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Re: lyrics and interpreting and.....
>the approach to interpretation which is centered around
>the interpreters whims is not something i care for.
but then again "my love is a fever" *might* just be
jibberish that doesn't necessarily mean anything
directly... so the interpreter opinion may vary.
note: i didn't say "whims" in my first post.
i don't really think interp of song lyrics and interp
of the bible are on the same level. do you?
>to insert our own ideas at the expense of theirs is
>not what they wanted. it's not intellectually honest,
>furthermore, and it's the difference between
>ice-cream cones and filet mignon.
sometimes it *is* what they wanted. i've talked to many
artists who enjoy the fact that people are getting many
different things out of their songs. somethings are not
so direct.
also, i think that even if an artist wrote a song about
something specific, that doesn't automatically knock out
other interps as invalid. there are many songs where i
know what the artist is speaking of, but in some instances
parts of the song speak to me in a very different way.
art does that. there can be many different valid opinions.
thanks for your post, i liked it.
Dan
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