| Martha Wainwright – Bloody Motherfucking Asshole Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| well. i didnt know it was about her dad till i read these comments. it made amazing sense to me when I was breaking up with someone. I guess everthing makes amazing sense on such occassions. | |
| Martha Wainwright – When the Day Is Short Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| definitely one of my top martha's | |
| Dar Williams – Mark Rothko Song Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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sure it does. I learnt to play it on the guitar... This song made complete sense to me when I visited the MOMA in NY. Its just as she sings it...Clader moobiles, Renoir's et al. I felt completely part of the song after that... |
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| The Band – The Weight Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| and Fanny's probably the donkey carrying the weight... | |
| The Band – The Weight Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| and Fanny's probably the donkey carrying the weight... | |
| The Band – The Weight Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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quoting from wiki... Robertson on "The Weight" According to Robertson, "The Weight" was inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel, about which Robertson once said: (Buñuel) did so many films on the impossibility of sainthood. People trying to be good in Viridiana and Nazarin, people trying to do their thing. In ‘The Weight’ it’s the same thing. People like Buñuel would make films that had these religious connotations to them but it wasn’t necessarily a religious meaning. In Buñuel there were these people trying to be good and it’s impossible to be good. In "The Weight" it was this very simple thing. Someone says, "Listen, would you do me this favour? When you get there will you say 'hello' to somebody or will you give somebody this or will you pick up one of these for me? Oh? You’re going to Nazareth, that’s where the Martin guitar factory is. Do me a favour when you’re there." This is what it’s all about. So the guy goes and one thing leads to another and it’s like "Holy Shit, what’s this turned into? I’ve only come here to say 'hello' for somebody and I’ve got myself in this incredible predicament." It was very Buñuelish to me at the time. Only in this case, the traveler encounters the favor-asking people in Nazareth itself. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm returning to this discussion after 6 years. Its amazing to see more and more people searching for it meaning and finding themselves here... Its a beautiful things to see what a single song can do ...I returned to see if there ewere any new posts after AGES..I'd even forgotten my username...and wow, this is amazing.Thank you all. And especially sidebeard, who i noticed also checked in 3 years later once again! |
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