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| The Guess Who – Undun Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I have thought for years that this was a song sung to the mother of a girl who leaps to her death. The song is sung in the character of the girls brother, who is seeking forgiveness from the mother, for having failed in his duties as protector of the sister, as he shares his anguish at her loss. The family in question is very religious and the "sun" she has lost, is actually the Jesus figure, the "son" of God. The break with the references to too many churches and not enough truth, was what led me to those associations. Years later finding out about Backman's being raised in a devout Mormon home, tended to confirm what I had thought. He was certainly not above including religious ideas into his pop songs. Ask any Mormon about the "Share The Land" lyrics. A great jazzy rock song, that swings and features one of the few scat singing appearances in rock/pop. I always wondered what Blood, Sweat and Tears could have done with this song, it seems to call out for a nice horn arrangement. |
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| Bob Dylan – I Believe in You Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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for nessum Dorma emotion try Jussi Boerling beyond bellowing he has both power and is willing to expose great delicacy as well. |
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| Bob Dylan – Desolation Row Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This professional relationship that Pound and Eliot embarked upon was one filled with much confidence in the man called T.S. This confidence is only furthur defined by Ezra Pouind's statements such as, "Genius...is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and where the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art."
That seems the real point of Desolation Row, if not most, or at least the best, of Dylan's work. Everything from the obscure yet obvious reference to the Duluth lynchings, Duluth being after all, at the end of the very hwy. 61 we are revisiting (as was Desolation Row) to his, clever as ever, use of well known pop culture touchstone references, has led us to this point. Where you, as I sit and wonder, what he did, or did not mean, 44, yes count 'em 44 years, after it was released. No telling how long after it was written.
Bravo to the song and dance man. Bojangles, has kept us all entertained and exploring, with this and so many more of his works. |
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