| Rush – Red Lenses Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I've already commented on this - it was quite some time back...like, years ago. Where'd that comment go??? The National Midnight Star was a fictional newspaper from a Second City Television skit. You young whippersnappers will have to look up just what SCTV was on your own. Anyway, in the skit - the National Midnight Star was a tabloid paper (sort of like the Enquirer) and when they mention some bizarre, outlandish crazy story - a chorus of people in the office would chime in saying: "And it's true!". ...I dunno, maybe they have an old clip of the skit on yous-tubes er som'en. Anyway, the song is *obviously* about 'information overload' - which was actually not all that easy to achieve back when it was released; at least, not when compared to today. |
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| Genesis – Undertow Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Obviously, the song is about the end of Autumn - vacillating between the choice between allowing oneself to 'dread Winter' or 'taking solace' in 'the hope of Spring'. Naturally, one can infer whatever 'metaphor' they wish. Everything in the universe 'ends', same-same everything in the universe must 'begin' as well - and many things, especially things that are part of 'life', are cyclic in nature; the seasons, for example. For you, this song 'could' be about facing one's own mortality - or, perhaps that of a loved one. Then again, another might simply see this as a song about a fond relationship that they know is about to end - perhaps, even if only for a short while. It is a beautifully written song... It reminds me very much of the stuff I used to write. |
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| Rush – Red Lenses Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The National Midnight Star was an entirely fictional 'tabloid' magazine - dreamed up for a skit by the comedy geniuses of a Canadian television show from the early 80's called: SCTV (Second City Television). In the sketch, the sort of 'slogan' for the magazine was that the National Midnight Star would only report something if "It's True!" :) So - imo, no, these lyrics are not about Neil getting 'ticked off' while reading a particular newspaper; nor do I think it is some sort of cometary on newspapers/magazines in general. What these lyrics are 'all about', imho, is simply social/political "anger" in a very general sense (which would, of course, include the inflammatory cometary of pundits and so forth); ie: "seeing red" (as it were). Although I realize that Neil is a "left-leaning Libertarian" (at least, he's been quoted as being such), *for me* (you get your own damn 'eye of the beholder' out of it!) - in the past few years (as there was no such 'definitions' at the time he wrote this) - I have come to identify this song with American Red State / Blue State 'politics', and that it is specifically (vehemently) espousing a "pro Red State" point of view. Myself? I guess you 'could' label me a 'conservative-leaning' Libertarian - but I reject such 'labels', personally. ;) |
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