I never gave Jackson Browne songs any thought, assuming they were relentlessly upbeat, some longer playing version of "Theme from the show Bosom Buddies" or something, but this morning, over a pre-commute coffee, WFUV-FM blew me away playing treacly Jackson Browne from 1982. Hearing the actual words to "Running on Empty" made me want to jump off the 8th floor.
Darkness and nihilism from the No Nukes hippy! This made me happy!
I'm curious to go sample Browne's whole back catalog now. And what about Barry Manilow...
Have you ever had an abrupt epiphany about what a song is really about ?
The songs of J Browne (if you dare).
lol!
Sure..."Rosie" from that same 'Running On Empty' LP.
;-)
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Posted by: dorko | December 12, 2007 at 08:54 PM
I start to hear lyrics after a few beers. It can be surprising.
Posted by: hammer | December 12, 2007 at 11:42 PM
Sometimes I begin to understand the syntax after forty or so years.
Until a couple of years ago, I thought it was, "I get the news. I need on the weather report." {In other words, I get the news; what I really need is the weather.)
The meaning sometimes takes longer.
Posted by: Peter | December 20, 2007 at 09:53 PM