| Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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henrychinaski9: You asked about the Siamese cat. "You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat" I believe in the Edie Sedgwick interpretation of this song... Therefore, I feel the diplomat is Warhol & my guessing of the cat... Well Siamese cats represent both gorgeous elegance (which attracted her) & also a side of mischievousness. Hence the line, "Ain't it hard when you discover that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal." Dylan is stating that Warhol used her(haha kinda state d the obvious!) Warhol wanted to make Edie Sedgwick a star, (his star) he saw that she was beautiful & could build his fame while using her! -Hes not really where its at- Warhol & Edie ended in unsettling disputes (don't know full facts) but others were talking her into being a real actress & leaving the factory & Warhol (he wasn't were its at) After they broke up, their professional relationship did as well (he used her as a beauty on his side... once she thought she had gotten bigger he discarded her. Thats all that came to my mind when I read your post. * But, I would love to hear what other people have in reference to the cat or other *mind pondering lines! |
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| Joni Mitchell – California Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Love this song! I think it can be interpreted as missing California and wanting to come home... but also. I think its about her love life-She met a Red Neck in Grecian isle... its a beautiful island of paradise, he did the goat dance (which is a dance they do i forget what island to predict the weather, something like that). He makes her Omelette's, but she misses her "California" another man. Explains -"Will you take me as I am Strung out on another man", -drug reference :) shes exhausted her last relationship & is coming home to "California" Wants him to take her as she is. "Still a lot of lands to see But I wouldn't want to stay here It's old and cold and settled in it's ways here" Hes old, she has her eyes set on another & doesn't want to get to know what else the land has to show. I like the Sunshine Pig interpretation where she kisses the pig, because I have always seen Joni as a sly songstress who is witty & i think shes being kinda humours when she says she will kiss a pig. Who do I think California represents, HMM David Crosby, was one of my guesses, she lived with him in California. They had a strong friendship he made sure the record label didn't make her go rock folk & gave her independence to do an acoustic folk record. He was in a lil rock group called Crosby Stills Nash... He was her biggest fan "Oh make me feel good, rock and roll band I'm your biggest fan" The next idea, was Nash If you listen to his songs about Joni it sounds like they had a relationship... He was also in the same band as Crosby. Jus the ideas I got from listening. |
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