that was mellow, X played music that was as raw, passionate, and powerful as anything coming out of New York, London, or any other major city. X's melding of punk's speed and ferocity with the sounds of rockabilly, blues, country, and other roots music styles would prove to be wildly influential in the years that followed, as were the off-kilter harmonies of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. And while they never enjoyed the commercial breakthrough that many believed was their due, X were massively popular in their home town and could successfully headline large outdoor venues like the Greek Theater, proving there was an audience for punk in the City of the Angels. Their first two independently released albums -- 1980's Los Angeles and 1981's Wild Gift -- were critical favorites and sold remarkably well by small-label standards, helping establish Slash Records as a major independent label as well as defining the group's unique approach. The band moved up to a major label, Elektra Records, with their unique sound and integrity intact on 1982's superb Under the Big Black Sun. After Zoom left the band, they soldiered on with new guitarist Tony Gilkyson on 1987's underrated See How We Are, but most of their fans remained loyal to the original lineup, and they remained a popular live attraction after reuniting with Zoom in 1998. Those fans would have to wait until 2020 for a new studio album from X, when Alphabetland was released to immediate and widespread acclaim.
X was formed by bassist, vocalist, and songwriter John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac), who moved to Los Angeles in 1976. Born and raised in Baltimore, where he'd played in a number of forgotten bar bands, Doe had discovered punk rock after hearing Patti Smith's Horses and was eager to form a band in his new home town. Through a newspaper ad, Doe met Billy Zoom (born Ty Kindell), a gifted guitarist originally from Savannah, Illinois who had been playing rockabilly, blues, and R&B in L.A. for years, and had backed Gene Vincent during the rockabilly icon's last shows. Like Doe, Zoom had discovered the Ramones and wanted to play music that was fast, loud, and honest, and they began jamming together. Shortly before meeting Zoom, Doe had met Exene Cervenka (aka Christine Cervenkova) who, like Doe, had recently arrived in Los Angeles (in her case from Tampa, Florida) and was interested in poetry. Doe and Cervenka were attending the same poetry workshop, and bonded over their shared tastes in literature. Doe and Cervenka started dating, and when he read one of her pieces and thought it had the makings of a good song, he asked her permission to sing it in the band he was forming with Zoom. Cervenka said she'd prefer to sing it herself, and before long, she was rehearsing with Doe and Zoom, with her enthusiasm compensating for her lack of musical experience. Naming themselves X, the new band went through a handful of drummers after making their debut at a house party in 1977; their original drummer was a guy named Mick Basher, and reportedly, K.K. Barrett of the Screamers and Nicky Beat of the Weirdos sat in with them on occasion, but when Doe saw the Eyes performing at The Masque, L.A.'s first punk club, he saw their drummer was just what he and Zoom had been looking for: someone whose style was smart but simple, and who hit a big snare drum really hard. That drummer was D.J. Bonebrake, and he played his first gig with X in February 1978.
It didn't take long for X to make a name for themselves on the L.A. punk scene, and later the same year, the group recorded their first single, "Adult Books" b/w "We're Desperate," released by the seminal West Coast punk label Dangerhouse Records. The single sold well, and X's song "Los Angeles" appeared on the label's sampler LP Yes L.A., but the band was unhappy with Dangerhouse's business practices, and opted to record their first full-length album for Slash Records, an offshoot of the key L.A. punk 'zine. X had also won a valuable ally in Ray Manzarek, former keyboard player with the Doors; Manzarek was impressed with X's bold music and literate songs, as well as their open admiration of his former group (they had taken to covering "Soul Kitchen" on-stage). Manzarek played keys at a few X gigs and offered to produce their first album. Recorded on a slim budget of $10,000, Los Angeles was released in April 1980, and immediately received rave reviews from punk fanzines and the big-league music press; it was an immediate success in the band's home town, and as word spread nationwide, the album sold over 50,000 copies, an impressive sum for an independent punk album. Along with steady touring, fans outside of California were seeing X thanks to the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, which focused on the L.A. punk community and gave the group a healthy amount of admiring screen time. 1980 also marked the year Doe and Cervenka became man and wife, with their relationship informing the lyrics to many of their songs.
