I don't think this song is about Mandela, I think it's about accepting all kinds of love and is suggesting that all love is ordinary. I heard this song before I knew it was for the Mandela film so my interpretation of it was completely unaffected by that. I think it's about gay rights and gay love and marriage. I think it's saying that gay love is ordinary love and that we can move on as a society without accepting it as that. (We can't reach any higher if we can deal with ordinary love)
I understand what you are saying about it being about gay rights and all that, but don't you think he would have say "gay love" or "gay rights" if it were about that? What you are suggesting is love and gay love are separate from each other because you are labeling it as such. We don't call love between an animal and a human "animal love." its all love. Love is love man, no matter who or what it is between. And Im not attacking you in any way :) your interpretation sparked a thought.
I understand what you are saying about it being about gay rights and all that, but don't you think he would have say "gay love" or "gay rights" if it were about that? What you are suggesting is love and gay love are separate from each other because you are labeling it as such. We don't call love between an animal and a human "animal love." its all love. Love is love man, no matter who or what it is between. And Im not attacking you in any way :) your interpretation sparked a thought.
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And I think that is the point U2 is trying to get across. If we feel that all love is the same, no matter what the differences are, then we can not fall any further. If we can not love each other no matter the differences, then we can not move any higher.
Its ordinary love, its love without any distinct features, and its normal.
@sruffatti It doesn't have the particular lyrics "gay love" or "gay rights" because it can be interpreted in different ways, that's the beauty of music. Everyone has a different interpretation of it and that's what makes music special to everyone.
@sruffatti It doesn't have the particular lyrics "gay love" or "gay rights" because it can be interpreted in different ways, that's the beauty of music. Everyone has a different interpretation of it and that's what makes music special to everyone.
@Twiceasdrunk Except that, yeah, it is. But love is love is love. Any song about love for human kind is about gay rights, as well as women's rights, and the rights of all people. So, I agree, but it was written specifically FOR and about Mandela.
@Twiceasdrunk Except that, yeah, it is. But love is love is love. Any song about love for human kind is about gay rights, as well as women's rights, and the rights of all people. So, I agree, but it was written specifically FOR and about Mandela.
I don't think this song is about Mandela, I think it's about accepting all kinds of love and is suggesting that all love is ordinary. I heard this song before I knew it was for the Mandela film so my interpretation of it was completely unaffected by that. I think it's about gay rights and gay love and marriage. I think it's saying that gay love is ordinary love and that we can move on as a society without accepting it as that. (We can't reach any higher if we can deal with ordinary love)
I understand what you are saying about it being about gay rights and all that, but don't you think he would have say "gay love" or "gay rights" if it were about that? What you are suggesting is love and gay love are separate from each other because you are labeling it as such. We don't call love between an animal and a human "animal love." its all love. Love is love man, no matter who or what it is between. And Im not attacking you in any way :) your interpretation sparked a thought.
I understand what you are saying about it being about gay rights and all that, but don't you think he would have say "gay love" or "gay rights" if it were about that? What you are suggesting is love and gay love are separate from each other because you are labeling it as such. We don't call love between an animal and a human "animal love." its all love. Love is love man, no matter who or what it is between. And Im not attacking you in any way :) your interpretation sparked a thought.
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And I think that is the point U2 is trying to get across. If we feel that all love is the same, no matter what the differences are, then we can not fall any further. If we can not love each other no matter the differences, then we can not move any higher.
Its ordinary love, its love without any distinct features, and its normal.
@sruffatti It doesn't have the particular lyrics "gay love" or "gay rights" because it can be interpreted in different ways, that's the beauty of music. Everyone has a different interpretation of it and that's what makes music special to everyone.
@sruffatti It doesn't have the particular lyrics "gay love" or "gay rights" because it can be interpreted in different ways, that's the beauty of music. Everyone has a different interpretation of it and that's what makes music special to everyone.
@Twiceasdrunk Except that, yeah, it is. But love is love is love. Any song about love for human kind is about gay rights, as well as women's rights, and the rights of all people. So, I agree, but it was written specifically FOR and about Mandela.
@Twiceasdrunk Except that, yeah, it is. But love is love is love. Any song about love for human kind is about gay rights, as well as women's rights, and the rights of all people. So, I agree, but it was written specifically FOR and about Mandela.