Sable On Blonde (Help)

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

I've never heard that.

Off to vomit now.

i have that response a lot after reading sharon's posts.



oh, you mean the affair? yeah, that's pretty gross.

[Nixxxed]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i have that response a lot after reading sharon's posts.



oh, you mean the affair? yeah, that's pretty gross.

You are cracking me up tonight.

Bought your ticket to Canada yet?

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

You are cracking me up tonight.

Bought your ticket to Canada yet?

holy hell, i've got my cursor over the "place order" button at expedia.

dude, beavers and mounties.

come ON!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I always thought the title of the song was a reference to Bob's Blonde On Blonde.
It seems too similar not to be.
Could it be about him perhaps? Did she know him around that time?
I know it's been said that they had some kind of affair later on...

I'm not sure when they met. I just wondered if something on Dylan's record inspired her or she related it to something she was going through at the time.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

1. This song has so much meaning for me. I love that she realized that it wasn't her that tainted the relationship, it was this guy's issues that he carried around that and he wouldn't allow himself to love.

What I don't get is the title... What's Sable On Blonde mean...

and What's

Learn to be a stranger
Blond on blond
In silence she says excalibur

Is this some mythology that went over my head? What is this Stevie experts?

This is one of those songs that's definitely up for interpretation, of course, but here's my best guess.

That phrase and the following one have to be read together -

"Sable on blonde,
dark upon light
because it hurts too much."

Sable is a dark fur - it contrasts with Stevie's uhhmmm - blonde hair.
Just as dark contrasts with light.

It's like one of those S.A.T. questions.

Stevie used to wear those types of furs - she was saying that this fake, fancy thing was hiding her true self - blonde, outgoing, fun - just as there was a dark exterior to her (Big Rock Star; cold; egotistical, etc.) which was hiding the bright light - the good person - which she knew was still inside of her. The reason why was that she was in so much pain - sable on blonde, dark upon light; BECAUSE it hurts so much. Putting up a false front - "outside her frost-colored windows" - because she was scared and had been hurt.

"Learn to be a stranger" - She had to learn how not to be close to Lindsey - an "associate," not an intimate. She also described this as herself feeling that she has to learn to be her true self - someone she felt she no longer knew - and to be someone who was more independent - who wouldn't go "crying wolf" over every little problem. She maybe had to grow up a bit and she knew it - she had been sheltered so long.

"Blonde on Blonde" - very puzzling. But maybe dying her hair a slightly different shade than its true color (brownish/amber) - again, a ref. to the Public Stevie vs. her real, true self.

"In silence she says 'excaliber'" - she discussed this in an interview once - It's a reference to the "Sword in the Stone" legend, of course. She said that she needed to learn not to call for help so quickly - not to call out for that Knight in Shining Armor to come rescue her - she needed to rescue herself (and maybe to be left alone a little bit, for a little while). But - as we all know, in the legend, there is only ONE who can pull out the sword - who can stop the hurt, in other words. She had to learn to stop calling that person (WHO could it be? ) but when alone, she cried out (softly...) "Excaliber" - in other words, her spirit was crying for him to come to her, but she'd never admit it - maybe not even to herself. But you can easily picture her being all alone at home, thinking to herself, promising herself she wouldn't call ANYONE - but just the same, whispering to herself, just once, "Lindsey...."

Anyway I think that maybe overall it's about Stevie's need to take some time to get to know herself. And to take control of her life, and her career. It's certainly one of her vaguist songs!