X's second album, Wild Gift, appeared in May 1981, a few months after the release of their single "White Girl." Also produced by Ray Manzarek, the critical reception for Wild Gift was just as enthusiastic as it was for Los Angeles; sales also matched those of the debut, and before long, X were not just L.A.'s most popular punk band, but one of the town's biggest bands period, and became the first unsigned rock band to headline L.A.'s Greek Theater. Major labels finally came calling, and X signed a deal with Elektra Records, which released Under the Big Black Sun in July 1982. Manzarek once again produced, and while the bigger recording budget resulted in a fuller sound, the group's approach was essentially the same, and while critics and fans were once again impressed with X's passionate music and street-level lyrics, radio still wasn't ready for them, and the album failed to sell significantly better than Los Angeles or Wild Gift, despite plenty of touring and occasional television appearances. The same fate befell 1983's More Fun in the New World, as the band continued to sit at the top of the heap in L.A. without making significant headway elsewhere.
In 1984, Doe, Cervenka, and Bonebrake released an album by their acoustic side project the Knitters, while X recorded a bombastic cover of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" which appeared on the soundtrack of the film Major League. The "Wild Thing" single was produced by Michael Wagener, who had worked with heavy metal bands such as Mötley Crüe and Dokken; Wagener returned to produce X's next album, 1984's Ain't Love Grand, and while one tune from the album, "Burning House of Love," earned steady MTV airplay, the album's more polished sound didn't favor the band, and both critics and fans were disappointed while radio programmers and mainstream audiences paid little attention. Disappointed with the band's failure to break through to a mass audience, Billy Zoom left X in 1985, and the divorce of Doe and Cervenka, who had wed in 1980, didn't help relations in the group. Dave Alvin, guitarist with the Blasters and a collaborator in the Knitters, was recruited to join the band, and while he was an ideal fit for X, by the time they completed the recording of 1987's See How We Are, he was offered a record deal as a solo act and opted to leave. Tony Gilkyson, formerly with Lone Justice, took part in the recording of See How We Are and became X's lead guitarist after the album was released. While the album was a strong piece of work, sales were disappointing, and after releasing Live at the Whisky A Go-Go in 1988, X quietly broke up.
After the band's breakup, Doe launched a solo career with the album Meet John Doe in 1990, and also pursued a career as an actor, appearing in a number of notable film and television projects. Exene Cervenka released her first solo LP, Old Wives' Tales, in 1989, and recorded both acoustic and rock music as a solo artist and with the bands the Original Sinners and Auntie Christ; Cervenka also wrote and published poetry, created visual art, and acted in the film Salvation, where she met actor Viggo Mortensen, whom she married in 1987 and divorced in 1997. Billy Zoom stayed out of the public eye, primarily working in his own shop fixing and modifying guitar amplifiers, while D.J. Bonebrake stayed busy working with a wide variety of musicians and playing with a pair of jazz combos, the Bonebrake Syncopators and Orchestra Superstring. In 1993, after the success of Nirvana's Nevermind had opened up radio to more adventurous sounds, X reunited with Tony Gilkyson on guitar and recorded the album Hey Zeus! Reaction to the album was polite but not enthusiastic, and after the release of 1995's Unclogged, a live album drawn from a series of acoustic shows, the group once again retired.
