READ people, only like 3 people who I bet READ before commenting got it right.
Its about getting Drunk and trying to and finally successfully getting in the PANTS of a Girl.
Nothing to do with Acid or Coke or Holocaust or any of that.
Also the writer of the song SPECIFICALLY says that the Millers Tale line has NOTHING to do with Canterbury Tales...
"Although, Reid reveals, the reference to Chaucer is a red herring. 'One thing people always get wrong is that line about the Miller's Tale. I've never read Chaucer in my life. They're right off the track there.' "
"And yet the verse is essential to an understanding of the song.(The one that was dropped as has been quoted in the comments Daciples Edit) We at last learn that the drunken seduction is consummated, and the sea metaphor reaches its apotheosis in the oblivion and forgetfulness of sex, with a neat pun thrown in as a punch-line."
READ people, use your brain the freaking writer of the song out right tells you what its about, trying to get laid while drunk, except done in a vague reference over hauntingly great melody.
please,could you explain me the "And yet....punch-line" more simply,cause i'm not English and i've read it already at the website but i don't understand so well.Oh and do you know where elsewhere can i find meanings of songs where the composer of the lyrics talks about its meaning?
please,could you explain me the "And yet....punch-line" more simply,cause i'm not English and i've read it already at the website but i don't understand so well.Oh and do you know where elsewhere can i find meanings of songs where the composer of the lyrics talks about its meaning?
@Daciple I've been sickly from drinking too much.
Still, today, we get drunk in a variety of ways and this political cycle we have here in America, well, it's such an illusion, yeah? Everyone is drunk on something, anger, fear, obsurdity of it all, leaving us a bit homogenized and well, a whiter shade of pale. They say, "green ain't mean..."
@Daciple I've been sickly from drinking too much.
Still, today, we get drunk in a variety of ways and this political cycle we have here in America, well, it's such an illusion, yeah? Everyone is drunk on something, anger, fear, obsurdity of it all, leaving us a bit homogenized and well, a whiter shade of pale. They say, "green ain't mean..."
@Daciple Although Reid reveals he's never read Chaucer, neither had his main audience back in the Sixties. However we all knew of the Miller Tale, without knowing the Miller Tale.... People often look for in dept meaning where they don't exist, the worst example being the Beatles Helter Slelter .....
@Daciple Although Reid reveals he's never read Chaucer, neither had his main audience back in the Sixties. However we all knew of the Miller Tale, without knowing the Miller Tale.... People often look for in dept meaning where they don't exist, the worst example being the Beatles Helter Slelter .....
@Daciple Actually, while your interpretation could very well be correct, what definitely can't be said is that there's "no depth in meaning". Especially when all 4 verses of the song that hardly anyone even seem to know exist are taken into account:
@Daciple Actually, while your interpretation could very well be correct, what definitely can't be said is that there's "no depth in meaning". Especially when all 4 verses of the song that hardly anyone even seem to know exist are taken into account:
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Bridge 1]
[Verse 2]
She said, there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed
[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Bridge 2]
[Verse 3]
She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying, 'You must be the mermaid
Who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died
[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Verse 4]
If music be the food of love
Then laughter is its queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed
[Chorus]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
@Daciple Don't believe everything you're told. Whether Reid misheard or misunderstood what his muse whispered in his ear, or he's having a little joke on his fans, I can not say. But it's definitely about the Titanic.
@Daciple Don't believe everything you're told. Whether Reid misheard or misunderstood what his muse whispered in his ear, or he's having a little joke on his fans, I can not say. But it's definitely about the Titanic.
I suppose no one felt like reading all the comments and going to the site linked by DanVitale?
procolharum.com/awsop_lotgs.htm
READ people, only like 3 people who I bet READ before commenting got it right.
Its about getting Drunk and trying to and finally successfully getting in the PANTS of a Girl.
Nothing to do with Acid or Coke or Holocaust or any of that.
