| John Lennon – #9 Dream Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It also reads like a creepy prediction of his murder, if you want to hear it that way. "music touching my soul, something warm (bullet) sudden cold ( life draining out of him/death) Somepne call out my name (Mr. Lennon) as it started to rain" |
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| Paul Simon – Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I always assumed it was about weed, but tthese guys make good points. The the line that makes me question the Jaurez/Julio mexican angle is that the papa says "Oy" which makes it sound like it is more personal to Paul. | |
| Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I've read what Simon has said about it in interviews regarding the chinese menu thing, but i always heard it as being about the break up of the Beatles. There are a number of references to Beatles lyrics ("little darling" from "Here Comes the Sun" and Paul singing "I know they say 'let it be." Along with that, the mother and child reunion is Yoko and John, John having made no secret of his maternal attachment to Yoko my comparing her to his mother in "Julia" and his nickname for her, Mother Superior." No, I would not give you false hope (of the beatles reuniting on this strange and mournful day (of the Beatles' breakup) But the mother and child reunion is only a motion away (john and yoko marriage and subsequent life together) oh little darling of mine (here comes the sun) I can;t for the life of me remeber a sadder day (the break up) I know they said let it be (they being the Beatles) but it just don't work out that way and the course of a life time runs over and over again. I just can't believe it's so, and though it seems strange to say I've never been lad so low in such a mysterious way ( about the shock and sense of loss at the Beatles break up) |
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| Paul Simon – Kodachrome Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I'm surprised no one has mentioned my take on it yet. I had always assumed it was a song about drug use. The color film presents the world as beautiful and focuses attention on the specific but simple beauties like the "green of summer" and makes you think "all the world is a sunny day." "Don't take my Kodachrome away" isn't so much about addiction as it is not to take away the only thing that makes life beautiful and bearable, hence the desperation in the coda. | |
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