| ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – The Summer of '91 Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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im probably very off here but i will say it anyway do you think the song has anything to do with nirvana's nevermind and its impact on the face of music? the summer of 91 was the summer before the album's release (sept 24, '91) and it just seems to me that the lyrics could be commentary on the state of things before and after an event all this talk of recollections, looking back to '91, etc alot of what haunted kurt cobain the most (at least, this is the impression i got) was how all he wanted to do was make music that spoke to himself and others he hated all the "rock star" hoo hah and never intended to be a face on rolling stone magazine perhaps these lyrics speak for him, and how he might have avoided that "Looking back at '91 Reflecting on those things we could have Said and done" maybe the album could have been produced less radio ready? its fact that the followup, in utero, was an obvious attempt at that (by then, it was too late, nirvana was the face of grunge) words like "The dancing lights across a crowd Remind us of another town That's dead and gone It's just dead and gone" seem to me to symbolize the excess of mainstream rock and the monotony of endless touring then theres more reflection of times before all this "Take me to that summer past And tell me is it really worth remembering? I realize that music then Was really just a song in my head And though the fun has past Those mythic dreams would never last" music was simple, music was pure, music was music music was not a job, not a pressure, not something to be tainted and corporatized "remember all the things you had that can't be bought" i dunno you see where i am going with that train of thought tho? i couldnt help but think of kurt cobain thru out the song what do you think? |
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