First, let me say how honored I am to join SongMeanings; a website that has existed for literal decades and chronicles people's thoughts on songs however whacky or correct.
First, let me say how honored I am to join SongMeanings; a website that has existed for literal decades and chronicles people's thoughts on songs however whacky or correct.
A Little Bitter has fascinated me for a while now and I think everyone's speculation has been pretty reasonable. My only true input is that I think Layne and whoever else wrote the song with him fully intended the song to be interpreted several ways.
A Little Bitter has fascinated me for a while now and I think everyone's speculation has been pretty reasonable. My only true input is that I think Layne and whoever else wrote the song with him fully intended the song to be interpreted several ways.
People have already mentioned drugs, father, parasitic friends, God and organized religion. For me, personally, I thought of Demri as a possible association, as well. She was a model, shared Layne's addiction, shared his friends and acquaintances, etc. Obviously, I don't know all the details of their story but I know at one point Layne was pissed about her seeing another man.
The point in the song that most strongly made me think of her was the body as a dormant altar around which infantile men lie around itching and nibbling for a small piece of sanity of which [you] cannot give. In this interpretation the infantile men would be all the men, possibly including Layne, around Demri seeking brief moment of self-worth through an act of sex or intimacy. Personally, I think those lyrics are an extremely powerful metaphor for the warmth and sanctity of the female body of a tortured woman pursued by men who can't create anything of value for themselves.
Obviously, I'm drawing on some of my own lived experiences with that interpretation but at any rate that's what Alice in Chains always intended. Find your own meaning in the song and hopefully it brings you some solace in this difficult life.
This is about giving your canine friend some good exercise and fresh air.
This is about giving your canine friend some good exercise and fresh air.
This song is about someone who believes that their love life is cursed. They're asking a heavenly being to intervene.
This song is about someone who believes that their love life is cursed. They're asking a heavenly being to intervene.
From Hank to Hendrix definitely shows the passage of time, but more than that he's trying to say that we've been through everything together, we've seen it all. Other metaphors have been used for this, but few actually have used the music as the metaphor; the man is great.
From Hank to Hendrix definitely shows the passage of time, but more than that he's trying to say that we've been through everything together, we've seen it all. Other metaphors have been used for this, but few actually have used the music as the metaphor; the man is great.
beautiful song; a great story he tells.
beautiful song; a great story he tells.
I'd heard back right after the song came out & even some years later that "mellow yellow" was English slang for a gay person, a homosexual & in fact, Donovan & rock music in general was attacked by some Christian fundamentalists as celebrating a gay lifestyle, drug use, & sexual promiscuity.
I'd heard back right after the song came out & even some years later that "mellow yellow" was English slang for a gay person, a homosexual & in fact, Donovan & rock music in general was attacked by some Christian fundamentalists as celebrating a gay lifestyle, drug use, & sexual promiscuity.
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Just a wonderful presentation of an old carol ! If you haven't already heard this rendition, pls do yourself a huge favor and listen to this group, the featured vocals by baritone/bass Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid are amazing1
Just a wonderful presentation of an old carol ! If you haven't already heard this rendition, pls do yourself a huge favor and listen to this group, the featured vocals by baritone/bass Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid are amazing1
I feel like it's about someone who has broken up before (broken heart, only half left) and gotten his life "together again" giving relationship advice to someone who has just gotten his heart broken for the first time and is looking for purpose in life.
I feel like it's about someone who has broken up before (broken heart, only half left) and gotten his life "together again" giving relationship advice to someone who has just gotten his heart broken for the first time and is looking for purpose in life.