| Suzanne Vega – Ironbound/Fancy Poultry Lyrics | 2 years ago |
|
Suzanne Vega in interview /themouthmagazine.com/2012/10/09/suzanne-vega/ «I loved the area of Ironbound, which is a part of Newark, New Jersey, with a lot of immigrants, a large Portugese community… I, myself, was avoiding getting married at the time of writing the song. I think I was afraid of feeling trapped. So I projected it outwards to a random woman from that area…» |
|
| Suzanne Vega – Ironbound/Fancy Poultry Lyrics | 2 years ago |
|
@[kyrasdad:48925] This is very close to my interpretation also. I feel that the ending of the song, «wings are nearly free», is about the wings of imagination. She is dreaming of getting away. The music is more dreamy in this part too, like she is flying away and the music is fading out. |
|
| Suzanne Vega – Ironbound/Fancy Poultry Lyrics | 2 years ago |
|
The geographical place of the song is Ironbound in Newark NJ, The Ironbound was an industrial neighborhood in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Ironbound has experienced several waves of immigration. By the 1920s there was a large Portuguese population there. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironbound |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.