What is Nine Feet Underground about?
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Topic: What is Nine Feet Underground about?
Posted By: SuperMetro
Subject: What is Nine Feet Underground about?
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 18:15
| So I have been hearing the Nine Feet Underground suite by Caravan for a little bit, and I am sort of confused on what it is about? It is mostly instrumental with two sets of lyrics, making it quite difficult to figure out. |
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 18:29
| Yes, I'm as lost as you are, so maybe somebody can enlighten us. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 18:32
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I initially thought it was about transitioning into some sort of afterlife. But after giving it a few more spins, I wasn't sure. Like, "Love's a Friend" seemed to me like it was about not being sure if you're "on the other side". And "Disassotiation" was about accepting the fact of having passed away. ------------- 
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Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 20:34
| Maybe it has something to do with love, since some of Grey and Pink's tracks are sort of like ones. I really like the tone of the song. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 21:43
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Funny, it never even occurred to me before to pay attention to the lyrics. It’s one of those tunes where the music has enough of an emotional arc that the lyrics don’t matter much. I’m curious now though. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 05:57
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From loudersounds.com: Richard Sinclair says "“With Nine Feet Underground they were individual pieces, but with continually playing them through, and because each piece was only about five minutes long or something, I found it quite interesting to join bits up. I think it evolved, really. And this idea of doing one long number, I’d completely sorted it out well before we went into the studio. I was living in a basement flat at the time that was nine feet under ground level.” This is likely the reason why the two sets of lyrics seem to have no relation to each other ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 05:58
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I could ask Richard Sinclair for ya, him and I are buddies! ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 06:07
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It's like 6 feet underground, but deeper. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 15:40
------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
SteveG wrote:Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 16:05
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It's about shagging your bird and feeling alright. Like most songs, apart from the ones that are about not shagging your bird and feeling bloody miserable.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 17:14
It's a David Sinclair composition, not Richard's.
I used to think it was pun on being buried a bit deeper into the ground, but indeed, Dave said it was because he lived in a basement. Kind of ruins the Canterbury legend, doesn't it? ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 18 2021 at 02:05
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 18 2021 at 02:29
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who else can name an album "The unathorized breakfast item"? ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 18 2021 at 04:04
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for me it is the thoughts of a dead man (provided dead people can still think) about a love he had in his life. hence the title "Nine Feet Underground" -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: August 18 2021 at 06:57
| Is it about 4 and a half people buried in the same coffin? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 18 2021 at 07:31
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 21 2021 at 14:42
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I'm not sure it's about anything. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |