| Low – Plastic Cup Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I think one of the themes of Plastic Cup is about how what’s important now will not be important forever, and how that’s okay but also how what is important depends upon the perspective of the individual. This is apparent in the 1st verse when a change in circumstances appears to have affected an individual and they are being reluctantly made to reassess things by another individual who is describing the changes as though it is time for them to conform (`And you could always count on the 'rents to get you by`). The song goes on to describes how when one retrospectively looks back without the complete picture the past may be misinterpreted (`This must be the cup the king held every night`). This misinterpretation may be partially by accident but also through a desire to add interest or over interpret the mundane. For the individual in the song they are being made to look back on their previous life by an individual who may not have been there or only has a partial understanding. Finally, as with other comments on this song I do not fully understand the context of the last two lines. My interpretation is that the individual from the 1st verse is responding to the individual speaking in the 1st verse saying that instead of commenting on others peoples existence or situation they should focus on themselves (`you should go out and write your own damn song`) as they don`t have the complete picture so they should go and pave their own path (`And Move on`). |
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| Marillion – Kayleigh Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This is an excellent song and I just wanted to point out a really creative, and potentially under recognised use of this song in Episode 4-series 2 of ‘Peter Kay’s Car Share’, a UK comedy TV series featuring supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (Peter Kay) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kay%27s_Car_Share). In addition to depicting the hilarious, on-off, often frustrating relationship between John and Kayleigh ‘Peter Kay’s Car Share’ has been an opportunity for Peter Kay to show us his superb musical knowledge through ‘Forever FM’ but this little gem really stands out as they appear to have built an entire multi-series production in part around this singular song. Even the fact that the spelling of ‘Kayleigh’ is the same in car share given the multiple possible ways of spelling this name (e.g. Kaylee, Kayleigh, Kailey, Kaylie, Cayley etc.) implies that they have decided to shape this production using ‘Kayleigh’ by Marillion. In the apparent final episode (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-kay-delivers-shock-news-10340924) on the way home from work, Kayleigh asks John about their relationship, but he tries to ignore the question and will not declare his true feelings. Kayleigh declares her love to John then leaves the car just before hearing Kayleigh by Marillion on ‘Forever FM’, as requested by John. John chases Kayleigh down the street jumping over vehicles before declaring his love. However, the latter turns out to be just a dream and viewers are left feeling heartbroken after two series of in suspense hoping the couple would get together at the end. So many of the lyrics in the song and the interpretations of these here on Songmeanings so perfectly describe the relationship between John and Kayleigh that has developed through ‘Peter Kay’s Car Share’ but in particular the following really stands out: ‘Kayleigh is it too late to say I'm sorry? And Kayleigh could we get it together again? I just can't go on pretending that it came to a natural end Kayleigh, oh I never thought I'd miss you And Kayleigh I thought that we'd always be friends We said our love would last forever So how did it come to this bitter end?’ So I hope you all go away and watch ‘Peter Kay’s Car Share’ to, if nothing else, enjoy a musically inspired theme throughout, culminating after 2 series in ‘Kayleigh’ by Marillion which I believe played a pivotal role in inspiring the production. |
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