Lyrics that go "clunk"

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by windbecame

because throwing a , in there makes "first" NOT the same meaning as "initial"??? but it's still the same thing " ," or NO " , "
oh wait, i always trust my SECOND initial feeling??? so therefore "first" and "initial" are NOT redudant.. my bad , sorry

I bet you wouldn't say that to Robert Burns!

It's like saying red, red rose. We know it's red the first time it's described, but when it's repeated then we know it's really, really red. Putting a comma separates the adjectives.


Your first, initial feeling.

I've heard the phrase before. I think it's fairly common. So, I can't even fault Stevie for the usage.

[michelej1]

I thought this reader's attempt to diagram Stevie's lyrics like in English class was pretty amusing.

http://www.ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/sh...ghlight=lyrics

[Dark Angel]

Yes, that was me. I started the research in 2001 after TISL came out. All of the allusions can be found at my Stevie site: www.inspiredangel.com

Originally Posted by SpyNote

I miss Tiffany's site, too. The lyric allusions were the best part of it. I believe most of the content for that section came from Lisa's (Dark Angel) research.

"Kick It," which mitzo mentioned, is my favorite song from Street Angel. As some have mentioned, many of those words are from Wilde's short story "The Happy Prince."

Daniel

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I think they're pretty great. However, I hate how she rhymes "sea" with "honey."


Not Make Believe - It hurts my self esteem, it hurts my everything; I am reeling... ooh, it hurts my feelings

One More Big Time... - Undercover music lover

Paper Doll - She refused to wear her coat

Listen to the Rain - You're a frontliner. Phantom of the Opera. Basically, the whole song.

Love is Like a River - I haven't burned a candle in a real long time

Two Kinds of Love - I talked to my famous friend last night

Ha-ha! These made me laugh especially "she refused to wear her coat." So mundane yet so priceless.

I still think all of "Silver Girl" is absolute banality. I've also always thought that the line "don't hide behind your hair that way baby" was pretty hilarious, especially taken out of context!

[wheart]

this may have been mentioned before but the one I thought of first was from Alice - "some carry a stiletto in their garter...along with everything else...that they carry". Awful!!

[mitzo]

Goodbye Baby: yes I was outspoken

[mitzo]

Highwayman: a dream begun in wine

Ghosts: she depends on her music like a husband

[ejof17]

What about:

"She's a c'mon lady, she's a tarnished pearl"? I love the song but really.

[ejof17]

I think you're uptight lady, uptight lady, outta sight outta sight lady.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Highwayman: a dream begun in wine

Ghosts: she depends on her music like a husband

oh I think this is one of her best, most confessional bits ever.

"To fill the empty spaces she's feeling
She depends on her music like a husband
And she knows it's no good
To fall in love again"

[michelej1]

^ Yes, I think that's a superb way of illustrating with a lyric what Stevie has said in so many interviews.

Michele

[mitzo]

Soldier's Angel: they make me remember my first loves and going out to dances

[diane_k]

^ If you took any random lyric out of context like you're doing it would sound wierd. Too bad the Rosetta stone doesn't have an option to learn how to speak metaphorically

[DashingDan]

"sometimes it was heavenly, sometimes it was too heavy"

It's the use of "heavy" at which I take umbradge. Such a 70's use of the word.

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by diane_k

^ If you took any random lyric out of context like you're doing it would sound wierd. Too bad the Rosetta stone doesn't have an option to learn how to speak metaphorically

LOL.

There sure isn't anything metaphorical about that line. Nor about "I walk though the halls of the hospitals I am a soldier's nurse."