SOMMS Digest - 20 Nov 1998 to 21 Nov 1998 [ Message/RFC822 7.4KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] There are 5 messages totalling 190 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. another cigarette before the execution... 2. I don't need no wheels, I don't need no gasoline... 3. sunshower mp3 4. Louder than Live 5. Song Interpretation: Somewhere To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 03:06:26 EST From: Niki Freer Subject: another cigarette before the execution... hey sommsters... as i was on a hunger to hear "kyle petty" tonight, i popped in my Home Alive comp, decided i liked the other mix better, so then i popped in my FOBD single. so i let it play through, hunger quenched, and the birth ritual came on. and, much to my surprise, i couldn't STAND the way the song sounded. first i thought my speakers were going bad, then i thought the CD was messed up, then i realized: it's NOT the same version as the "singles" version. but, it's also NOT the demo version. at least the FOBD single doesn't say it's the demo... anyhow, now i'm curious as to whether or not, like kyle petty, birth ritual was recorded one way for "singles" and then another way for the FOBD singles... mindriot ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 03:05:55 -0800 From: Jason Talbot Subject: Re: I don't need no wheels, I don't need no gasoline... What does punk music have to do with WAH? and as far as I'm concerned Kim was the God of WAH. Sure he might lead towards a more punk style (I can tell with some of the songs he's written), but just like Soundgarden I think Kim had his own unique sound and something that cannot be categorized. Therefore I can never see Kim joining a band that was strictly anything or punk for that matter. "i ain't saying who, but it wasn't me" kevin's mom fav. kim solo- like suicide (great acoustically, but kim really wails) what's yours? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:06:34 PST From: rachel reisman Subject: sunshower mp3 Hi.. Does anyone know if or where a Sunshower mp3 is?? If you do...PLEASE respond...here or email me personally @ Janesez@hotmail.com ...thanks a lot.. Rachel* (IWIWSS, Mrs. N. Spackle) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:16:43 -0500 From: The Hansens Subject: Louder than Live Ok...I'm sure eveyone on the list has this vid, but if anyone dosen't and wants to buy it for 15$ the e-mail me back. -Liz-Mailman- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:23:28 -0700 From: "Tiffany (VampyreCat) StPatrickWells" Subject: Song Interpretation: Somewhere Standard interpretation disclaimer: I don't claim that the meanings I find are necessarily those same meanings intended by the author. Part of what makes art meaningful are the meanings that the audience bring with them to the experience. That's my opinion, anyway. Overall impressions: the lyrics are strings of phrases that sound pleasing when spoken aloud or sung. The use of repetition helps tie the stanzas together. The images are mainly visual images of the natural world. Nearly every line connotes at least one meaning. See below for some interpretations of the meanings to be found in the lyrics. Lyrics by Ben Shepherd (As sung on the CD Badmotorfinger) >I wish to wish (I want to be able to desire + I wish in order to wish + I wish for wishes) >I dream to dream (I dream in order to dream + I desire to have hope + I dream about dreaming) >I try to try (I attempt to attempt to do things + I try in order to try new things + I try to be trying [to other people]) >and I live to live ( I live in order to live + my purpose in life is to live + my only wish is to live + I live just to live) >but I die to die (I want to die + I die in order to die + I will eventually die + I die every day?) >and I cry to cry (I want to be able to cry + I scream to be able to cry + I cry in order to cry) >but I know why >I wish to wish >and I dream to dream >I try to try >and I live to live >but I die to die >and I cry to cry >Somewhere in the dreams >Of those who should (somewhere in the dreams of those who should dream + in the dreams of those who do dream) >still the willow weeps (the willow is still + the willow weeps) >on roses for the dead (the willow tree drapes over roses + the willow weeps for the dead) >In laughs of love (in the laugh of someone who loves or is loved + love is personified in a laugh + the willow weeps in laughs of love) >From the likes of her (from her likes + from her) >to the time of me (to me + to the era or time of me + to the time of her and me together) >Like moon to earth (She is/was like the moon to my earth + she is out of my reach + she orbits above me ) >and the sky to sea (she is out of reach + she is above + I am stormy + I am deep) >Only we're no longer >allowed to be, to be >Somewhere in the dreams >Of things that should >Live in all the keeps (some things should keep + love should live in a fort or castle keep) >Echo all the worlds >In laughs of love (words echo + worlds echo with words + worlds echo with laughs + worlds echo with love + the love should keep, at least in dreams) >For times that pass my life (when I have time + when my life passes by) >I'll search for the sky >That she wanders by (She wanders by way of the sky + I'll search the sky for her) >Somewhere in the dreams >The skies hold ( somewhere the sky still holds/somewhere the sky didn't fall + she is somewhere in dreams) >Still the willow weeps >On roses for her bed (she is in a bed of roses + she is buried and the willow weeps for her) >In laughs of love >Somewhere in the dreams >Of skies hold >Still the willow weeps >On roses for the dead >In laughs of love Overall interpretation: this seems to be about someone who is either dead or otherwise out of reach. The choice of imagery is somewhat "gothic" and is consistent throughout... Even if the situation described in the lyrics is not "real", the lyrics are esthetically pleasing when read as a poem. Send flames to me, not to the list Tiffany ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 20 Nov 1998 to 21 Nov 1998 ************************************************