"no one has said a single thing about his step-father or his family life. "
no offense but i think this is a bit insulting to him as a songwriter. he did not just write songs about his sad childhood, and it is kind of rude to make a statement like that, as though all his songs were always about that, like he had no ability to think about anything else. Its as one-dimensional as the "all his songs are about drugs/alcohol" steriotype. He was a very creative songwriter and the fact that so many people got so many different meanings out of the song i think would have made him very happy. He didnt try to write songs so everyone would analyze his past, in fact breaking down his lyrics was something he didnt really like people doing, and he rarely went into much explination of his songs. Also, i think the point of this place is to add your interpretation of the song, what it means to YOU. Not - this is exactly what Elliott was saying in this song. How boring would that be if we just had one persons idea as the be all end all. Not to mention no one here is Elliott, so its imposible and rediculous to say this is exactly what he meant.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Although tonight we win's interpretation was more or less the same as mine, it's just arrogant and rude when someone else says "...and it's pretty clear that it's not, then you need to quiet down. think before you speak." Everyone is allowed to contribute their own opinion. You might not agree with it, but that's no reason to simply publicly dismiss someone else's opinion and ridicule it.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Although tonight we win's interpretation was more or less the same as mine, it's just arrogant and rude when someone else says "...and it's pretty clear that it's not, then you need to quiet down. think before you speak." Everyone is allowed to contribute their own opinion. You might not agree with it, but that's no reason to simply publicly dismiss someone else's opinion and ridicule it.
"no one has said a single thing about his step-father or his family life. " no offense but i think this is a bit insulting to him as a songwriter. he did not just write songs about his sad childhood, and it is kind of rude to make a statement like that, as though all his songs were always about that, like he had no ability to think about anything else. Its as one-dimensional as the "all his songs are about drugs/alcohol" steriotype. He was a very creative songwriter and the fact that so many people got so many different meanings out of the song i think would have made him very happy. He didnt try to write songs so everyone would analyze his past, in fact breaking down his lyrics was something he didnt really like people doing, and he rarely went into much explination of his songs. Also, i think the point of this place is to add your interpretation of the song, what it means to YOU. Not - this is exactly what Elliott was saying in this song. How boring would that be if we just had one persons idea as the be all end all. Not to mention no one here is Elliott, so its imposible and rediculous to say this is exactly what he meant.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Although tonight we win's interpretation was more or less the same as mine, it's just arrogant and rude when someone else says "...and it's pretty clear that it's not, then you need to quiet down. think before you speak." Everyone is allowed to contribute their own opinion. You might not agree with it, but that's no reason to simply publicly dismiss someone else's opinion and ridicule it.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Although tonight we win's interpretation was more or less the same as mine, it's just arrogant and rude when someone else says "...and it's pretty clear that it's not, then you need to quiet down. think before you speak." Everyone is allowed to contribute their own opinion. You might not agree with it, but that's no reason to simply publicly dismiss someone else's opinion and ridicule it.