Serpentine Song

[Allen Yerke]

Thelyrics to Welcome to the Jungle are quite simple. I ran them through a vocabulary profiler and the most advanced vocabulary in the song is B1 with a few B2 phrases so this should be a good podcast for B1 or intermediate learners.

This meaning of high I think comes from the phrase high-spirits however, it has come to mean intoxicated by drugs. When people are intoxicated by alcohol, they say they are drunk. But for drugs like cannabis, people say they are high.

So although the jungle is exciting and there are fun and games and whatever you want, it is still the jungle and there are dangers. If you are not careful, if you overdo the jungle lifestyle, you will not survive.

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"Serpentine Fire" is a single by Earth, Wind & Fire which was issued in October 1977 by Columbia Records.[2] The single rose to numbers 1 and 13 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs and Hot 100 charts, respectively.[3][4]

"Serpentine Fire" spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and was named the R&B single of the year by Billboard.[3][5] The song was produced by bandleader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions and arranged by Tom Tom 84. "Serpentine Fire" was composed by Maurice, Verdine White and Reginald 'Sonny' Burke. An instrumental version of "Serpentine Fire" was the b-side of this single. "Serpentine Fire" came off of EWF's 1977 album All 'n All.[2]

The Guardian declared "songs such as Serpentine Fire and Jupiter run on sheer adrenaline".[7] Ed Hogan of AllMusic called the tune "a poppin mid-tempo jam".[8] Joe McEwen of Rolling Stone exclaimed "Serpentine Fire, a song about the spinal life-center philosophy of many Eastern religions, is a simple tango spiced by a subtle funk base and the incessant clanging of a cowbell."[9] Phyl Garland of Stereo Review also described the song as "a high stepper guaranteed to set even the most sluggish soul into motion".[10] Record World said that "The sound is the thing here, with percussion, guitars and brass creating an infectious rhythmic environment for a basic, frequently-repeated lyric."[11]

In December 2016, bass guitarist Nathan East released a cover of "Serpentine Fire" featuring Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson as a single via Yamaha Entertainment Group.[14][15] The song reached No. 17 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs chart.[16]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic proclaimed "Serpentine Fire" gets an ornate update with Bailey and EW&F partners Verdine White and Ralph Johnson. Phil Collins' drums and Eric Clapton's guitar are dredged from the master recording of an abandoned project, lost for 25 years, that was found in Patti Austin's basement by East's engineer."[17]

"Serpentine Fire" has also been covered by artists such as Jimmy Smith on his 1978 album Unfinished Business and Tom Scott on his 1990 album Them Changes. Brian Culbertson covered the song on his 2003 album Come On Up and Jack DeJohnette recorded another version with Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison for his 2015 album In Movement.[15]

I believe this song is about a Succubus, o woman-demon who uses her wily charms to seduce men and lead them to their ill fate. from a more real-world perspective i think this song is just about women who don't (or can't) love and just play with the hearts and emotions of men seeking gain or just a sadistic satisfaction from making them miserable

while possible, i dont know why disturbed would write a song about a succubs. i think that much more likely, this song is about draiman's ex-girlfriend/fiance, who just upped and abandoned him during the making of this album. the song "The Infection" seems to be about the aftermath of her leaving.

Thats basically what i was saying. its about his ex-girlfriend. perhaps he may be using a succubus as a metaphor for her, or talking about her directly. either way, im pretty sure that the song is about her.

This song is about vampirism.... about being bitten by a vampire (perhaps a succubus, which is a female vampire who seduces and drains male victims) and changed. the "Dark desire" is his bloodlust... the "endless night" is his awakening to the vampire world..

See those dogs come running, smelling blood nowTo an open sore on a parasiteCountless hearts have fallen, hard to numberDamnation's whore is looking for a victim tonightWith an angry soul and a wicked designYour will cannot endure and your heart is torn away

I was caught up in the momentWe were alone and you seemed to harness the lightEven though I felt cold inside when you told me it would be alrightI had given up control and I didn't focus hard enoughTo see the warning signs, your heart is serpentine

The Treble Makers were a singing group consisting of four Serpentine from four different tribes, who entered a talent show in an attempt to retrieve the third Fangblade, contained in the Blade Cup. Attempting to win the contest, the group of Serpentine disguised as poorly dressed contestants, naming their group the "Treble Makers," and entered singing a song called "My Poison."

After completing the song, the judges, consisting of Pythor and two Ninjago citizens, in total gave the Treble Makers a solid twenty-eight, due to the Anacondrai forcing the two other judges to flip their initial scores of sixes to nines, while Pythor had already planned to give them a perfect ten. In spite of being ranked so high, the ninja went on top as a perfect thirty, subsequently, after their excellent performance, complemented when Cole had performed the Triple Tiger Sashay.

After discovering that the Blade Cup contained the Constrictai Fangblade, Pythor ordered Lasha, Snappa, Mezmo, and Chokun to enter the annual Talent Show in Ninjago City. The Serpentine disguised themselves with wigs and sunglasses before entering themselves as the "Treble Makers." For their performance, they sang a song called "My Poison" which failed to impress anyone apart from their fellow Serpentine and the two Skulkin Generals in the audience.

Disguised as a judge, Pythor awarded the Treble Makers a score of ten at the conclusion of their performance, whereas the remaining judges assigned it a mere six. However, Pythor intimidated the other two judges into flipping their scorecards around, resulting in a nearly perfect score of twenty-eight. Despite this, the Treble Makers would lose the competition to the ninja, who were entered as the group Spin Harmony, forcing the Serpentine to steal the Blade Cup instead.

Sandor knows Sansa's hot for him, but he wants something more than that. He won't take her maidenhead until he knows she wants him for more than his body. Meanwhile, big changes happen in the Riverlands, and Joffrey decides to finally reward Sandor for his service.

Sansa heard a sudden commotion outside, growing louder and more urgent with each passing second. She looked out her window, heart pounding. Men were in the yard arming themselves to put down another skirmish in the restless city.

A recklessness took hold of her. Without thinking, she pulled on a dark cloak and soft slippers, feeling as if she were in a dream. Before she knew it, she was flying across the drawbridge and up the serpentine to the godswood. No one even noticed her. Gods be good.

Last month Matt Berninger of The National released his debut solo record, Serpentine Prison on Book Records, a new imprint formed by Berninger and Booker T. Jones in conjunction with Concord Records. Jade caught up with Matt about working with Booker as a producer, and how he's been spending his free time lately. (Hint: It includes Bear Grylls videos.)

JADE: Hey, it's Jade, inviting you to another Current virtual session, and today, we are joined by the frontman of The National, who now has his own solo record, it's called "Serpentine Prison." It is Matt Berninger. And thank you so much for joining us today. And I want to say, this has been such a weird sort of reset time for a lot of people, and how are you dealing with that?

MATT BERNINGER: Yeah, I am resetting, too. I'm rewiring. I'm adjusting. I like being home this much; I do like that a lot. But it's hard. It is hard not to see people in person that much. It's hard not to see people's faces; only people's eyes. It's hard not to be able to go be with and around people in restaurants and in subways, and I find that really alienating and unstabilizing -- or destabilizing. So that part of it's rough. So I kind of swing back and forth between finding great sort of comfort in just being home and trying to rethink how to approach, you know, life or whatever, you know, everything!

Yeah. I think it's weirdly a combination of being grateful for all the little things and discovering those little things in your life, and then, just missing things so much. But one of the things that has been a comfort is all of these new albums that we've gotten this year from people, and listening to new music. And you do have a new album, and a solo album! I've always been a huge fan of the National, and you guys have played together for several decades at this point...

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