| U2 – In A Little While Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Doesn't anyone think it might be as simple as a man who has to be away from home a lot? I.E. traveling around the world because he is a rock star and humanitarian activist? And he just might miss his wife and children? | |
| U2 – In A Little While Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Doesn't anyone think it might be as simple as a man who has to be away from home a lot? I.E. traveling around the world because he is a rock star and humanitarian activist? And he just might miss his wife and children? | |
| Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Dylan is a advocate for the everyman so I think this song as broader social implications. I think "She" represents people in general - people who look down on others. He is, by principle, against elitism and materialism. This social consciousness is present in all of his music. For example, who else took huge civil issues like Hollis Brown and "Hurricane" and made people take notice of the injustice of the situation. I've also read that his music consistently conveys a sense of some prevailing justice, i.e. the tables will turn and you'll get yours. I do wonder though if any one women particularly inspired the song. I'd be interested in finding out more about Edie.... |
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| Tori Amos – Toast Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Oops, found out more cos I am the curious type. Mr. Bojangles was actually written by Jerry Jeff Walker but sung by Dylan, Nina Simone, Bread and numerous others. Interestingly enough, Mr. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was a real person, born in 1878. He was a legendary black entertainer, a tap dancer, back in the early 1900's. More info at http://www.schlatter.org/bojangles.htm |
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| Bob Dylan – Idiot Wind Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is one of my favorites too--the song and the album. I like the symbolism that "Idiot Wind" is just a term for the stupid things that come out of her mouth, the dumb things she says. Along the lines of John Mayer's "My Stupid Mouth." Yeah, its definitely about a relationship and she's a bitch, but the biggest thing of it is her idiotic mouth. |
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| Tori Amos – Toast Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Mr. Bojangles is a song written by Bob Dylan. I'm not sure though of what he means by it. I'm sure there is some symbolism. | |
| The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song makes me happy when I listen to it, especially EVERY Spring. Its just coming out of the winter, which in my opinion is a great thing to celebrate. There is an awesome cover of it by Nina Simone. |
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| John Cale – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I found some additional information about Leonard Cohen's comments about what the song means at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pilgraeme/hallelujah.htm. Jeff Buckely also does a haunting version that is simply beautiful. Other people who covered it are Allison Crowe and Rufus Wainwright (which I heard was also on Shrek). Everyone has their own interpretations. But based on the article cited above, from LC's own words, I really think it is about pure emotion, and it is both good and bad at the same time. There is a spiritual Hallelujah, and the biblical references are the starting point for the idea of the song. He says he got the idea from the "tradition" of compusers who said Hallelujah. But Cohen takes it much further, and the song really gets into Hallelujah in everyday life...in the emotion of things like beauty, pain, love and sex. An in my interpretation, the most important thing to me was how the song/music made me feel when he sings the word "Hallelujah." I love the other lyrics, they are so simple but deep. But the emotion in that one word, hallelujah, is both beautiful and sad. It is a very powerful and intense song. The songwriting is compared to Shakespeare in the Stylus Magazine article cited by ablack8 above. |
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| Damien Rice – Cannonball Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Oh, by the way.....it should be "There's still a little bit of your ghost, your 'witness' (not weakness) in the second verse. | |
| Damien Rice – Cannonball Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Love this song too. I like the theory about falling in love too fast. That's what it seem like to me. But its also bigger than that. Another song with the same sort of deep intensity and irony is "Hallelujah." Try the version by Jeff Buckley. Its a cover of a Leonard Cohen song, but Buckley really nails it. It'll give you chills and believe me, it is "bigger" than everyday life. |
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| Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I also find this song hard to describe....its haunting, painful but its also beautiful poetry. I am moved less by the religious aspects of the song, but think there is validity to it. I found an interesting article from Stylus Magazine 2004 that talks about it... http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=931 I like the comparison to Shakepeare's elixir where he is basically calling the song perfect. I also agree that Jeff Buckley's version is especially moving--his voice, the emotion. In my humble opinion though, the song is pure emotion. What do I think of when he says Hallelujah? something sad but beautiful - its both at the same time. Also very interesting in the article the part about Leonard Cohen's sexuality and how he only sang that verse in concert "for fear that recording them might immortalize his troubles." |
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