The Ghosts are Gone - Page 4

michelej1 · #46 08-30-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by seekerj

So help me out. Who are the lost girls? Why plural? Who are the boys who are gone? Why plural? What do the lost girls and the boys have to do with each other? What the @#$% is this song about????!!!!

I didn't understand it when I heard it, it just sounded cool (to paraphrase Chris' take on Stevie's lyrics) and I haven't been able to reconcile the actual words with what Stevie says the song is about.

To me, although I don't think about vampires when I hear Moonlight, I do think of ghosts, vampires, maybe even zombies when I hear GAG. I think of the undead (or the unfinished) and as we move from verse to verse, I imagine them queuing up to be crossed over into the afterlife. Here you have these lost boys and they're gone and then, up next, you have lost girls and they finally disappear. It's like they were wandering and now they're all standing in line to find resolution and, one by one, they do and they're free to disappear in peace afterwards.

So, that's what I imagine in my head when I hear it and it doesn't bother me that it doesn't make sense. I actually ask myself more questions about FWIW and why "even if" and the good intentions and the non sequitur, for what it's worth. There's a suggestion that sometimes his intentions aren't good . . . that he has to struggle to keep them honorable. And if the outcome would still be that it wouldn't work, why doesn't she say that, instead of trailing off?

Those gnaw at me more than the GAG words, but in a good way. I think the questions make FWIW better. The GAG questions just make it fun and zany.

Michele

Travisevian · #47 08-30-2011, 07:22 PM

Is anyone else amused that the acronyms for this song spell GAG? When I read that, it makes me laugh like a little schoolboy.

Gypsybecca · #48 08-31-2011, 12:58 AM

Jim Ladd is playing Ghosts are Gone right now on KLOS, Has anyone else heard this on the radio?

I LOVE Jim Ladd!

Jondalar · #49 08-31-2011, 12:59 AM

When I first heard this song, I thought this was about all the rocker guys Stevie has known. They have slept with many woman, so many infact, that each one is soooo fleeting, they feel like ghosts. It's a song she wrote for men. They pray on LOST girls. Nature of the beast.

WildHearted · #50 08-31-2011, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gypsybecca

Jim Ladd is playing Ghosts are Gone right now on KLOS, Has anyone else heard this on the radio?

I LOVE Jim Ladd!

If only she'd have titled it "The Ghosts Are Gone"

Gypsybecca · #51 08-31-2011, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

When I first heard this song, I thought this was about all the rocker guys Stevie has known. They have slept with many woman, so many infact, that each one is soooo fleeting, they feel like ghosts. It's a song she wrote for men. They pray on LOST girls. Nature of the beast.

Speaking of rocker guys Stevie has known....after GAG, the next song is Tom Petty's Last Dance with Mary Jane..... Jim Ladd is a shipper! Not the first time he's played Stevie and Tom next to each other! hmmmm.... hahaha.

Jondalar · #52 08-31-2011, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Gypsybecca

Speaking of rocker guys Stevie has known....after GAG, the next song is Tom Petty's Last Dance with Mary Jane..... Jim Ladd is a shipper! Not the first time he's played Stevie and Tom next to each other! hmmmm.... hahaha.

Can someone tell me what a shipper is? New term for me.

Phoenix · #53 08-31-2011, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Travisevian

Is anyone else amused that the acronyms for this song spell GAG? When I read that, it makes me laugh like a little schoolboy.

U r not alone.

Phoenix · #54 08-31-2011, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by seekerj

I really look forward to your posts! You just crack me up! And that ain't easy.

Thank you, there will be more. The ledge frequently leaves itself wide open

michelej1 · #55 08-31-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

Can someone tell me what a shipper is? New term for me.

Someone who advocates a romantic relationship. The term originated with the X-Files, people who saw (or wanted) a romance between Mulder and Scully were shippers, those who did not were noromos.

And this is quite powerful stuff. Many years later, I just saw a photo of Gillian putting her hand on David's face, fingers touching his hair, to hug him goodbye when he was leaving a function and I nearly fainted.

Don't be a shipper folks, it's not healthy.

Michele

APerfectLie · #56 08-31-2011, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Travisevian

Is anyone else amused that the acronyms for this song spell GAG? When I read that, it makes me laugh like a little schoolboy.

Lmao yes! There were rumours that she was going to name the album after GAG and I was so pissed because it would have been a terrible acronym for an album.

jannieC · #57 08-31-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Someone who advocates a romantic relationship. The term originated with the X-Files, people who saw (or wanted) a romance between Mulder and Scully were shippers, those who did not were noromos.

And this is quite powerful stuff. Many years later, I just saw a photo of Gillian putting her hand on David's face, fingers touching his hair, to hug him goodbye when he was leaving a function and I nearly fainted.

Don't be a shipper folks, it's not healthy.

Michele

Iiiiiiiinteresting! I was a major shipper. Who knew?