| Queen – Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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My current interpretation of the song (and I've had a few) is that it's a love song to their Japanese fans. For a while they weren't exactly popular in the U.S., U.K., Australia, etc., but when they went to Japan they were surprised to find they were the next big thing, and that they were REALLY popular. I mean, hordes of teenage girls followed them around everywhere they went and waved pictures of them. Queen were really embraced by the country, and a few of them expressed a deep fondness for it (Freddie even started collecting Japanese antiques!). After the A Night at the Opera album, and becoming popular everywhere else, they decided to give a little “thank you” in song form to the Japanese fans who had loved them so much. Proof of this theory would be that it was released as a single in Japan. The “when I’m gone” lines aren’t about death, but about leaving Japan, and the “let us cling together” verse is about maintaining the good relationship between the band and their fans. The “Hear my song” verse is about recalling good memories and holding them close to their hearts, and the “they’ll say we’re all fools” verse is a request for their fans not to be swayed by negative criticism. The thank you to the fan interpretation may not seem to be as potent and meaningful as the death and love interpretation, but I think it’s a beautiful and meaningful song, and the best “thank you” a band has ever given to its fans. |
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| Queen – Let Me Entertain You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| AGHHHH! FOR I POSTED IN THE WRONG SONG THREAD! That was meant to go in the "Teo torriate" song discussion, SO sorry guys! | |
| Queen – Let Me Entertain You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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My current interpretation of the song (and I've had a few) is that it's a love song to their Japanese fans. For a while they weren't exactly popular in the U.S., U.K., Australia, etc., but when they went to Japan they were surprised to find they were the next big thing, and that they were REALLY popular. I mean, hordes of teenage girls followed them around everywhere they went and waved pictures of them. Queen were really embraced by the country, and a few of them expressed a deep fondness for it (Freddie even started collecting Japanese antiques!). After the A Night at the Opera album, and becoming popular everywhere else, they decided to give a little “thank you” in song form to the Japanese fans who had loved them so much. Proof of this theory would be that it was released as a single in Japan. The “when I’m gone” lines aren’t about death, but about leaving Japan, and the “let us cling together” verse is about maintaining the good relationship between the band and their fans. The “Hear my song” verse is about recalling good memories and holding them close to their hearts, and the “they’ll say we’re all fools” verse is a request for their fans not to be swayed by negative criticism. The thank you to the fan interpretation may not seem to be as potent and meaningful as the death and love interpretation, but I think it’s a beautiful and meaningful song, and the best “thank you” a band has ever given to its fans. |
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| The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Her name is Lil Magill. "Magill" is not a first name; it's obviously a last name. As for whether her name is Lil or Nancy, I'd point out that "She called herself Nancy". It's like the French "Je m'appelle," instead of saying "My name is" they use the reflexive "I call myself" to introduce themselves. I never thought of the "Nancy" thing as an alias. There are plenty of instances of people getting "nicknamed" another name. Someone named Greg or something introduced himself to a friend of mine and said, as a joke, “Hi, my name is Brian” and she continued to call him Brian even after he had told her his real name. Maybe Lil just didn’t look like a Lil, and someone said the name Nancy fit better, and the name stuck. | |
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