Looking Through a Glass Onion
The concept of writing songs is, in theory of course, really very simple.
If you’re a musician, you’ve been in that zone, where you’re fooling around with some chords, then a melody on the piano, guitar, or whatever your medium may be and then suddenly lyrics form to fit the melody. Hmmmmm....you think. Where did that come from?
And if you’re already a famous songwriter like Phil Collins, you get to record the song, send it out over the universe via radio and television, and have millions of people hear it. Among those millions will be people with way too much time on their hands and nothing better to do than to pick apart song lyrics and try to analyze them. Such is the case with “In the Air Tonight,” which has been interpreted as a song about Phil seeing someone murdered and a song for his wife who left him.
And so was born Song Facts.
The title of the site maybe be a bit misleading...it is merely a collection of numerous contributions from people giving their interpretations of different songs...most based on opinion and rumour, some based on fact. But it is a huge collection and it is always best to use one’s judgement with these things.
No matter what the deep psychological meaning behind a song may be, most songs are written in the manner described earlier. An artist may set out to write a song about a certain subject, but most songwriting is accomplished this way and the true meaning is often buried deep within the subconscious mind of the artist.
The Beatles are legendary for their obscure Freudian-like lyrics. John Lennon took had fun with the obsession of picking apart lyrics for their hidden meanings in “I Am The Walrus.” The story goes that upon hearing that school children were analyzing Beatles lyrics, he said, “Let them try and work this one out!” John Lennon had a warped sense of humour, and told everyone what he thought in Glass Onion...
Check out this site. Bookmark it. It’ll keep you busy for days.
I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy. ~ Mitch Hedberg
I went to the park and saw this kid flying a kite. The kid was really excited. I don't know why, that's what they're supposed to do. Now if he had had a chair on the other end of that string, I would have been impressed. ~ Mitch Hedberg
If you’re a musician, you’ve been in that zone, where you’re fooling around with some chords, then a melody on the piano, guitar, or whatever your medium may be and then suddenly lyrics form to fit the melody. Hmmmmm....you think. Where did that come from?
And if you’re already a famous songwriter like Phil Collins, you get to record the song, send it out over the universe via radio and television, and have millions of people hear it. Among those millions will be people with way too much time on their hands and nothing better to do than to pick apart song lyrics and try to analyze them. Such is the case with “In the Air Tonight,” which has been interpreted as a song about Phil seeing someone murdered and a song for his wife who left him.
And so was born Song Facts.
The title of the site maybe be a bit misleading...it is merely a collection of numerous contributions from people giving their interpretations of different songs...most based on opinion and rumour, some based on fact. But it is a huge collection and it is always best to use one’s judgement with these things.
No matter what the deep psychological meaning behind a song may be, most songs are written in the manner described earlier. An artist may set out to write a song about a certain subject, but most songwriting is accomplished this way and the true meaning is often buried deep within the subconscious mind of the artist.
The Beatles are legendary for their obscure Freudian-like lyrics. John Lennon took had fun with the obsession of picking apart lyrics for their hidden meanings in “I Am The Walrus.” The story goes that upon hearing that school children were analyzing Beatles lyrics, he said, “Let them try and work this one out!” John Lennon had a warped sense of humour, and told everyone what he thought in Glass Onion...
“Well here's another place you can be
Listen to me.
Fixing a hole in the ocean”
Check out this site. Bookmark it. It’ll keep you busy for days.
I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy. ~ Mitch Hedberg
I went to the park and saw this kid flying a kite. The kid was really excited. I don't know why, that's what they're supposed to do. Now if he had had a chair on the other end of that string, I would have been impressed. ~ Mitch Hedberg
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That is a very cool quote
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