hoek@ucbcad.UUCP (Robin Hoek) (07/17/85)
> ["What's all this then?"]
FROM HUGH MAHER, U.C. BERKELEY
Well, Alan, I really enjoyed your analysis of "There Goes a Tenner"
since it all made a lot of sense and was really interesting.
However, in her Newsletter, she states (roughly...)
"It was just a simple song about bank robbery, with no real
deeper significance..."
However, sometimes even the artist doesn't realize certain
subconscious motivation behind their own song, so you never know.
Actually, in this case, it probably would have been better for her
not to try and explain the songs, since it robs us of the chance
to pile our own meanings onto it....
HUGH MAHER, U.C. Berkeleynessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (07/18/85)
["One O'Clock, Two O'Clock, Three O'Clock, Four O'Clock, I've got..."] > FROM HUGH MAHER, U.C. BERKELEY > However, in her Newsletter, she states (roughly...) > "It was just a simple song about bank robbery, with no real > deeper significance..." > However, sometimes even the artist doesn't realize certain > subconscious motivation behind their own song, so you never know. But even if it was totally conscious, I can't imagine her saying in her newsletter "Well, it appears to be a simple song about bank robbery, but in reality it's a very clever metaphor for some of the aspects of my recording career." No real artist would say such a thing! Besides, we already know that Kate Bush likes to put all sorts of little hidden things in her albums for the dedicated listener to find, and that she doesn't like to reveal those things. (The KT logo hidden on every album cover is another example of this sort of thing.) > Actually, in this case, it probably would have been better for her not > to try and explain the songs, since it robs us of the chance to pile > our own meanings onto it.... I like it when artists explain the obvious surface levels of their works. That way, they're not really giving anything away, and you get to understand the surface to a bit more depth and perhaps from a slightly different perspective. "I hope you remember To treat the gelignite tenderly for me" Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)