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Originally Posted by z28snksknr
I think it is wonderful that you identify with it and you have a connection to the song, even if that connection is an unfortuante one.
My intent in my original post is that people here say "the song is about Roi and nothing else, so you have to like it and treat it as such" to which I posted reasons why it means something different to me and as a result, I do not identify with it. You (as in others in general, not you personally) should be open to say "I understand why you would say that and not identify with the song, and by the way, here is my take for you to consider". Instead, people just come back like babies and say "...but.... Dave said it...." because they only know how to be parasites off others thoughts. At that point, its not a discussion board, its an "anything other than what I know to be true is wrong board".
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Shall we look back at what you originally said?
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Originally Posted by z28snksknr
I agree with every negative comment made about Baby Blue. It's musically boring and never finds a rhythm or groove. Lyrically, it sounds like a bunch of scrap love song lines were loaded into a shotgun and shot at the wall- whatever sticks was the lyrics.
That and I do not see the Roi connection:
Examples:
1. "Confess, your kiss still knocks me off my legs." (try forcing a Roi connection on this one I dare you)
2. "‘cause you’ll forever be my one true broken heart" (ever refer to a dead friend or relative as a broken heart?... me either)
3. "Goodbye my love" (again, ever refer to a heterosexual male-male relationship as "my love"?)
4. "You give, you give, to this I can attest You made me, you made me.
You and me forever, baby." (I can see this for someone's first love or their mother, but not a friend)
5. The first time I saw you was like a punch right through my chest (see #4 above as reference to a first love. for everyone who is forcing this line to be "when he first saw Roi or the first time he heard Roi play- STOP IT.)
There. that's probably 80% of the significant lyrics of the song, all not being able to link to Roi in any reasonable fashion. You can't tell me the other 20% should be taken as such. You're forcing the issue because you saw someone else say it was for Roi. Get your own thoughts.
P.S. - If this song were on Some Devil it would have a chance since Dave was taking a simpler approach to music there. Here, its lame and takes the spot of better songs that only the people that paid $60 get to hear (beach ball, #27, and others). This is probably the first "full band album" song that I honestly don't see myself ever wanting to listen to or even tolerate when its on.
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I don't think what you wrote here was an open discussion about the interpretation of these lyrics. You say, "You're forcing the issue because you saw someone else say it was for Roi. Get your own thoughts." I assume the thoughts I'm supposed to get are ones like yours? Then will I be correct?
You also say, "That's probably 80% of the significant lyrics of the song, all not being able to link to Roi in any reasonable fashion." You say the lyrics don't link to Roi in any reasonable fashion. When obviously if you open up your brain a bit and don't listen to the song at face value, you can hear that.
Now you're trying to say "This is how I interpreted it!" but really, you came in saying we were all crazy for making the connection to Roi. Seriously, re-read your original post.
I think what's happened here is you came in to hate on the song and by doing do, revealed how horribly uninformed you were about it. Now that you've been entirely called out and made to look stupid, you're trying to back off your original statement.