This is the song that pretty much means more to me than any other. I almost can't analyze it, it's just so beautiful and truly speaks to the emotions instead of the intellect.
I can just relate to this so much. Get me in the right mood, and even after listening to it "on a loop, for three days" it can still make me cry.
Anyone who has a personality for the big city but is stuck in a "wicked little town" could relate. On the DVD making of feature, Stephen Trask talked about writing this song while staying in a "wicked little town" and imagining what it would be like for a character like Hedwig to be in such an environment.
Anyone who has been dealt bad hands in life ("The fates are vicious and they're cruel") and has played the best they know how with it could relate.
Though Hedwig is singing this to Tommy, I think it's much more about Hedwig's character. ("You're turning tricks til you're turned out", "And then you're someone you are not," etc. are all about Hedwig in my point of view.) Then again, aren't both characters one whole?
This is the song that gives me hope that I'll leave my own "Junction City" one day and that I'll have the courage to not look back. ("Remember Mrs. Lot and when she turned around.") Until then, it'll serenade me "through the dark turns and noise of this wicked little town."
(Hey, about the movie--has anyone ever noticed the "two wishes" are in the film? The coin being dropped in the fountain at the mall, and Hedwig blowing the eyelash off Tommy's finger. Gee, maybe I still can over-analyze it!)
This is the song that pretty much means more to me than any other. I almost can't analyze it, it's just so beautiful and truly speaks to the emotions instead of the intellect.
I can just relate to this so much. Get me in the right mood, and even after listening to it "on a loop, for three days" it can still make me cry.
Anyone who has a personality for the big city but is stuck in a "wicked little town" could relate. On the DVD making of feature, Stephen Trask talked about writing this song while staying in a "wicked little town" and imagining what it would be like for a character like Hedwig to be in such an environment.
Anyone who has been dealt bad hands in life ("The fates are vicious and they're cruel") and has played the best they know how with it could relate.
Though Hedwig is singing this to Tommy, I think it's much more about Hedwig's character. ("You're turning tricks til you're turned out", "And then you're someone you are not," etc. are all about Hedwig in my point of view.) Then again, aren't both characters one whole?
This is the song that gives me hope that I'll leave my own "Junction City" one day and that I'll have the courage to not look back. ("Remember Mrs. Lot and when she turned around.") Until then, it'll serenade me "through the dark turns and noise of this wicked little town."
(Hey, about the movie--has anyone ever noticed the "two wishes" are in the film? The coin being dropped in the fountain at the mall, and Hedwig blowing the eyelash off Tommy's finger. Gee, maybe I still can over-analyze it!)