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Very compelling, indeed.
And "I've Got a Cock Like the M1" was a sociopolitical commentary on the nature of Britain's infrastructure in the wake of Thatcher's reign, seen through the lens of sexual overcompensation for feelings of sexual inadequacy/lack of political efficacy.
Next question please.
The lyrics are totally different and played only once. I do not have them transcribed. Something like this...
"When the day breaks and the night dies...." His voice is very emotional, almost Bowie like. \
Very special. Wish I had a better recording of it.
I got a rather clear recording of this (great)gig from Newcastle. (Can sent you a copy , Twist, if you want to...) Listened to the "original" lyrics of Leave me alone and what I hear is:
"When the day breaks / and the morning calls, when the night falls (...) Well, I know that everywhere I look there's a thousand people just like me / lying down, standing up, anywhere you want to look / when the night calls (...?) / when the night calls... There's a 1000 people just like you, standing in line (marching through??) anyway we have known (?) when the night calls / on a day like this, into my home, into my home/ into my home.
ehh.. let's just say: glad these lyrics were changed into the ones on record! (But.. all in all a great early version anyway....)
I dug the interpretation. I love this song and played it a bunch earlier this year when my girlfriend and I were breaking up and moving out of our shared apartment. "It's going to be so quiet in here tonight" indeed. Siiigh.
Whoa, student lad with too much time on his hands!!
P.S There's a rather large clue as to the subject matter of the said song in it's title, i believe it has something to do with leaving someone alone!!
depthcharge wrote: Patrick will be most thrilled to read this thread.
His favourite ditty being deconstructed in such a passionate manner.
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I would be even more thrilled if the interpretation brought in ancient epics.
By the way, DC, if you happen to read this, I finally saw the latest Star Wars movie (twice) and enjoyed it immensely.
Star Wars eh? I'm officially amazed, Pats.
We should catch up again soon. I've been offline for a while, awaiting an ADSL upgrade.
What's your take on the meaning of LMA? Does it involve a Minotaur?
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depthcharge wrote: Star Wars eh? I'm officially amazed, Pats.
We should catch up again soon. I've been offline for a while, awaiting an ADSL upgrade.
What's your take on the meaning of LMA? Does it involve a Minotaur?
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After the resounding lack of interest in my interpretation of WFTSC, I've sworn off the interpreting biz for a while, DC.
I may start collecting Star Wars items instead. Where should I start?
Patrick wrote:
depthcharge wrote: Star Wars eh? I'm officially amazed, Pats.
We should catch up again soon. I've been offline for a while, awaiting an ADSL upgrade.
What's your take on the meaning of LMA? Does it involve a Minotaur?
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After the resounding lack of interest in my interpretation of WFTSC, I've sworn off the interpreting biz for a while, DC.
I may start collecting Star Wars items instead. Where should I start?
dont quit, do it for yourself. Do you always wait for others' approval?
leeharveyoswaldR.I.P.1963 wrote:
Patrick wrote:
depthcharge wrote: Star Wars eh? I'm officially amazed, Pats.
We should catch up again soon. I've been offline for a while, awaiting an ADSL upgrade.
What's your take on the meaning of LMA? Does it involve a Minotaur?
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After the resounding lack of interest in my interpretation of WFTSC, I've sworn off the interpreting biz for a while, DC.
I may start collecting Star Wars items instead. Where should I start?
dont quit, do it for yourself. Do you always wait for others' approval?
Thanks for the encouragement, Jonathan. You have been very supportive of my effort and I'm quite grateful to you for that. I actually felt that what I did on the Odyssey was getting close to fully setting out the position.
I don't seriously think that ancient epics are the key to understanding LMA, but I'm not immediately persuaded by the interpretation set out above either.
You might perhaps enjoy my unpublished view on Henry James's The Sacred Fount.
Henry James? Now you're just teasing us, Pats.
What makes you think I could offer any advice on Star Wars collectables? You aren't doing much for my rep on these boards with suggestions like that.
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depthcharge wrote: Henry James? Now you're just teasing us, Pats.
What makes you think I could offer any advice on Star Wars collectables? You aren't doing much for my rep on these boards with suggestions like that.
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I apologize, DC, for any damage I may have done to your reputation. I must have been thinking of someone else.
Now that I think of it, perhaps LMA is indeed an homage to HJ.
Hannett of the Apes wrote: From my listenings, i've interpreted that this song is about the Imperial Japanese army's occupation of the Pacific rim islands during WW2. Here is my casual line-by-line analysis:
"On a thousand islands in the sea" A reference to the cavalcade of different islands that Japan occupied in the Pacific during the early stages of WW2.
"I see a thousand people just like me" The uniformity of the military, especially the imperial Japanese's, is reflected. Alternatively, it could be a questionable reference to the dodgy opinion that all Japanese resemble each other
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"A hundred unions in the snow" A flurry of soldiers hurrying to hastily be wed before being shipped away to their theatres of duty.
"I watch them walking, falling in a row" The dichotomy of the wedding march and the military march. Falling into bed(or tatami) for final consumation, and falling into the dirt in final sacrifice to empire and emperor. Also, perhaps the observation of a Japanese guard at the Bataan Death March.
"We live always underground" After the initial interval of confusion post-Pearl Harbor in which Japan had the mobility advantage, the U.S. forces began to Island Hop on their way to Japan. Unable to prepare enough concrete defenses against naval bombardment during beachheads, Japanese garrison troops dug deep earthenwork spider holes and entrenched caverns to defend themselves.
"It's going to be so quiet in here tonight" Reference to either being alone on guard duty as one's unit is on patrol or dwindling to death from starvation or attack.
"A thousand islands in the seait's a shame" According to the tenets of Yamato Damashi, no Imperial Japanese solider was to be captured or to surrender to the enemy. This philosophy resulted in massive bodycounts and slaughter as neither Japanese army or U.S. Marines were trained to surrender to an enemy force unless ordered to.
"And a hundred years agoA sailor trod this ground I stood upon" European traders and explorers searching for new outposts and trade routes via the Pacific Rim in the mid 1800s.
"Take me away, everyoneWhen it hurts thou" Either a request to be helped when wounded in battle or for one to be selflessly killed off in assisted suicide rather than impede the progress of their comrades.
"From my head to my toesFrom the words in the bookI see a vision that would bring me luck" "The "moral national Bible" The Subject's Way presented an effective catechism on nation, religion, cultural, social and ideological topics. All citizens needed to have it."
"From my head to my toesTo my teeth, through my nose" The interpretations from here on get a bit more subjective, but on Iwo Jima, the volcanic dust and sand permeated all equipment and orphices.
"You get these words wrongYou get these words wrongEverytimeYou get these words wrongI just smile" Perhaps captured Allied troops or natives attempting to speak to their captors in pidgin Japanese.
"But from my head to my toesFrom my knees to my eyesEverytime I watch the skyFor these last few days leave me aloneBut for these last few days leave me aloneLeave me aloneLeave me alone" A futile plea for aerial and naval bombardment to give the ragged defenders a few moments of respite in their last days of resistance before the inevitable collapse of not just themselves, but Imperial Japan itself.
So am I right or am I right?
Silly me, I thought it was about the Falklands War ;).
Wow...I never would have come up with that! It makes sense, though. Prolly not true, but still, it makes sense. Thanks for that--it sure makes you think.
