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1:29 am
September 25, 2013
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I hope everyone will forgive me for starting a new thread (like we need new ones) but I have this class I'm doing (I'll do anything for class credits.... long story but it's to maintain my certificate). Anyway, I'm doing lyric analysis, which will make most of us retch............ I'm here for the music myself. One of the bands is Nirvana. I'll post notes and such as I go along, please feel free to chime in at any point, I need all the input I can get.
I REALLY liked this...
2:00 am
September 25, 2013
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Alanis Morissette ... she doesn't do much for me, but this was ok
2:02 am
September 25, 2013
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John Mayer seems a very capable guitarist, but he's not my cup of tea. I'm sure he appeals to the younger set. I DID really enjoy this song and it will lend itself to some nice juicy analysis
2:03 am
September 25, 2013
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And this is far freakin out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shades of serious blues and Adagio........... my favorite find of the night.
8:55 am
September 25, 2013
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I halfway enjoyed (a compliment from me) an analysis of "Major Tom" in the February 10 New Yorker magazine. I was reading it as I waited for the boss at a doctor's appointment. One must subscribe to read it online.
One thing that used to confuse me in pop lyrics was the way the the singer would switch from "you" to "her." One minute they're loving you, then it's her (not jealous green, bold, and caps, though). When I get a chance, I'll apply my analysis to your offering. BLA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
10:46 am
September 25, 2013
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I haven't done "analysis of the poetry of rock" since High School........ in the stone age! Justin is noticeably reticent to accept it.......... and he's right. I'm just doing it for the credits, because it truly won't take much effort and will be enjoyable. I really liked picking through youtube last night for these.
Have to contact the instructor today sometime. THEN two musical fun things today, a discussion of Tales of Hoffman at the library (I guess our Seattle opera is doing it) and then Arlo Guthrie locally at the Admiral tonight. We'll see how both Guthrie and the Admiral theatre are holding up. 
I'd rather be here than Okemah that's for sure.
Yeah I'd love analysis on the artists I've posted......... sounds good. Fair warning, I'll just skim past other artists. OH I would like some help here... what decade do the Scorpions belong to? AND I need to decide if I should include the Moodies in my paper... the objective for me is to sorta branch out.
4:45 pm
September 25, 2013
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Scorpions! That would be a riot for analysis.
4:51 pm
September 25, 2013
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1. What would Shakespeare think of all the things people read into his - I mean, Sir Francis Bacon and what army's - words?
2. Try this one on your teacher, "Kurt Cobain had a tremendous crush on me, but he didn't want Courtney to know. He therefore had to write in code. For example, in another song, where he sang, "acting stupid and contagious," . . .
4:59 pm
September 25, 2013
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I think the first has to do with altered states induced by things to which we may not even allude here; how we don't know if the illusion is real or vice versa, and whether or not the true illusion continues with the living or the dead. Illusion is addressed on multiple allegorical levels. For example, the man who sold the world could be the one who marketed everything for what it was not. We also ask if we die when we leave this illusion, or if we die when our soul pursues an illusion in what is the real sphere of existence.
Got it?
5:04 pm
September 25, 2013
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On the second, I will trust Seal's interpretation of his lyrics, that he writes for sound, not meaning, and lets people interpret what they want. At least that is what I am remembering from about 20 years ago.
I do see a pattern, as if your teacher is trying to get you to deny the consensus of reality drawn from the five senses of "sane" members of the human race; admitting, of course, that what is blue to you might look red in another's brain, and there is no way with current technology for one or the other to be the wiser.
5:11 pm
September 25, 2013
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On to the third, as an aside, it reminds me of a local disc jockey. She was married to a rich man who brought her flowers and such regularly, but she decorated her office space with, shall we say, poorly-clad men. The guy jocks, who were my friends, gave her a hard time about it, so one day I faxed her over some paper doll clothes to put on her half-nekked pinup dudes. She didn't get it. She thought it was a request for ZZ Top and played "Sharp Dressed Man."
So, this one is all about the objectification of women, with the lyricist wanting to appear oblivious to how demeaning it all is. Cruddy.
5:17 pm
September 25, 2013
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On to the fourth, I'd prefer to try to lift the spirits of the poor, tormented souls than to make my mind one with their senseless pain. No. I refuse to treat her torment as art. I am very sad about what I know about her, and I hope she is in a more peaceful place, now.
10:22 am
September 25, 2013
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Here's some stuff with Ha! (amazing where that pops up) And I'm going to use it in the project. I'll be back to anal-ize more in a bit
12:25 pm
September 25, 2013
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Tugging more at my curiosity is the use of ha in, "But tonight I think I'll roll out (ha ha) - Get out of my brain!" I don't think I punctuated that correclty. I had that short-looping today, and there is no distinguishing the words with this CD and this computer.
