I believe that BlueGirls are derived from a poem by John Crowe Ransom ... and refers to adolescent school girls for whom beauty is the focus of their lives
(snip)"In this poem, Ransom offers the girls three main lessons, which, although they seem contradictory, are really closely related:
(1) Beauty does fade.
(2) Use your beauty as much as you can before it fades.
(3) Have something in your life besides beauty, so that when it fades, you are not left with nothing.
He describes beauty as delicate and rare, unable to be established. He focuses on the lightheartedness of young girls, how they are caught up in beauty, and he warns them to be conscientious of the fact that their beauty will fade and that they cannot put all their hope on their beauty. At the same time, he encourages them to "practice" their beauty until it is gone, and he promises to celebrate that beauty as best he can, with all its value and frailty."(snip)
IMHO, 'Ripples' is absolutely the finest musical creation ever produced by Genesis. The imagery and message of the lyrics are also piercing, if not altogether an original concept.
@meloniec Without question, Ripples is directly inspired by John Crowe Ransom's poem "Blue Girls." Ransom writes, "it is not long since she was lovelier than any of you." Tony Banks writes, "seems not very long ago, lovelier she was than any that I know." Banks starts his lyrics with the words "Blue girls", the title of the Ransom poem. The "promised land where the honey flows" may mean life's ease to a girl when she is young. I think the opening verse of the song is from the point of view of a rock musician's encounters with young groupies, which...
@meloniec Without question, Ripples is directly inspired by John Crowe Ransom's poem "Blue Girls." Ransom writes, "it is not long since she was lovelier than any of you." Tony Banks writes, "seems not very long ago, lovelier she was than any that I know." Banks starts his lyrics with the words "Blue girls", the title of the Ransom poem. The "promised land where the honey flows" may mean life's ease to a girl when she is young. I think the opening verse of the song is from the point of view of a rock musician's encounters with young groupies, which starts him thinking about the theme of Ransom's "Blue Girls" poem.
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
I believe that BlueGirls are derived from a poem by John Crowe Ransom ... and refers to adolescent school girls for whom beauty is the focus of their lives
(snip)"In this poem, Ransom offers the girls three main lessons, which, although they seem contradictory, are really closely related:
He describes beauty as delicate and rare, unable to be established. He focuses on the lightheartedness of young girls, how they are caught up in beauty, and he warns them to be conscientious of the fact that their beauty will fade and that they cannot put all their hope on their beauty. At the same time, he encourages them to "practice" their beauty until it is gone, and he promises to celebrate that beauty as best he can, with all its value and frailty."(snip)
from titan.iwu.edu/~wchapman/americanpoetryweb/ranbluan.html
IMHO, 'Ripples' is absolutely the finest musical creation ever produced by Genesis. The imagery and message of the lyrics are also piercing, if not altogether an original concept.
@meloniec Ripples makes us feel free to be as we were intended....
@meloniec Ripples makes us feel free to be as we were intended....
@meloniec Without question, Ripples is directly inspired by John Crowe Ransom's poem "Blue Girls." Ransom writes, "it is not long since she was lovelier than any of you." Tony Banks writes, "seems not very long ago, lovelier she was than any that I know." Banks starts his lyrics with the words "Blue girls", the title of the Ransom poem. The "promised land where the honey flows" may mean life's ease to a girl when she is young. I think the opening verse of the song is from the point of view of a rock musician's encounters with young groupies, which...
@meloniec Without question, Ripples is directly inspired by John Crowe Ransom's poem "Blue Girls." Ransom writes, "it is not long since she was lovelier than any of you." Tony Banks writes, "seems not very long ago, lovelier she was than any that I know." Banks starts his lyrics with the words "Blue girls", the title of the Ransom poem. The "promised land where the honey flows" may mean life's ease to a girl when she is young. I think the opening verse of the song is from the point of view of a rock musician's encounters with young groupies, which starts him thinking about the theme of Ransom's "Blue Girls" poem.
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!
@meloniec I see that you posted this some time ago. My hope is that you still view this account so I could properly thank you. I have loved this song for 40 odd years and did not make the connection to the poem. Thank you!!