Hi,
 ... As I sing my credo to a lost cause. " Does he mean "I know that what I have faith in really is bogus, but still I keep believing it"? |
I think of it differently. He is merely telling you that he is singing what he believes, and is actually questioning ... does it really matter to anyone else? Which makes it a lost cause for him! What is the point of having ideas, and beliefs, and no one knows, or cares about them? ... that is something of an issue for ALL writers, btw. You write from your vision, or your ideas! And the only point that defines the writing for that person is, how far and how well, they can stay with their vision/movie and not let ideas control it.
But if all you know is Harry Potter, why bother? ... I am singing a lost cause because HP lovers will never give me an ear! Or you can say the same thing about some of the vapid (vampire) stories these days. Even Ann Rice was better than that! Ohhh ... or the better one I heard ... who's Ann Rice?
I'm sure you got that one!
| ... Man is nothing but a modern slave in the time of such wild capitalist practices sucking the life of communities and individuals worldwide: we all believe we're free, but in fact we're not. |
Agreed 100%. We are totally controlled by media interests and what's more ... we don't know the difference anymore, and educational systems are less and less interested in making sure you know and understand ... and that one is easy to know why ... it invalidates their power!
| ... Or it could be about free will - which would suggest the poet's a believer of fate and with this line he brings the degree of man's role in his very own life into question. |
I don't think so. I do not sit here and write poems (over 400 of them) and wonder about my fate, and I don't think that CREDO does either. But it might bring one's desire and world into perspective a little better ... so what am I singing here ... just another song about brown sugar? ... ohhh, try a little michelle? ... after a while it's empty and not satisfying. Doesn't mean the music/song is not good, but the lyrics are not satisfying. In fact they are frustrating and hopeful, but not satisfying at all!
| ... Any other ideas? I really don't get believing falsely "the air don't cost a thing to a bird with a broken wing" part. And the wisest king leaving his wisdom on the wall? The meaning of that line's a mystery for me. |
The air/wing line is the easiest one for me. Why? The image. The wing doesn't fly without air! Broken or not! In other words, you have an idea or thought, and if you don't "air" it, wether you are broken over it or not, how is anyone going to know if it is right or wrong. Or, better yet, what is the point, if you don't care? Or could give a damn about the "air" if all you care about is going to get that waverunner tonight and go have a toke and poke with your girlfriend after it!
It's actually very important, and to me one of the most distinguishable features in this board. There is a lot of marvellous content, and just as much no so marvellous content. But then ... poop all the comments in the same thread, and ... sooner or later you are not reading it or I am not or someone else is not reading it! The value of the work, the content and even what is being said, gets lost ... it's both a broken wing (the idea) and the voice.
| The final part, as I have said, suggests that the poet believes in God which he thinks is watching us from above as we play and disregard the rules (not follow his rules). So at the end there's a twist and it makes me think the ambiguities were deliberately placed in the song in order to make it open to interpretation. |
I would not go that far.
Academia tends to "bring down words" into concepts and ideas that fit in compartments. Well, what if I do not do that or worry about that, and I take some dope and then write something, and sell it, and all of a sudden someone thinks its awesome and it sells a million. I'm seen as a visionary (or idiot!), but the idea does not fit that concept, and is fact, is nowhere near the whole thing, its way off the mark!
I tend to say, live by your words, not word, or a book (another important thing here!). It's not about one sentence. It's not about a book. It's about a whole life! YOUR life ... so when you are reducing a whole life to one sentence, I'm pretty sure the first thing you would say to yourself in front of the mirror is ... you're kidding me, right?
For all you know, Brian just had broken up with a woman he loved. And he's basically saying that nothing between them meant anything? ... It is, btw, a very common subject at the time in many lyrics in a lot of places at that time. The day of the drugs and free love, coming to a crashing halt and ... none of it meant anything at all ... you can see that very same hedonism here in this board. History, means absolutely nothig to most people at all ... !!! The other most disappointing one, is the sarcastic piece in Amon Duul 2's first album, Phallus Dei, when it was obvious they were through with the whole commune thing ... so you spent all these years in this place, together ... and the only thing it was about was sex! And a party so everyone could get into the orgy! And this is why Amon Duul 2's song "Apocalyptic Bore" is so important to me ... and the answer is ... no, there is a lot in that time and place that is important, and should not be discarded ... and the MUSIC is one of the most important parts of it! And in my book is the biggest inspiration to what we know and consider "prog". Without it, all the music is just ... nothing. Plain words in hot air. Mere farts in the wind! And of course, because someone says it's this or that, you buy it and never question it!!! Now, you tell me who has the broken wing?
I have a credo, myself, but it won't matter to you any, if you are not going to give it a breath of air, for it to reach you, so you can decide if it is important to you or not! ... and this is where academia fails. It tells you what the credo is, what the concept is, what the design of the concept is, and then tells you that you can not be a part of it by being different! So, in the end, I tell folks, don't do that ... it does not invalidate your academic analysis, but I can tell you is not the "inspiration" that turns the artist free. It is the inspiration that makes professors (many times) feel themselves superior and more important than the artists themselves. So, as you can see, all of a sudden their credo is better/bigger than mine. IF anyone is measuring.
Lastly ... it's not the words, it's not the air, it's not anything but "YOU". The more centered and focused you are inside the less a lot of this stuff seems to come off as weird, strange and conceptual from the planet of Pluto! And this, a bit of the meditational idea if you will, is something that is very difficult to accept within the context of ideas, not to mention a total anti-thesis of the same!
Hope this helps
Edited by moshkito - July 09 2010 at 18:18
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