| Angus and Julia Stone – Sadder Than You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Her delivery of that line "You win, I'm sadder than you" is amazing, she conveys so much in that one line; regret, sadness, longing, isolation. Brilliant. |
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| R.E.M. – Boy In The Well Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I agree with Tiagre, in fact the first verse seems to be the character "beating his chest"; proud of themselves for getting out of this relationship/religion/etc. Also, it suggests that he tried to tell at least one other person of the imminent danger but they didn't listen. Finally the line "I'd like for them to take me on" suggests he wants to be tested again by his new "crowd". |
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| R.E.M. – Driver 8 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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DerUnbequeme, I think you've read far too much into this song, and I am happy to address several of your ideas. First of all, can I start by saying I don't think you are an idiot, I think you are very clever, but you do say things that make you sound like an idiot like "I have considered this kind of view before [that the song is merely about the Southern landscape] but it didn't answer my questions and it didn't fit my picture of Michael." Well, sorry that you're picture of Michael isn't the same as the rest of us. I would suggest that you have the wrong image of an early Michael Stipe, since this record the band have grown a lot. Furthermore, you look like an idiot when you referenced wikipedia as a source, and it was later pointed out by a user that your information about the Pullman strike was in fact flawed. Now, to your concern about the political nature of the song. You've referenced a lot of songs like "These Days", "Disturbance at the Heron House" etc. however, all of these songs come from the albums AFTER Reconstruction. Stipe is on record as saying that most of the lyrics on the first three albums mean nothing. Records like, Lifes Rich Pageant and Document are far more politically charged. On top of that, when R.E.M. want to write a conceptual album they certainly can, see 1992's Automatic for the People and how it addresses youth suicide. If the band had wanted to write about politics and railway strikes, they could've. Furthermore, can you find me another politically-charged song on Reconstruction? The answer is that there aren't any, quite simply because he wasn't writing political songs on this album. In fact, many of these songs describe the Southern landscape, and this makes sense considering this album was written after they had toured the South extensively after their first two albums. On top of that, the band as been quoted as saying that the recording sessions for Reconstruction were particularly difficult. Put this together with the knowledge that Stipe often admits his lyrics don't mean a lot and that he uses words that fit a line regardless of meaning and a picture starts to develop. This, and the fact that the words change from day-to-day also suggest that the use of the word "can" was merely convenience. The fact that 3 letters has sparked this much debate is simply ludicrous. I hope this addresses some of your concerns. But please don't post again; the majority aren't always right, but in this instance they definitely are. |
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