For starters, it IS strange that only this song has gotten comments. Then again, it did receive more airplay than the rest of her album, unfortunately. "True North", "Never Say Never", "Miseryland" -- they're all clever, soulful, powerful ballads.
As for the meaning of "Hello, It's Me" I'd have to say it's a take on the fleeting nature of fame. A good look at the lyrics paints a picture of the artist speaking directly to the listener. Once the height of fame begins to recede, airplay goes down, but hopefully not album sales. Alas, we do end up years later going, "Oh, I haven't seen this CD in ages!" and popping it in.
"One more girl on the top of Billboard, jumping in with the big boys. One more year and I'm still a no one."
It's almost a bit prophetic. Fisher didn't make as large of a splash as a solo artist as she might have hoped, but she's still on my playlist.
On the other hand -- and on to which we can all more easily relate, the 'protagonist' of the song may very well be wondering whatever happened to whatsisname who swore he'd call after date three.
At any rate, it's artists like Fisher who put more than a single spin on their songs that give us things to contemplate far after the first listen.
I both agree and disagree with you, electriclove.
For starters, it IS strange that only this song has gotten comments. Then again, it did receive more airplay than the rest of her album, unfortunately. "True North", "Never Say Never", "Miseryland" -- they're all clever, soulful, powerful ballads.
As for the meaning of "Hello, It's Me" I'd have to say it's a take on the fleeting nature of fame. A good look at the lyrics paints a picture of the artist speaking directly to the listener. Once the height of fame begins to recede, airplay goes down, but hopefully not album sales. Alas, we do end up years later going, "Oh, I haven't seen this CD in ages!" and popping it in.
"One more girl on the top of Billboard, jumping in with the big boys. One more year and I'm still a no one."
It's almost a bit prophetic. Fisher didn't make as large of a splash as a solo artist as she might have hoped, but she's still on my playlist.
On the other hand -- and on to which we can all more easily relate, the 'protagonist' of the song may very well be wondering whatever happened to whatsisname who swore he'd call after date three.
At any rate, it's artists like Fisher who put more than a single spin on their songs that give us things to contemplate far after the first listen.