i have often come across deeply heart-felt love songs that make me stop and wonder about just whom the song was written for/about... specifically, i like to try to imagine the kind of man/woman that could hurt someone to the extent that such a beautiful song was written... see radiohead's "all i need" for the specific inspiration for this post... i've been thinking like this for years now, in regard to various artists and songs and whatnot... it's fascinating to me and i'm not exactly sure why... other than music has always been much, much more than just sounds for me. i think there are two kinds of people in this world - the ones that will understand exactly what i'm saying here and the one's that don't think of music+emotion on the same level... regardless, i remember listening to songs about jane [maroon 5] for the first time and thinking, "i'd sure like to meet the girl who ripped his heart out." ... i could elaborate and think of hundreds and thousands of other examples when i've paused in wonderment, but i'm feeling more blahg today than blog - so i'll just leave it at that...
does anyone else ever think of these things? [<--- that's an honest question and not just a solicitation for blog comments.]
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Interesting question...I only ever wonder about the angry songs, but the nice ones are worth giving a thought to. I do wonder how one might write/perform a song that is angry and that person is happily married or in a relationship?!? Or vice versa, how they write a love song when their personal life is falling apart. Hmmm.
Yep. But I didn't get a lot of songs until I went through a break-up....for example: Scar Tissue by RHCPs. I always thought that song was pure nonsense, and kind of a happy song. Turns out, I'm an idiot.
How about this one: Your Ex-Lover is Dead by Stars. There are 2 versions, both of which I really like.
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