Also the writer of the song SPECIFICALLY says that the Millers Tale line has NOTHING to do with Canterbury Tales...
"Although, Reid reveals, the reference to Chaucer is a red herring. 'One thing people always get wrong is that line about the Miller's Tale. I've never read Chaucer in my life. They're right off the track there.' "
"And yet the verse is essential to an understanding of the song.(The one that was dropped as has been quoted in the comments Daciples Edit) We at last learn that the drunken seduction is consummated, and the sea metaphor reaches its apotheosis in the oblivion and forgetfulness of sex, with a neat pun thrown in as a punch-line."
READ people, use your brain the freaking writer of the song out right tells you what its about, trying to get laid while drunk, except done in a vague reference over hauntingly great melody.
Great Song, no in depth meaning tho....
please,could you explain me the "And yet....punch-line" more simply,cause i'm not English and i've read it already at the website but i don't understand so well.Oh and do you know where elsewhere can i find meanings of songs where the composer of the lyrics talks about its meaning?
please,could you explain me the "And yet....punch-line" more simply,cause i'm not English and i've read it already at the website but i don't understand so well.Oh and do you know where elsewhere can i find meanings of songs where the composer of the lyrics talks about its meaning?
@Daciple I've been sickly from drinking too much. Still, today, we get drunk in a variety of ways and this political cycle we have here in America, well, it's such an illusion, yeah? Everyone is drunk on something, anger, fear, obsurdity of it all, leaving us a bit homogenized and well, a whiter shade of pale. They say, "green ain't mean..."
@Daciple I've been sickly from drinking too much. Still, today, we get drunk in a variety of ways and this political cycle we have here in America, well, it's such an illusion, yeah? Everyone is drunk on something, anger, fear, obsurdity of it all, leaving us a bit homogenized and well, a whiter shade of pale. They say, "green ain't mean..."
@Daciple Although Reid reveals he's never read Chaucer, neither had his main audience back in the Sixties. However we all knew of the Miller Tale, without knowing the Miller Tale.... People often look for in dept meaning where they don't exist, the worst example being the Beatles Helter Slelter .....
@Daciple Although Reid reveals he's never read Chaucer, neither had his main audience back in the Sixties. However we all knew of the Miller Tale, without knowing the Miller Tale.... People often look for in dept meaning where they don't exist, the worst example being the Beatles Helter Slelter .....
@Daciple Actually, while your interpretation could very well be correct, what definitely can't be said is that there's "no depth in meaning". Especially when all 4 verses of the song that hardly anyone even seem to know exist are taken into account:
@Daciple Actually, while your interpretation could very well be correct, what definitely can't be said is that there's "no depth in meaning". Especially when all 4 verses of the song that hardly anyone even seem to know exist are taken into account:
We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray
We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray
[Chorus] And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Bridge 1]
[Verse 2] She said, there is no reason And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed
[Chorus] And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Bridge 2]
[Verse 3] She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' Though in truth we were at sea So I took her by the looking glass And forced her to agree Saying, 'You must be the mermaid Who took Neptune for a ride.' But she smiled at me so sadly That my anger straightway died
[Chorus] And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale
[Verse 4] If music be the food of love Then laughter is its queen And likewise if behind is in front Then dirt in truth is clean My mouth by then like cardboard Seemed to slip straight through my head So we crash-dived straightway quickly And attacked the ocean bed
[Chorus] And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale
@Daciple \r\nWell, Bim Skala Bim
@Daciple \r\nWell, Bim Skala Bim
@Daciple Don't believe everything you're told. Whether Reid misheard or misunderstood what his muse whispered in his ear, or he's having a little joke on his fans, I can not say. But it's definitely about the Titanic.
@Daciple Don't believe everything you're told. Whether Reid misheard or misunderstood what his muse whispered in his ear, or he's having a little joke on his fans, I can not say. But it's definitely about the Titanic.