Moving from one species of animal hunted by man, the Buffalo’ to another the ‘Deer’.
“Deer Dance” is a track from the 2001 Album ‘Toxicity’ by System of a Down. Growing up in Los Angeles, System Of A Down was familiar with police brutality and riots. In this song, they call out the cops who use force to quash protesters. The theme of governments using every means at their disposal to silence those who speak out against them is a common one for System Of A Down. In some cultures, there are “deer dances” where dancers will perform dressed as deer. In this song, the “deer dance” could be seen as the peaceful protests that are met with force, like a hunter taking aim at a trophy buck.
“Deer in the Headlights” is the third single from ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ (2011), the third album by Owl City, which features drums, bass, and electric guitar high up in the mix. It’s big and energetic and it’s got a huge sound. Owl City leader Adam Young told the story behind the song in an interview: “I enjoy writing largely from the imagination, and usually that produces rather abstract imagery. But with ‘Deer in the Headlights,’ I wrote a personal song that plays close to the chest in a way that no other song I’ve written ever has. I was ending a serious relationship at the time, and I was harrowed by the fact that so many people (specifically me) have a funny tendency to desire romance merely for the sake of avoiding loneliness, which ultimately means it’s not about LOVE at all! Sometimes it’s easy to be ‘blinded by the light’ and forget all about what true romance is designed by God to be. When all you focus on are the warm fuzzies, a relationship can become dangerous and disastrous very quickly.
“Snow Deer” is a track by Woody Guthrie orginally recorded on the Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings Volume 4. released in 1999 but recorded much earlier. Unfortunately Guthrie had very few opportunities to record his work and the quality of those recording is now considered to be like a demo.
“Deer Park” is a track from the album Circuit Breaker by Nick Brennan. Brennan’s 18-year career as Tripswitch has seen numerous successes and highlights, from New York Times reviews to BBC Radio 1 airplay, live performances all over the world, writing music for a major video game, ad campaigns, music for BBC’s Blue Planet – and more recently, the veteran Chillout-Electronica “producer’s producer” has consolidated his rising position in the Progressive House world through a massively busy few years of original productions, remixes, DJ performances, and collaborations with some of the biggest names in the business, including his old friend Nick Warren and most recently El Maestro, Hernan Cattaneo. Nick’s break came when he was signed to Youth’s Liquid Sound Design label, leading to the release of the seminal album ‘Circuit Breaker’ in 2005, widely held up as a classic in the Chillout-Downtempo genre. The album was honoured with numerous high-rated reviews in publications such as DJ Mag and iDJ Magazine, garnered praise from Anoushka Shankar in the New York Times, and included the massively popular ‘Roll Your Own’, which featured on numerous compilations, including Nick Warren.
“Deer Stop” by Goldfrapp an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesiser) and Will Gregory (synthesiser). ‘Felt Mountain’ is their debut studio album. It was released in September 2000 by Mute Records. Deer Stop is a ballad which features childlike vocals and sexually suggestive lyrics. The title track was influenced by Goldfrapp’s “idea of a wolf being whipped in this little Tudor house overlooking a snowy landscape”.