In 1998, to the surprise of many, the classic X lineup of Doe, Cervenka, Zoom, and Bonebrake reunited for a handful of shows in Los Angeles. The reunion shows were rapturously received by both fans and critics, and the band has staged periodic reunion tours ever since. A late-2004 stand at the Los Angeles House of Blues resulted in the live CD and DVD Live in Los Angeles, and X continue to perform despite Cervenka's announcement in 2009 that she had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
In January 2019, X announced that the original lineup had gone into the recording studio for the first time since they cut 1985's Ain't Love Grand. The band recorded five songs with producer Rob Schnapf, and the following October, the first track was released online. "Delta 88 Nightmare" was a new version of a song X had performed and demo'ed in the '80s but had never recorded in its final form. The song was also made available on a 7" vinyl single in November 2019, with "Cyrano de Berger’s Back," a tune Doe had written and recorded with the Flesh Eaters, appearing on the flipside. The group returned to the studio to cut more songs, including a handful of new compositions, and in April 2020, after X were forced to cancel touring plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they offered their fans a consolation prize in the form of Alphabetland, a ten-song album that recaptured the sound and spirit of their celebrated early recordings.
Biography by Mark Deming
There are other artists with the same name:
2: X (Australia)
The Australian band called X, formed in 1977 by Rose Tattoo bassist Ian Rilen and Steve Lucas. They initially called themselves Evil Rumours. Their debut LP Aspirations (recorded by the equally great Lobby Loyde) is a punk classic (and was later reissued in the US by the revered Amphetamine Reptile label). Search for it you will be glad you did. A couple of members passed away early in their career. Cathy Green became a permanent fixture on drums. They were being groomed for bigger things and their LP ...And More was to get a big push from the label (White) but there was "an incident" involving the label and although the album was released it was no longer a priority. Probably because of this the band has long periods of inactivity, but continue to play nearly 30 years later including May / June 2009 with legendary San Francisco punks Flipper. They have released many albums and have a great reputation for their live-shows! Sadly Ian Rilen passed away in late 2006 from cancer, but Kim Volkman has stepped up to the plate. Their 2nd LP At Home With You has been reissued on Aztec Music with a bonus live album. Their music has been covered by the New Bomb Turks and feedtime amongst others. The classic debut Aspirations has just been reissued by Aztec Music.
3: X (Japan)
Metal band from Japan, founded in 1982, X changed their name to X JAPAN in 1992-08, when HEATH joined the band. Releases until Jealousy / Say anything belong to X. Later releases belong to X JAPAN.
4. Czech punk band formed in 2003.
5. Bulgarian metal band
6. An alias of Australian DJ Deepforces
7. An alias of Terekke
8. X is Javon Johnson, an American hip-hop lyricist from Houston, TX.
Mother
X Lyrics
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My mother knows that I've been Through a lot
She says I'm lost and I can't tell her if it's true or not
She lost her brother to the streets he never knew the block
Family pictures torn apart we know the glue has gone
l left home I don't know when I'll be coming back
Running man I made a blueprint it's a stunning plan
I should be sticking to the script but what's the fun in that
Someone else inside the mirrors who's son is that
I got a blunt inside my hand I'm in the boulevard
All the things I put together start to pull apart
Getting sick of driving ford I need a newer car
A new accord
Swimming in my fears I'm tryna find the bluer shores
I wonder who id be if I had fewer flaws
There's a man in my reflection I just wish I knew him more
Families torn apart broken hearts and broken marriages
I grew up in a place around the savages and scavengers
Life is a just race there's no time to a passenger
You could die any day so tell me how precious is a calendar
Alcoholic fiends in the streets so damaging
I had dreams of moving overseas just to manage it
Most of my friends stayed still they're all mannequins
My mother knows that I've been Through a lot
She says I'm lost and I can't tell her if it's true or not
She lost her brother to the streets he never knew the block
Family pictures torn apart we know the glue has gone
l left home I don't know when I'll be coming back
Running man I made a blueprint it's a stunning plan
I should be sticking to the script but what's the fun in that
Someone else inside the mirrors who's son is that
Told my mother that I love her I'm in need of a fountain
Holy water from Heavens feet of the founder
darkest of the nights what I seen was astounding
