| John Prine – Lake Marie Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Bob Dylan called John his favorite songwriter and this his favorite song. Why? | |
| John Prine – Sweet Revenge Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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One of the best lines : "the radio has learned all of my favorite tunes." A beautiful and profound expression of self-involvement. I am unclear on the rest of the song. |
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| John Prine – Angel From Montgomery Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Have a look at " Lake Marie" Bob Dylan said that John was his favorite song writer and this his best song. He called John a "Proustian Existentialist" |
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| John Prine – My Own Best Friend Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| It is about masturbation. Read the lines beginning with "I'm a victim of friction." | |
| Bob Dylan – She Belongs to Me Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Oh, by the way, Egyptians were death worshipers. | |
| Bob Dylan – She Belongs to Me Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think you have this right. This man is in thrall to a powerful and aloof woman. I think the "keyhole" comment is her vagina/sex and the only way this man, later in their relationship, can feel connected, however falsely, is through sex with her . Sex which is really just service and the man realizes this fact yet remains for this small part of her. He has been collected ("walking antique") by her and will soon be rejected. He knows all this and remains for whatever she will give him. To suggest the "Egyptian ring " refers to a particular person ( though it may in reality) is to lose sight of the aim of an artist: universality. I guess where I differ with you is I believe this guy has more self awareness as to the impossibility of a true relationship with the woman but chooses to remain. |
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| John Prine – Lake Marie Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Perhaps John is commenting on the media and our appetite for it here. The initial tale about the indians is obviously false suggesting the other stories to follow are colored by time and perception as well. The description of blood in a black and white video appearing as "shadow" diminishes the deaths as most television "news" reports do. Likewise, the wind blowing "especially " through his lover's hair speaks to the idea that we see things through our own prism. Bob Dylan claimed John to be his favorite song writer and this to be his favorite Prine song. It is not mine but perhaps I need to learn it better. |
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