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by Gary E. Andrews - 10/19/26 10:48 PM
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I agree, Michael. When I referred to abstract lyrics that I avoid, I didn't mean delicious ones like American Pie or Macarthur Park, both of which I adored, and can still sing by heart.  I was referring to the really obscure stuff that even the author isn't clear about in his/her own mind, and that's so obtuse it's difficult for the reader to resonate with it at all. That's what I mean by abstract. Donna I always take the easy way out, Michael. I avoid critiquing abstract lyrics. If I haven't worked out what the author is trying to say by the end of the first verse or at least chorus, I simply move on. For me, life is too short to try to read someone's mind.  (Perhaps there should be a separate section in the forum for abstract lyrics. I'd probably post one or two there myself. ) Donna Now, Donna, the thing is...the whole performance can change everything...even if its an author reading aloud...but give an abstract lyric a piece of music and an attitude, and the meaning can come flooding in... --Mike Hey Donna, we're creating a hall of mirrors here, weee heeee!!! I LOVE Macarthur Park and Webb in general, and would defend the song to my death. Now THERE'S a GREAT example of a writer changing with the times, experimenting, growing (at age, what...20 ?)...writing a "Little Symphony" as pop music, my God, and getting a British actor to sing it, to lend an air of ...regality(?) to it!!! Nice example... --Mike
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 01/22/09 07:43 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)
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