| The Band – The Weight Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Robertson: The story told in the song is about the guilt of relationships, not being able to give what’s being asked of you. Someone is stumbling through life, going from one situation to another, with different characters. In going through these catacombs of experience. you’re trying to do what’s right, but it seems that with all the places you have to go, it’s just not possible. In the song, all this is ‘the load.’ Quoted in ‘Martin Scorsese: a journey’ by Mary Pat Kelly, 1992. |
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| The Band – The Weight Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| see link for IN DEPTH details...http://theband.hiof.no/articles/the_weight_viney.html | |
| Talking Heads – Radio Head Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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According to the screenwriter of the Talking Heads film "True Stories", the song was written about the author (or, more specifically, based on a conversation about a "true story" the writer told David Byrne about some extra-sensory experiences years before...) Actor Stephen Tobolowsky met David Byrne and was asked to help write a screenplay treatment for what became the film/album "True Stories". Early on, Stephen mentioned that he had real ESP experiences when he was in college, and he heard voices, like a radio from the other room...David Byrne later wrote a song and played it for Tobolowsky, knowing that he would recognize that it was influenced by the story he had told Byrne. You can listen to the whole episode on the podcast (http://www.prx.org/pieces/65723-the-tobolowsky-files-ep-44-the-voice-from-anoth) |
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