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Does this song warrant a darker interpretation?
(seems to be "buy one" not "be one" based on listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4DW-k7lRM and https://archive.org/details/lp_melanie-at-carnegie-hall_melanie )
There is repeated references to "man" and not just as in "humankind": According to plan, according to man but then: And the world becomes a man
and And my hands are playing the sand later becomes: And our hands are clutching the sand
and Will our blood become a part of the river
in her intro in her 1973 performance of "Beautiful People" she refers to her more innocent past, 10 years before. https://archive.org/details/lp_melanie-at-carnegie-hall_melanie/disc2/03.02.+Beautiful+People.mp3
so is this a turn toward darkness through the song, and hence the cynical interpretation of "buy one" turning on the Peace call.
Does this song warrant a darker interpretation?
(seems to be "buy one" not "be one" based on listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4DW-k7lRM and https://archive.org/details/lp_melanie-at-carnegie-hall_melanie )
There is repeated references to "man" and not just as in "humankind": According to plan, according to man but then: And the world becomes a man
and And my hands are playing the sand later becomes: And our hands are clutching the sand
and Will our blood become a part of the river
in her intro in her 1973 performance of "Beautiful People" she refers to her more innocent past, 10 years before. https://archive.org/details/lp_melanie-at-carnegie-hall_melanie/disc2/03.02.+Beautiful+People.mp3
so is this a turn toward darkness through the song, and hence the cynical interpretation of "buy one" turning on the Peace call.