Walk into the shadow of the scene he's surrounded
Where are all the people that he needed around him
Root of all his problems he's the seed of the doubting
Searching for the love in the trees never found it
My mother knows that I've been Through a lot
She says I'm lost and I can't tell her if it's true or not
She lost her brother to the streets he never knew the block
Family pictures torn apart we know the glue has gone
l left home I don't know when I'll be coming back
Running man I made a blueprint it's a stunning plan
I should be sticking to the script but what's the fun in that
Someone else inside the mirrors who's son is that
She says I'm lost and I can't tell her if it's true or not
She lost her brother to the streets he never knew the block
Family pictures torn apart we know the glue has gone
l left home I don't know when I'll be coming back
Running man I made a blueprint it's a stunning plan
I should be sticking to the script but what's the fun in that
Someone else inside the mirrors who's son is that
All the things I put together start to pull apart
Getting sick of driving ford I need a newer car
A new accord
Swimming in my fears I'm tryna find the bluer shores
I wonder who id be if I had fewer flaws
There's a man in my reflection I just wish I knew him more
Families torn apart broken hearts and broken marriages
I grew up in a place around the savages and scavengers
Life is a just race there's no time to a passenger
You could die any day so tell me how precious is a calendar
Alcoholic fiends in the streets so damaging
I had dreams of moving overseas just to manage it
Most of my friends stayed still they're all mannequins
My mother knows that I've been Through a lot
She says I'm lost and I can't tell her if it's true or not
She lost her brother to the streets he never knew the block
Family pictures torn apart we know the glue has gone
l left home I don't know when I'll be coming back
Running man I made a blueprint it's a stunning plan
I should be sticking to the script but what's the fun in that
Someone else inside the mirrors who's son is that
Told my mother that I love her I'm in need of a fountain
Holy water from Heavens feet of the founder
darkest of the nights what I seen was astounding
Walk into the shadow of the scene he's surrounded
Where are all the people that he needed around him
Root of all his problems he's the seed of the doubting
Searching for the love in the trees never found it
My mother knows that I've been Through a lot
She says I'm lost and I can't tell her if it's true or not
She lost her brother to the streets he never knew the block
Family pictures torn apart we know the glue has gone
l left home I don't know when I'll be coming back
Running man I made a blueprint it's a stunning plan
I should be sticking to the script but what's the fun in that
Someone else inside the mirrors who's son is that
X's song "Mother" is a poignant and introspective look at the complex and often fraught relationship between a child and their mother. The song's lyrics are filled with rich imagery and thought-provoking ideas, exploring themes such as obedience, respect, love, and resentment.
The opening lines of the song, "The word you learn to love / The disapproval that you hate / That's Mother from Mother," set the tone for the rest of the lyrics. X is acknowledging the paradoxical nature of the mother-child relationship: the child learns to love their mother, but at the same time, they may resent the disapproval and restrictions she places on them. The line "They teach you to respect... Makes you always want to please Mother" highlights the way that societal expectations and cultural norms often enforce a particular view of motherhood, encouraging children to place their mother's needs and desires above their own.
As the song progresses, X delves deeper into the complicated emotional landscape of the mother-child dynamic. He describes the mother as someone who "keeps you warm" and "shelters you from harm," yet also warns that "she'll stunt your mind" and "emulate[d]" until you become a reflection of her own personality. The lines "She'll twist the words you speak / She'll kiss and say goodbye / If she thinks you're near escape / If you want to go away" make it clear that the mother's love and protectiveness can also turn into a kind of manipulation and control.
The final lines of the song, "The thing you grow to hate / The love you won't forget," encapsulate the complex mix of emotions that many people feel about their mothers. While the mother may represent a source of frustration, disappointment, or anger, she also embodies love, warmth, and security.
Line by Line Meaning
The word you learn to love The disapproval that you hate that's Mother from Mother
They teach you to respect and love your mother, but also instill a fear of her disapproval and judgment.
They teach you to respect... Makes you always want to please Mother Mother
The respect and love taught for mothers can result in a constant desire to please and gain their approval.
