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wtshnnfb01
Wild Honey
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Location: Where The Streets Have No Name
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No one seems to want to do Vertigo anymore. Want to do surrender?
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djrlewis
Mr. MacPhisto
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Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:
No one seems to want to do Vertigo anymore. Want to do surrender?
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Whoah there man. I'm all for keenness and motivation but Lady G hasn't even looked back yet and it's her topic.
The rules we've agreed above state that anyone who wants to has until next Tuesday to write about the song of the week. By default that's Vertigo this week.
I'm sure we can consider your suggestion for next week. A little patience please in the meantime. Give Vertigo a try...
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wtshnnfb01
Wild Honey
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Location: Where The Streets Have No Name
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I always just thought it was rhymin nonsense about a nightclub. Never really cared for it much.
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djrlewis
Mr. MacPhisto
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Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:
I always just thought it was rhymin nonsense about a nightclub. Never really cared for it much.
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But that's your interpretation of it's meaning. Brilliant. And very succinct. Nice one 
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djrlewis
Mr. MacPhisto
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Location: Van Diemens Land // Actual Status: Feeling good...
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Well. I think it's about a concert. A U2 show. It's an essay between a band at the top of their career and their fans.
"Lights go down, it's dark"
House lights at the stadium
"A feeling's so much stronger than a thought" and "Except you give me something I can feel, feel"
Bono's best performances - and the band's - come when they get a 'feeling' off the crowd
"Bullets rip the sky"
Could be a literal reference to Bullet The Blue Sky - always a staple of the live show
"Boys play rock and roll
They know they can’t dance
At least they know"
Pretty self-explanatory I think
"The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus round her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music"
I've always pictured one of those girls he gets up on stage during WOWY, LIB or such. Maybe he puts the rosary he wears around them
"All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours"
They are just like one of us and it could very easily be one of us who is up there in place of them.
But this bit's what's always clinched it for me:-
"Hello hello
We’re at a place called Vertigo
Lights go down and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how, how to kneel
Yeah yeah yeah yeah"
We, the audience, give him something - fuel some need that all the best rockstars have. And it's an almost religious experience and / or our faith in the band helps reaffirm his own faith in God.
Just my thing. I suck at this really. I'm quite shallow when it comes to songs - I just listen and go with the flow. I rarely look for meaning. Maybe I'll stick to just managing this one...
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MWSAH
Mr. MacPhisto
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Location: Another Place// SOTW: TUF
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Originally posted by djrlewis:
Well. I think it's about a concert. A U2 show. It's an essay between a band at the top of their career and their fans.
"Lights go down, it's dark"
House lights at the stadium
"A feeling's so much stronger than a thought" and "Except you give me something I can feel, feel"
Bono's best performances - and the band's - come when they get a 'feeling' off the crowd
"Bullets rip the sky"
Could be a literal reference to Bullet The Blue Sky - always a staple of the live show
"Boys play rock and roll
They know they can’t dance
At least they know"
Pretty self-explanatory I think
"The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus round her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music"
I've always pictured one of those girls he gets up on stage during WOWY, LIB or such. Maybe he puts the rosary he wears around them
"All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours"
They are just like one of us and it could very easily be one of us who is up there in place of them.
But this bit's what's always clinched it for me:-
"Hello hello
We’re at a place called Vertigo
Lights go down and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how, how to kneel
Yeah yeah yeah yeah"
We, the audience, give him something - fuel some need that all the best rockstars have. And it's an almost religious experience and / or our faith in the band helps reaffirm his own faith in God.
Just my thing. I suck at this really. I'm quite shallow when it comes to songs - I just listen and go with the flow. I rarely look for meaning. Maybe I'll stick to just managing this one...
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Quite shallow? Great post, Dan! You don't look shallow to me...I always look for the meaning of a song. Even the crappiest song can make my day if there is a good meaning behind it. I never interpretated Vertigo like you do..
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djrlewis
Mr. MacPhisto
Posts: 6828
Location: Van Diemens Land // Actual Status: Feeling good...
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Originally posted by MWSAH:
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Yes, I'll join, but I can't promise that I'll post all the time..My interpretation of Vertigo will be here as the week almost ends, I think.
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Excellent job. I've added you. I don't expect I'll post every week either but I'll enjoy reading them and choosing a song.
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Jcbasket
Zoo Baby
Posts: 234
Location: Tempe, AZ and Marlboro, NJ
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i think the idea is great...but I am Jewish....which isn't fair because 80% of Bono's lyrics are about faith and the bible and psalms and stuff like that...so I would prob be bad at this game..but ill try
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MWSAH
Mr. MacPhisto
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Location: Another Place// SOTW: TUF
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Originally posted by Jcbasket:
i think the idea is great...but I am Jewish....which isn't fair because 80% of Bono's lyrics are about faith and the bible and psalms and stuff like that...so I would prob be bad at this game..but ill try
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How you mean bad? Jewish people know the bible too, don't they? At least the The Old Testament, or am I wrong?
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Jcbasket
Zoo Baby
Posts: 234
Location: Tempe, AZ and Marlboro, NJ
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How you mean bad? Jewish people know the bible too, don't they? At least the The Old Testament, or am I wrong?
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Well the Old Testament is the Torah. The new testament is something of its own...but I'm guessing really religious people know the Torah...I am very reform and know Moses and Abraham and stuff like that but thats about the extent of it....basically I'm not too familiar with Jonah and Jesus..i know he was a traitor and stuff but the last supper and all that history...i dont know much about it
I didn't know Until the end of the world was about Jonah's betrayal until recently...haha
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