Goodbye Baby

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Listening to her voice on the demo of the Tower, is its own timestamp- definitely mid-70's voice, no way its from '82. That would mean the Robin- childbirth back story is not part of the song. What made her songs great in the era was her use of imagery with fewer words and brilliant melody- the hidden gem s"Foresaken/Mistaken Love is another good example of that. Capturing a moment or a mood is what she did best, literal interpretation is clunky and awkward for her.

Exactly. Although another poster hit the nail on the head when GypsySorcerer stated in her later years she did write literal meanings. I think klonopin clouded her brain and she was not able to weave those brilliant songs taking 3 or 4 events and writing a brilliant song about them which few understood what it meant. Songs like Escape from Berlin, Long Way To Go, Fire Burning (actually about escaping a real fire), Desert Angel, etc where literal meanings. A song like Welcome To The Room Sara was almost impossible to interpret until years later when it was explained.
Her best work is a song like Edge of 17. So much verse and so much intensity in those verses. OMG! Its pure poetry. And its incredible to know the song was about Jane meeting Tom, her grandfather's passing, John Lennon's death, and a few words written on an airplane menu created one of the best songs ever written. Post klonopin we do get a few other subtle interpreted songs like Illume. She had to explain parts to people so they knew what they meant: Shadow of a stranger = Osama Bin Ladin Smell of nag champra was to take away the smell of destruction and death in the hotel, etc
No doubt she is one of the best songwriters in history. I love Long Way To Go how its literally saying goodbye to Joe after a long car trip but its wrapped in battling drug addiciton which is the main concept of the song. Brilliant!