The one who keeps you warm The one who keeps you warm And shelters you from harm And shelters you from harm Watch out she'll stunt your mind She'll open up your mind 'Til you emulate her kind To make you good and make you kind Is that Mother? Mother
Mothers provide warmth and protection, but may also limit your growth by encouraging you to conform to their beliefs and values.
Downstairs I don't know Downstairs I don't know If it's the springs in her bed Why I feel safe in my bed Or her joints I hear When I know I'm alone Creaking overhead She must be watching overhead Mother Mother
Even when physically apart from their mother, the sense of security and protection may still be present, almost as if she is watching over you.
She'll twist the words you speak She'll kiss and say goodbye If she thinks you're near escape If you want to go away Mother Mother
Mothers may manipulate and guilt-trip their children to keep them close and prevent them from leaving or breaking away from their influence.
So she clutches at her brood So she gathers up her brood And sits across its face And smiles into their face She sucks up all its energy She beams down vital energy And smothers their last breath She gave us out first breath Oh Mother Mother
Despite potentially suffocating their children, mothers also provide life and vital energy, while also holding a powerful emotional influence over them.
The thing you grow to hate The love you won't forget
Mothers can inspire both negative feelings of resentment and positive feelings of deep, lasting love.
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Jay Adebisi
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X had a close eye and a great understanding of the current culture and what shook people online around those times of 2014-2016 when he needed attention for his career to take off. He basically represented the Worldstarhiphop and Vine culture to which he added contradiction with his softer emotional music.
I personally believe he had been studying the game for a while with the intention to attain legendary status, becoming the Tupac of his generation. You can see this intention in the way he talked and wanted to bring people together. His strength was to pick his intention and fully commit to it, to never break.
X did not believe in growing old he knew that if he were to attain that status he would have to die. He had these thoughts for a while and he finally decided that this life did not have any type of meaning so might as well make something out of it while young. So he decided to commit to this intention and that is how you hear him so many times talking about how he wouldn't live past 21. He stayed true to his intention and didn't puss out when the time came.
He sacrificed himself in the name of art, in the name of the "I don't give a fuck" energy, because he didn't see any purpose in life. And in the end if he might have found wealth and success and possibly a more peaceful position in life, he knew that at this point he could either become a legend by dying or grow older and eventually become irrelevant as the years pass.
In those years there was also great fascination for Kurt Cobain, suicide and twisted minds like Charles Manson. This was the culture, this was what people wanted to see. This is how you had attention back then. This how the youth felt. The energy was really careless and wicked. Get fucked up, get money, die young.
the date 18 June 2018 or 06/18/18 is to read like so: 6, 18th hour of the day (6), 18th hour of the day (6). Or 6, 6, 6.
He might have picked that date. It is pretty evident that he had an obsession with the devil (which was heavily part of the culture in those years).
It has made a lot of sense to me for many years that X is an artist and this is the art he decided to deliver to the world.
@MichaelJohnson-nj6pc
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I had the exact same experience as Cleopatra when my brother passed away at 18
Not long after he passed away, I was watching one of his favorite movie (at the time) and as i was watching it my lights started
flicking rapidly. It flickered for about 20 minutes to half an hour maybe and then out of all the times it could of turned off, the SECOND i entered my
room through my doorway the light bulb popped and turned off completely with just me in the dark. I walked out of course, but thinking back, i
realize it was probably him, as i was watching his favorite movie.
I remember the energy was so strong that i just knew there was a spirit in there like I even started talking. It was the one and only time my lights have
ever done that ever, all whilst watching his favorite movie not long after his passing
I also had many dream visitations from him, where in the dream his energy feels exactly the same as though he were right in front of me. It was more
than a dream. it felt real
He was about to turn 19 (2018, same year as x (4 months earlier, almost
same age,--------born, 3rd month and 30th), and his personality even reminded me a lot of x in so many ways mixed with my own personality of the spiritual side and intellectual side,
and his the reckless side)
@BeforeThisNovember
I’m a 33.
