| Jackson Browne – Stay Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| So mellow and beautiful. Definitely the best version of this song. | |
| Hole – Doll Parts Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's angry and resigned. Selfish and sorrowful. Vindictive and in love. "Love him so much it just turns to hate" does not mean she is willing to violate her strict moral code (ha ha) for him - it's her frustration from the one-sidedness she perceives in their relationship. I won't speculate on who was obsessed with dolls, but they /are/ a metaphor for feeling fake and plastic and life-like. I so very much doubt that she took up heroine for Kurt; she's no paragon of virtue herself, and part of this wretchedness is that she did it all to herself and is just looking for someone to assign blame to. Does he only love her, too, because her self-destruction is amusing? Her love for him and her doubts that he ever felt anything real for her truly hurt - and maybe if he knew how much she hurt he would understand her, or love her, or at the very least he would have a taste of his own medicine. This song is so captivating for me because of how well she captures this abject misery. |
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| Al Stewart – Roads to Moscow Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Actually, there is no change in perspective. It seems as if there might be because all of a sudden Al Stewart speaks of a push towards Berlin, but this is still the voice of a Soviet soldier. "The flames of the tiger..." conjures the turnaround in the favor of Russian army as they pushed back the Germans at Stalingrad and kept pushing, all the way to Berlin. Another line that takes on a new meaning if you assume no perspective change is, "The old men and children they send out to face us, they can't slow us down..." These are not the Russian villagers fighting for Stalingrad - these are the German and Austrian people fighting off the Soviet troops. The mention of capture and being sent to Siberia was not, actually, from a German's perspective. A Soviet soldier that had been captured by Germans and managed to escape was seen as a potential traitor, and treated as such - including a sort of forced exile. The unfortunate soul who says "I'm coming home, I'm coming home..." is quite mistaken - as he admits later, he will likely never see his home again. This is a very vivid and beautiful song, as so many of Stewart's songs are. It is truly able to capture the spirit of the years of fighting in WWII in the Russian winter. |
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