The other two don't bother me so much.
Incidentally, the acoustics for the bluegrass in "Broken Dream" sounded incredible this morning. Usually, I only listen with one ear bud at work. I had the right ear bud in, and it really did have a "living room" sound. I never noticed how pretty the guitar was in that song, either.
12:28 pm
September 25, 2013
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But since we're analyzing here, you bring up a good topic. You are as good at starting conversations as I am at killing them. I'll bring the Cheerios, you bring "The Lively Art of Conversation," and we'll all be edified.
11:52 pm
September 25, 2013
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I AM paying attention here, but I've been very very sidetracked in the Real World. Besides, it started raining again and my bipolar shift took a nose dive. I mean raining a LOT and I really need to get up on the roof and beat back the bushes and the leaves in the gutters....
Remember I'm looking for good songs with gobblede goop social commentary in them*, If you could suggest one by Lady Gaga I'd be eternally grateful. I like her style. but not sure I'm in the mood to wade through it all, hoping you had something quick and dirty.
THEN I have to make it sound academic and type it up. shudder........ all in maybe two or three weeks, in between work and clean up around here. This weekend maybe... OH NO I have to go DIG out all the notes and poetic definitions I immediately forget once I don't need them................ like alliteration. I love alliteration. "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" has alliteration.... but simile and metaphor, which is which?? SHRIEK................
I just read an article about how part of Africa is under the Appalachians (I think you're sitting on the edge of it).......... this calls for another showing of 2012... Charles Hapgood, here I come........
*For example, like "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Diamond, which I just posted elsewhere. Or like "Texas Radio" by the doors, which is a masterpiece of weirdness that I actually understand.
8:54 am
September 25, 2013
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Why don't you blow your teacher's mind with a lyrical interpretation of Hendrix' guitar. You know, he did use it to illustrate words, which thing I only noticed when flat on my back with a burning fever.
Lada Gaga? I don't even like to look at her. What songs has she done? Tell Teach pop is for sale, not depth and breadth of soul. Pick a pop song and say the kid didn't have any life experiences, but didn't want to do a guitar solo. Say it is a reflection of the sagging economy, lack of jobs and even greater shortage of meaningful employment. Those who get jobs are tracking paperwork instead of creating. For our up and coming youth, it creates a mental vacuum that makes "rah rah oh la la" as meaningful as an extreme unction.
OR, do something by the Scorps, a German group that spoke very little English. Klaus said he listened to the radio and would think, "Oh, that sounds good."
"Fifty watts per channel, baby."
Lyricists I have appreciated include Donald Fagen and Don Henley. The Chili Peppers' Caliiiiii (can't write it) had lots of clever lyrics for pop.
Why don't you test your teacher's toleration for diversity and analyze some Bread? I know, you're celiac, but they wrote pretty lyrics.
But seriously, words and drums are the last things of interest to me in music.
Lastly, I cannot coach you on buffalo-ing, as that is an art I don't appreciate, as illustrated in my latest attempt about stowing away under the bed and burping.
8:31 am
September 25, 2013
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All I did was type "Donald Fagen" up there, and now I am getting bombarded by computer ads for "Sunken Condos." What are you trying to tell me, Mr. NSA Man?
9:54 am
September 25, 2013
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All good suggestions. I only get to pick one "free" artist per decade, and alas the doors superseded Hendrix. They're a little more complicated, but I love them both.
Bread is excellent, as is Fagan. Lady Gaga is one that got ASSIGNED........... so I'll have to find something. She's the last, all the others are picked, and I'll put up the list eventually. I'll put in a bunch of stuff about her being Dada and all that. I'll mention H. Bosch, that always gets you points in an interpretive essay.
Bread is good, but they are soft rock, like ballad stuff. I'm trying to stick to "rock" and not do rockabilly or folk. I *DID* sneak in a Joni Mitchell song "Green" because I have a super good anal-ysis of that anyway which fits the times really well, and yes has a happy ending.
I had to do DYLAN 
I'm sure Bob is a really nice person, but he got far too much coverage for doing gobbledi goop IMHO.
I don't know much about the Chili Peppers.......... but I hear good things.
I cheated and used Justin twice, but one is a Moody song and co written with John (Strange Times) and one is a romantic Justin ballad (Lazy Day) for respectively, decades 1990s and 2010s. She'll get over it when she reads my fun analysis hopefully. (as promised, I won't inflict it on you guys)
12:38 pm
September 25, 2013
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Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen flirtation
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication
It's the edge of the world
And all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in a prime location
It's understood that Hollywood
Sells Californication
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin is this your chin
Or is that war you're waging
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It's Californication
Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
And, Cobain, can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderaan's not far away
It's Californication
Born and raised by those who praise control of population
Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Californication
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
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