My whole life when I was younger EVERY adult always said “you’re gonna go far in life”. My school had predicted me straight A*’s in every single class.
I was the favourite grandchild (2 grandparents even admitted that to me, wtf I know lol..) All my friends parents said I was special. I was super popular in school (in my younger years). I’m talking where kids would literally FIGHT each other to sit next to me. I’d always have the best girls in the school as girlfriends - I got invited to kids birthday parties I didn’t even know.
I’m not bragging or trying to look cool - because this doesn’t have a happy ending.
Despite all of that, I always had this overwhelming sense in me that I wasn’t gonna be shit. That nobody really knew what they were talking about.
Anyway, I ended up getting an emotionally abusive step dad and I also got into weed quite young (about 14) and both of these things shattered my confidence.
I sit here now as an introvert (I’ve gotten a lot better these past couple years, actually), late 20’s, with no career, only 2 friends, and I havn’t even had a girlfriend since before Covid.
Idk if I believe this Numerology thing, but when I looked up my numbers, they did describe me to a T.
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@robbglow
I hated showing my work in math, all right answers, B+.
@cjm4607
XXX was born on 1 2 3 199(8) ... the pinnacles on the day he passed were 1-2-3-17(8). @Gary
@nicolarmour5842
This was a beautiful interview!!!
@Olohmayakun
Gary what if all three of my bday digits (added up) are 7s does that still make me a life path 3
@seeds4urmind21
garry you said I would be very careful with gypsies can you ellaborate on that,
i ve seen some crazy shit around me with gypsies I cannot even explain, and it always kind of seem they are cursing me out while passing it's,, weird to be honest
@xBabyRoyalx
“Make sure you are being healthy in mind, being caring, compromising for the ones you love, being loyal to the ones you love. If you love someone you’re supposed to be dedicated to them, right?”
- XXXTENTACION
@23beast88
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Cleopatra was the only person I knew were her son was on the day of shooting. Please note that the fact that as soon as he passed away. she silenced all the family members and kept them in the dark, including his father and his sister. Let’s also put in the fact that she hasn’t been doing nothing to prolong this longevity of her son it’s legacy she let it get tarnished by putting degenerate rappers all over his music, she doesn’t speak up about anything going on in the world. She turned off her comments because she knows that the truth is for her. She knows everything is written in the stars. She scared of the karma she’s gonna have to face. She also follows Drake and all his entourage on Instagram, and all the rest of their socials. She’s friends with everybody that XXXTENTACION was making sure to distance himself from she has silence many whistleblowers, and she’s painting a narrative that she was cool with her son before he died. They were super tight. They werent jah was at appoint in his life where he didn’t allow manipulation from anyone including his mom. He loved her, but he didn’t allow her to manipulate him, she resent to him. She believes she was right to what he has done in the world because she gave birth. Forget again she follows Drake on Instagram knowing damn well that was your son‘s nemesis and he still making this about your son till this day he flaunts about your sons murder and all his songs and you have the nerve to follow him knowing the rumors and conspiracies even the thought of him being related to your son’s murder should inclined you to stay away but you don’t you actually got with one of their OVO members and dated him His name was Mr. rugs. His live within all his fans, all his true friends fans and family he’s giving us the ability to see energy and you can see in this interview she was holding back so much she was lying a lot. Her frequency kept distorting. You can see it for those who know you know if you know, you know, this woman is no good. Look what she did to XXXTENTACION’s father she’s disgusting. She has a nerve to just flaunt his wealth and silence and community that he created by turning off the comments and her Instagram and social medias that censorship go to hell Cleopatra
@xanned1312
losing her son was the biggest karma she could get.
you really cant comprehend everything@@23beast88
@xanned1312
@@23beast88 x was the biggest spark and light in my entire life ik everything abt jah, dont get me wrong