nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) (04/02/91)
Kate has said that _Get Out Of My House_ was inspired by _The Shining_, the book specifically. In Doug's interview she says... | And it's very much a play on a traditional song called "The | Two Magicians" about someone who's trying to escape someone, | and they keep changing their form in order to escape them. | But the other thing keeps changing its form. And that's | actually what the whole song is about -- someone who is running | away from something they don't want to face, but wherever they | go, the thing will follow them. Basically, you can't run away | from things -- you've got to confront things. And it's using | the person as the imagery of a house, where they won't let | anyone in, they lock all the doors and windows, and put a guard | on the front door. But I think the essence of the song is about | someone trying to run away from things they don't like and not | being able to escape -- because you can't. It seems to me that _exactly_ what is being run from isn't really important, or at least Kate doesn't say that it is. I tend to wonder about the inclusion of this and another song pondering the idea of locking things or keeping them open on _The Dreaming_ considering the way Kate's dealings with the public have changed over the years. But then, that gets falls into the "this must be auto- biographical" trap that awaits at our every turn. "Don't drive too slowly." Richard Caldwell AT&T Network Systems att!cbnews!nrc nrc@cbnews.att.com
Paul.Gillingwater@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater) (04/05/91)
In article <1991Apr1.214122.5983@cbnews.att.com> nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) writes: > | And it's very much a play on a traditional song called "The > | Two Magicians" about someone who's trying to escape someone, > | and they keep changing their form in order to escape them. > | But the other thing keeps changing its form. And that's > | actually what the whole song is about -- someone who is running > | away from something they don't want to face, but wherever they > | go, the thing will follow them. Basically, you can't run away > | from things -- you've got to confront things. And it's using The original song is about a male and female magician. The male pursues the female, who uses transformations to flee. He pursues using similar tricks. In the end, she surrenders to him for sexual purposes. -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz