submissions
| Bush – Everything Zen Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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kOs- The song only makes sense to me when heard as fractured pieces of converstations from someone's (the artist's?) daily life. It feels like my life (some time ago), an unstructured lifestyle drifting through each day in search of the essentials (see first verse):
Food, "F" ing, Flying, Family.
It's all nonsensical yet plausible. Imagine going through the day and periodically and randomly recording bits and pieces of comments you've made . . . it may sound alot like the first verse. Anyway, it would probably be just as crazy sounding. And, there's a good chance you would be discussing some of the same topics (eating, sex, going somewhere, your family).
The second verse blows it up to a philosophical level (less accessible but equally intruiging). I agree with kO's connection to Ginsberg's poem and theme of lacking spiritual nourishment- another essential that often escapes us all. That's life. . . that's the world of many today= chaos centered around "the need for the essentials" or survival. AND, we're supposed to find peace and understanding (Zen) as we drift through it? I don't think so!
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| Tom Waits – Rain Dogs Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Check out the blog regarding "Everything Zen" by Bush. "Rain dog" makes another appearance . . . I made a post about the lyrics being about a person drifting through this crazy world and surviving it. The "rain dog" analogy fits it. |
submissions
| Bush – Everything Zen Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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You're right about the priorities of a poet/writer: repeat your most important message. But- does this writer/poet/artist obey the other two standards (know your audience and (moreso) write for clarity? I tried to make sense of it below. It's tricky stuff . . . |
submissions
| Bush – Everything Zen Lyrics
| 16 years ago
|
kOs- The song only makes sense to me when heard as fractured pieces of converstations from someone's (the artist's?) daily life. It feels like my life (some time ago), an unstructured lifestyle drifting through each day in search of the essentials (see first verse):
Food, "F" ing, Flying, Family.
It's all nonsensical yet plausible. Imagine going through the day and periodically and randomly recording bits and pieces of comments you've made . . . it may sound alot like the first verse. Anyway, it would probably be just as crazy sounding. And, there's a good chance you would be discussing some of the same topics (eating, sex, going somewhere, your family).
The second verse blows it up to a philosophical level (less accessible but equally intruiging). I agree with kO's connection to Ginsberg's poem and theme of lacking spiritual nourishment- another essential that often escapes us all. That's life. . . that's the world of many today= chaos centered around "the need for the essentials" or survival. AND, we're supposed to find peace and understanding (Zen) as we drift through it? I don't think so! |
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