| Sonic Youth – The Sprawl Lyrics | 3 months ago |
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Alternate interpretation to Kim's version, assuming that sometimes these "official" versions can be innocent, half-remembered musings. The first verse sounds like her response to an interviewer innocently asking something like, "What would you say to people who might call your iconic sense of style, somewhat simple?" Her response in this verse is basically, "I'm not intentionally trying to live up to anyone's sense of fashion; I'm trying to authentically be a part of this culture that I love, so are you calling that simple?" Her retort asking the interviewer whether he's for sale, is her suggesting that playing into the fickle whims of "Fashion" is just selling out anyway, and is in fact the "simple" way out. Any idiot can just pay for the latest trends. But she reflects that despite annoying her, the interviewer was actually pretty good-looking. The chorus is her doubling down on and berating the trend-seeking poseurs who think they can buy a lifestyle. In the second verse, even though she grew up in LA, which is a big city, it was never enough for her, and part of why she wanted to move to NYC. She may overcompensate by projecting what might have been a more rural setting, but it's to make the point -- those innocent youthful days out of the urban fray are not necessarily something she's trying to disavow or deny, but something she always knew she'd outgrow, and that one day she'd follow that "big sign down the road" and pursue her destiny. The chorus still applies. She followed the calling of her soul and changed her life, even though she knew it might be hard. She continues to mock anyone who thinks they can be true to themselves if all they are doing is buying into capitalist consumption. Whatever it means, it's mega-sexy and just pours right out of the band. Love it! |
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