Jeez, I can't believe no one has commented on this song. I was hoping some could provide me with the story behind this one.
Obviously, to the casual listener this song could be about two lovers that either 1) have grown a apart and have called it quits, but are at least trying to be friends 2) are complete opposites in so many ways but are trying to "agree to disagree" and just deal with each other by not sweating the small stuff and just be together.
However, I have a feeling this is more than just a "dysfunctional couple" song. I think it could be interpreted that way, but it could very well be two rival nations or even just two guys that come from different cultures that traditionally clash and may see the other as an enemy. They don't have to like each other, but they do have to coexist.
Just a theory I had. If anyone finds out the real meaning be sure and write it up on here.
Well, when I listen to it, I think of it as much more than simply just a "nice" song. And that's what makes this song so different. Dave Mason, who sings it, doesn't feel the need, necessarily, for it to be just another "nice song." It's more than that, or less than that, depending on one's point of view. Everybody listens to music differently, I guess. Music is strictly subjective.
Well, when I listen to it, I think of it as much more than simply just a "nice" song. And that's what makes this song so different. Dave Mason, who sings it, doesn't feel the need, necessarily, for it to be just another "nice song." It's more than that, or less than that, depending on one's point of view. Everybody listens to music differently, I guess. Music is strictly subjective.
I've liked "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason since I first heard it when I was just a teenager of 16. It's a good song with...
I've liked "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason since I first heard it when I was just a teenager of 16. It's a good song with very simple and straight-to-the-point lyrics. It's realistic, with no sappiness. An adult kind of song with a mature kind of approach. It's probably the only song that I've ever heard that can say something that's sad in such a matter-of-fact, pragmatic, and rational way, with absolutely no histrionics. And sung so stoically by Mason that it would have made even history's most famous stoic, General George Washington, proud. "Been away. Haven't seen you in a while. How've you been? Have you changed your style? And do you think that we've grown up differently? It don't seem the same. Have you lost your feel for me? So let's leave it alone, 'cause we can't see eye to eye. There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy. There's only you and me and we just disagree." Up until I was 16 and I first heard this song, I had never heard a song with a subject matter such as this that was written and presented in such a straightforward and rational, non-hysterical way. Albert Ellis, the controversial yet brilliant psychologist who invented REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) would definitely have liked the song. If he happened to ever hear the song, he most probably did like it, as well as agreed with its direct, unemotional philosophy and common sense approach.
It could be about either about the breakup of a romantic or a platonic friendship. The song would make sense either way.
Many songs depend on bathetic lyrics. This song is the opposite of bathetic!!!! It's just a matter of "Hey, we don't get along anymore. It's obvious that we've grown apart. We're just irritating each other and we're not getting along, and it just doesn't seem to be that we'll get back to the way it was. Let's just say goodbye; it's over, and we've tried. It's sad, but these things happen."
Jeez, I can't believe no one has commented on this song. I was hoping some could provide me with the story behind this one.
Obviously, to the casual listener this song could be about two lovers that either 1) have grown a apart and have called it quits, but are at least trying to be friends 2) are complete opposites in so many ways but are trying to "agree to disagree" and just deal with each other by not sweating the small stuff and just be together.
However, I have a feeling this is more than just a "dysfunctional couple" song. I think it could be interpreted that way, but it could very well be two rival nations or even just two guys that come from different cultures that traditionally clash and may see the other as an enemy. They don't have to like each other, but they do have to coexist.
Just a theory I had. If anyone finds out the real meaning be sure and write it up on here.
Well, when I listen to it, I think of it as much more than simply just a "nice" song. And that's what makes this song so different. Dave Mason, who sings it, doesn't feel the need, necessarily, for it to be just another "nice song." It's more than that, or less than that, depending on one's point of view. Everybody listens to music differently, I guess. Music is strictly subjective.
Well, when I listen to it, I think of it as much more than simply just a "nice" song. And that's what makes this song so different. Dave Mason, who sings it, doesn't feel the need, necessarily, for it to be just another "nice song." It's more than that, or less than that, depending on one's point of view. Everybody listens to music differently, I guess. Music is strictly subjective.
I've liked "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason since I first heard it when I was just a teenager of 16. It's a good song with...
I've liked "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason since I first heard it when I was just a teenager of 16. It's a good song with very simple and straight-to-the-point lyrics. It's realistic, with no sappiness. An adult kind of song with a mature kind of approach. It's probably the only song that I've ever heard that can say something that's sad in such a matter-of-fact, pragmatic, and rational way, with absolutely no histrionics. And sung so stoically by Mason that it would have made even history's most famous stoic, General George Washington, proud. "Been away. Haven't seen you in a while. How've you been? Have you changed your style? And do you think that we've grown up differently? It don't seem the same. Have you lost your feel for me? So let's leave it alone, 'cause we can't see eye to eye. There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy. There's only you and me and we just disagree." Up until I was 16 and I first heard this song, I had never heard a song with a subject matter such as this that was written and presented in such a straightforward and rational, non-hysterical way. Albert Ellis, the controversial yet brilliant psychologist who invented REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) would definitely have liked the song. If he happened to ever hear the song, he most probably did like it, as well as agreed with its direct, unemotional philosophy and common sense approach.
It could be about either about the breakup of a romantic or a platonic friendship. The song would make sense either way.
Many songs depend on bathetic lyrics. This song is the opposite of bathetic!!!! It's just a matter of "Hey, we don't get along anymore. It's obvious that we've grown apart. We're just irritating each other and we're not getting along, and it just doesn't seem to be that we'll get back to the way it was. Let's just say goodbye; it's over, and we've tried. It's sad, but these things happen."
Simple and to the point.