Flashing Lights by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Man, isn't being a celebrity awesome? Trips to Florida, weather so breezy, getting flashed by the paparazzi—oh wait a minute. This life can be tough. And Kanye fully expresses how strenuous this lifestyle can be on one of his most beautiful songs: Flashing Lights. Chris and Travis go line-by-line through the track to expose how the heavy irony on display calls back to an earlier section in the album's narrative. If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/KanyePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win.
0:07.0	I guess we'll never know. I don't get enough up here. Jesus just rose again.
0:27.6	Listen to the kids.
0:33.6	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:35.8	A lyrical analysis of Connie West.
0:38.9	My name is Chris Lambert.
0:41.0	And my name is Tra. Travis. Bean, being, being, being.
0:45.4	And we're talking about flashing lights.
0:47.7	There was no, uh, no buildup to that one.
0:53.1	I just want to get, you know, I'm sick of the bullshit, all the pit pattering around.
0:57.3	We get a lot of negative reviews that, like, we spend too much time talking about other
1:01.4	things in Kine, like Paul Verhoeven and Patrick Swayze and our favorite fast food restaurants
1:07.4	and our least favorite fast food restaurants.
1:09.3	I just want to get to it today.
1:11.6	All right.
1:12.4	So the lights are flashing.
1:14.5	Yeah, but before we get there, Chris, I didn't tell you I've been watching the wire
1:19.1	lately.
1:20.7	Wait, really?
1:21.8	Yeah.
1:22.3	I thought that would excite you.
1:24.4	Yeah.
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