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Unno 03:56 am UTC 06/07/07 |
| In reply to: | re: I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back - pidunk 03:21 am UTC 06/07/07 |
| Part of the problem came from the ambiguity and grammar of this sentence: "Without using a reference, "coda" seems like it would be the meaning or interpretation of the song, but in the musical definition, it is the final musical phrasing of it, which means that Jim omits the lyrical aspects of his liking of it." Wow, that's a lot of indefinite pronouns. :) Anyway, this sentence seems to say, in a round about way, that "coda" usually means something like "interpretation." It does not. The end of the sentence, starting with "which" is a complete enigma to me, but it seems as if it is claiming that Jim dislikes the lyrics of the song or the excited nature of the melody itself. Neither of those follow, even if one accepts your incorrect definition of coda. The post that I'm currently replying to is a bit more straightforward, although I should reaffirm that "coda" does not and never has meant "something like an interpretative aspect." The fact that you had to look it up to find out what it actually means is kind of disconcerting. In any case, when Jim mentions the coda of the song, he is clearly referring to the "Bless all the girls" bit towards the end. However, perhaps the issue here is mostly due to your writing style. Are you a native English speaker, or is it a second language for you? I have seen Mandarin speakers make similar errors. > > > Jim has qualified in his blog that he likes only a certain > > > aspect of the song....sent me to the dictionary he did, by > > > using the word "coda". > > > On Jim's blog, dated August 9 which he calls July 9, he > writes this small mention of the song: >
> > Thus began my thought of what a "coda" is. To some > contemporary sophisticates living in a symbolic society > such as ours, "coda" means something like an interpretive > aspect. But, I looked it up in the terms of music, which > means the last musical movement of the piece. Since Jim is > discussing music, it is this meaning to his statement > which applies. It does so not just because of that, but > because the context of the meaning of the song has been > given to me for understanding. Being one at the other side > of the "backstory" as you will, with patterns of Jim's > inspirations in part coming from such well, I say what it > is about because I have a personal insight. > > > > > | |
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