Hm. I've always loved this song, but here as I approach the comment box all kinds of crazy pop-culture parallels attack me, and I either 1) don't like them, 2) don't know why my brain is making these suggestions, because I've never connected them before
-Avril Lavigne(?) "Complicated" <-- x_x
-A giant animated lion head in the sky rumbling "REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE."
-Built to Spill "Twin Falls" <-- that one is good
-The Shins "Know your Onion!" <-- good too
-Mean Girls <-- more x_x
-Eels... something like Electro-shock Blues (see explanation below) <-- good
There were some others, but I lost them as I was typing it out. Weird.
Anyway, I have a fascination with poetry about the ostrasized. Not that I am ostrasized-- but... I really like the poetry. I have bits and peices of things that I've doodled around on, with same sort of theme (they usually end up creepy)-- how a character can't connect with others because they don't understand how people work. Maybe it's because their life was screwed up when they were growing up. Maybe they have a mental incapability.
This song in particular... it's neat. There's nothing specific in it as to why "Jane" is unable to connect. Looking very closely at some of the lines, it gives me the impression that it may be a mental disorder-- that's why I mentioned Electro-Shock Blues:
"jane be jane/and if sometimes that might/drive them away/let them stay there"
The name "Jane" is used because it's a very general, bland name. Example documents use the name "Jane Doe." The use of the name "Jane" conveys an unremarkable character: someone seemingly insignificant. Jane is seeking approval from others, while the narrator is trying to tell Jane that it doesn't matter what others think of her. The only thing that matters is your own happiness, and you shouldn't take other's judgement to heart. They don't know her, what her life has been ("you've had it harder than anyone could know"). Who are they to reject Jane?
There's more there than I mean to post. Ah well.
Peace.
Excellent. My tied-for-favorite-BFF-song.
Hm. I've always loved this song, but here as I approach the comment box all kinds of crazy pop-culture parallels attack me, and I either 1) don't like them, 2) don't know why my brain is making these suggestions, because I've never connected them before -Avril Lavigne(?) "Complicated" <-- x_x -A giant animated lion head in the sky rumbling "REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE." -Built to Spill "Twin Falls" <-- that one is good -The Shins "Know your Onion!" <-- good too -Mean Girls <-- more x_x -Eels... something like Electro-shock Blues (see explanation below) <-- good
There were some others, but I lost them as I was typing it out. Weird.
Anyway, I have a fascination with poetry about the ostrasized. Not that I am ostrasized-- but... I really like the poetry. I have bits and peices of things that I've doodled around on, with same sort of theme (they usually end up creepy)-- how a character can't connect with others because they don't understand how people work. Maybe it's because their life was screwed up when they were growing up. Maybe they have a mental incapability.
This song in particular... it's neat. There's nothing specific in it as to why "Jane" is unable to connect. Looking very closely at some of the lines, it gives me the impression that it may be a mental disorder-- that's why I mentioned Electro-Shock Blues:
"jane be jane/and if sometimes that might/drive them away/let them stay there"
The name "Jane" is used because it's a very general, bland name. Example documents use the name "Jane Doe." The use of the name "Jane" conveys an unremarkable character: someone seemingly insignificant. Jane is seeking approval from others, while the narrator is trying to tell Jane that it doesn't matter what others think of her. The only thing that matters is your own happiness, and you shouldn't take other's judgement to heart. They don't know her, what her life has been ("you've had it harder than anyone could know"). Who are they to reject Jane?
There's more there than I mean to post. Ah well. Peace.