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| Aimee Mann – Lost In Space Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This is a fascinating interpretation, and I think it works. I hadn't seen the song from this perspective. My interpretation (above yours) is mostly based on my knowledge of Mann writing many songs that comment (often with dry wit) on her relationships with men. "Guys Like Me" is another song of that vein on this album. |
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| Arcade Fire – Rococo Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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It's a criticism the next generation of hipster kids and their pretentiousness. Their (the "modern kids'") use of a word like "rococo" is a symbol of this. |
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| Neil Young – I Am A Child Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I really like the chord changes in this song. It puzzles me that the song just fades out after two minutes, almost like Young didn't know what to do with the melody (odd since it's such a beautiful little ditty). Anyway, the lyrics strike me the same manner. They are simple and literal and do not build to any grand conclusion, or have any grand symbolism. They describe the world from a child's point of view, a child who is looking to his father (or mother, I guess) for answers about the world. The lyrics end in a similar manner as the melody, with an unsatisfying, "It's lots of fun to have you there." Maybe a lighthearted song was all that Young was trying to write here. |
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| Aimee Mann – Lost In Space Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think the lyrics describe a man (many men, most men?) in a relationship. The man is emotionally disconnected, "lost in space." Mann is sarcastically describing the relationship from her point of view, with dry, cynical wit. She describes the man (shifting to his point of view, but in an extremely defacing way) as the "stuff of happy endings." But, of course, she's just being sarcastic here. Really, all of the man's emotional interest in the relationship is a bluff, a ruse. He pretends to care, but is far, far away. Mann continues describing the situation from the man's I point of view, in more defacing terms: The woman is the leader ("face") in the relationship; the man is the "double," the follower. He "keeps the pace," but offers nothing of substance to the relationship. He just fills space with empty air.
The thing that I like about this song is that Mann doesn't offer a motivational explanation for the man's emotional disconnection. It could be for more willful, selfish reasons. Or, it could be someone like me, who is sometimes clueless due to a lifelong anxiety disorder. Either way, the woman is on the short end of the stick in this situation. |
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| Sonic Youth – Do You Believe In Rapture? Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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It seems to me both a sarcastic and heartfelt response to the fundamentalist Christian doctrine of rapture. I agree that it is a jab at the Bush Administration considering when it was written, and knowing Thurston's politics. |
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