Barriers to clear communication-- language barriers, infrastructure (fuzzy signals), and the different lenses that we use to view our lives (making sense of U.S. inflation or, in remakes of the song, the Iraq invasion)-- don't need to limit curiosity. Meaningful communication can still be shared through the feeling // rhythm (as in sharing music).
By the end of the song, he's imagining a radio DJ in Mexico. He has some fanciful ideas about what they eat there, and pictures himself taking song requests on the phone. Then he imagines tuning into the radio south of the border, and being unable to understand what the U.S. DJs are saying.
Or, in a sense, language barriers may limit communication, but values do so even more because, even when he hears folks speak in English about issues such as U.S. inflation or the Iraq invasion, he still doesn't understand.
So anyway, just wanted to point out that I don't think this song is strictly about Mexico or English/Spanish, so much as it's about communication and understanding in general.
@inteleckshual
I like your take on the latter half of the song in paragraph two. I guess it is pretty obvious when you read the lyrics but I never thought of it in quite that way. Now if you can explain, "I buy the product and never use it", I'll really be impressed.
@inteleckshual
I like your take on the latter half of the song in paragraph two. I guess it is pretty obvious when you read the lyrics but I never thought of it in quite that way. Now if you can explain, "I buy the product and never use it", I'll really be impressed.
Barriers to clear communication-- language barriers, infrastructure (fuzzy signals), and the different lenses that we use to view our lives (making sense of U.S. inflation or, in remakes of the song, the Iraq invasion)-- don't need to limit curiosity. Meaningful communication can still be shared through the feeling // rhythm (as in sharing music).
By the end of the song, he's imagining a radio DJ in Mexico. He has some fanciful ideas about what they eat there, and pictures himself taking song requests on the phone. Then he imagines tuning into the radio south of the border, and being unable to understand what the U.S. DJs are saying.
Or, in a sense, language barriers may limit communication, but values do so even more because, even when he hears folks speak in English about issues such as U.S. inflation or the Iraq invasion, he still doesn't understand.
So anyway, just wanted to point out that I don't think this song is strictly about Mexico or English/Spanish, so much as it's about communication and understanding in general.
@inteleckshual I like your take on the latter half of the song in paragraph two. I guess it is pretty obvious when you read the lyrics but I never thought of it in quite that way. Now if you can explain, "I buy the product and never use it", I'll really be impressed.
@inteleckshual I like your take on the latter half of the song in paragraph two. I guess it is pretty obvious when you read the lyrics but I never thought of it in quite that way. Now if you can explain, "I buy the product and never use it", I'll really be impressed.