| Genesis – Ripples Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I believe that BlueGirls are derived from a poem by John Crowe Ransom ... and refers to adolescent school girls for whom beauty is the focus of their lives (snip)"In this poem, Ransom offers the girls three main lessons, which, although they seem contradictory, are really closely related: (1) Beauty does fade. (2) Use your beauty as much as you can before it fades. (3) Have something in your life besides beauty, so that when it fades, you are not left with nothing. He describes beauty as delicate and rare, unable to be established. He focuses on the lightheartedness of young girls, how they are caught up in beauty, and he warns them to be conscientious of the fact that their beauty will fade and that they cannot put all their hope on their beauty. At the same time, he encourages them to "practice" their beauty until it is gone, and he promises to celebrate that beauty as best he can, with all its value and frailty."(snip) from http://titan.iwu.edu/~wchapman/americanpoetryweb/ranbluan.html IMHO, 'Ripples' is absolutely the finest musical creation ever produced by Genesis. The imagery and message of the lyrics are also piercing, if not altogether an original concept. |
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| Genesis – Ripples Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I believe that BlueGirls are derived from a poem by John Crowe Ransom ... and refers to adolescent school girls for whom beauty is the focus of their lives (snip)"In this poem, Ransom offers the girls three main lessons, which, although they seem contradictory, are really closely related: (1) Beauty does fade. (2) Use your beauty as much as you can before it fades. (3) Have something in your life besides beauty, so that when it fades, you are not left with nothing. He describes beauty as delicate and rare, unable to be established. He focuses on the lightheartedness of young girls, how they are caught up in beauty, and he warns them to be conscientious of the fact that their beauty will fade and that they cannot put all their hope on their beauty. At the same time, he encourages them to "practice" their beauty until it is gone, and he promises to celebrate that beauty as best he can, with all its value and frailty."(snip) from http://titan.iwu.edu/~wchapman/americanpoetryweb/ranbluan.html IMHO, 'Ripples' is absolutely the finest musical creation ever produced by Genesis. The imagery and message of the lyrics are also piercing, if not altogether an original concept. |
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