| Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Have to agree with Mert about the sponge boy! I came across this song a few weeks ago and I think it's just great. 'Jesus is just a Spanish boy's name' - what I like about this is that it seems to be an adolescent way of laughing off religion, BUT the singer can't quite get away with it. Being the enemy (any me?) of Jesus is meaningless unless you have some kind of faith. By the end of the first verse he's identifying with Christ on the cross. Similarly, I don't think we should take the ridiculous idea of God's house in the clouds, or the remark "you can burn me" as a mockery of religion so much as an attempt to engage with the eternal questions. Religion is 'there' in the background all the time, neither accepted as true nor capable of being rubbished and forgotten. I can't quite go with the idea of "tiny changes to earth" as 'doing good'. Nor with pakjow's quoting that kind of sugary nun's prayer about "grant me the wisdom". What matters here is that your life does make a difference("You can mark my words") without making a big splash, or causing damage. There seems to be an underlying message of, if not quite environmentalism, then at least of harmlessness. We can either take religion or leave it, but can't get away from engaging with the question of death and what it means for one's life. I've just been reading that some psychologists say that without having some idea of "symbolic immortality", we can't really confront the inevitable reality of death. To my ears, the words "something carries on" have a really positive charge to them. |
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| Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Hmm I like what you're both saying but for me the tone of the song is missed if you over sentimentalize it. It's about facing death and trying to salvage something. I think the quote from pakjow is too sugary. I think the kids in the video look a bit uncertain about the whole thing - as well they might. Some of them are enjoying it, but I don't think the sentiments have the innocence of childhood - it's an adult perspective, or maybe an adolescent one - the brilliant and extreme idealism of youth. The singer's eyes have seen some shit, though. |
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| Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Have to agree with Mert about the sponge boy! I came across this song a few weeks ago and I think it's just great. 'Jesus is just a Spanish boy's name' - what I like about this is that it seems to be an adolescent way of laughing off religion, BUT the singer can't quite get away with it. Being the enemy (any me?) of Jesus is meaningless unless you have some kind of faith. By the end of the first verse he's identifying with Christ on the cross. Similarly, I don't think we should take the ridiculous idea of God's house in the clouds, or the remark "you can burn me" as a mockery of religion so much as an attempt to engage with the eternal questions. Religion is 'there' in the background all the time, neither accepted as true nor capable of being rubbished and forgotten. I can't quite go with the idea of "tiny changes to earth" as 'doing good'. Nor with pakjow's quoting that kind of sugary nun's prayer about "grant me the wisdom". What matters here is that your life does make a difference("You can mark my words") without making a big splash, or causing damage. There seems to be an underlying message of, if not quite environmentalism, then at least of harmlessness. We can either take religion or leave it, but can't get away from engaging with the question of death and what it means for one's life. I've just been reading that some psychologists say that without having some idea of "symbolic immortality", we can't really confront the inevitable reality of death. To my ears, the words "something carries on" have a really positive charge to them. |
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