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Rob 11:55 am UTC 08/17/07 |
| In reply to: | A request to all of you - Jacob 09:43 am UTC 08/17/07 |
| Interesting post, but I'm not sure what you mean by 'over-analysing' Jim's music. It's a bit saying you're not listening to it 'properly' - what does it mean? I find sometimes I can turn Jim's music up really loud and just let it wash over me - his arrangements can be so intricate that I'll suddenly hear something (a bass line, a piano riff) deep in the mix that I've never heard before and it'll catch my attention for the whole song. Sometimes I put it on and really listen to the lyrics - familiarity sometimes breeds complacency with Jim's words and you forget how intelligent they are, and how worthy they are of closer attention. For example, I listened to 'Total Eclipse...' (the Bonnie original) the other night and the line 'forever's gonna start tonight' suddenly jumped out at me. Now, I've heard that song and that line a thousand times before probably and it's always just been THERE. I'd never have touted it as one of Jim's finest or even particularly memorable, but all of a sudden it made the whole song come together for me - so many meanings, so many interpretations are possible and I just sat and thought about it for a good while after the song had finished. I don't want to write an 'up my own arse' essay about it here, but it made me reconsider my view of the song and what it means, and I played it again an hour or so later and enjoyed it like I did the first time I heard it, like it was something new. Maybe I was 'over analysing', but it did it for me. I think everyone listens to music in their own way and approaches it in a manner that works for them - I don't think you can prescribe how that should be. But still, interesting post. | |
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