Re: Heroin use
I’m new to the forums, or at least have yet to read through some of these old gems. But I can not believe I read that Can’t Stop (per someone’s interpretation) is a song about H???? Lol. That’s downright funny man.
Creative writing, whether you’re DM or John Denver is based in analogies and symbolism.
For someone to read LITERALLY into can’t stop as a song about a junkie would be to believe every song with the word God in it, or some other form of the christian figureheads (Jesus, Savior, Christ, whichever) is about Dave’e personal faith as a Christian believer.
It doesn’t matter how “graphic” or “obvious” the lyrics seem, the more obvious it seems to you, the more likely you are WRONG.
As a musician, and as a friend, bet your a__ Dave has seen friends, colleagues, and other ppl close to him struggle with addiction. But WHO OF US HAS NOT known someone, lost someone, witnessed someone, etc., completely devoured by addiction. It’s a phenomenon that’s almost impossible to understand unless you’ve been through it, and it inspires creative people to write about it. Not to save other addicts, not to talk about personal experience, BUT TO COPE WITH the cancerous blackholes in life that steal lives away way too young.
I’m a guy who can sit and think about WHY some people can try drugs and others try something once and it redirects their life once and forever. I have no way to express how bizarre that is, or why it happens to some ppl but not all. Well Dave has a way to express it - his music.
Thats all it is people. When dave writes a song about things in his life, he’s one of the most transparent writers in that he’ll tell stories on stage about the circumstances surrounding the song. But guess what?? Half of that is BULL_____ too! I’ve heard him tell a number of stories about several songs which contradict each other. He’s not LYING to us on purpose, but many of his lyrics are JUST vague enough to draw several logical explanations from. Dave wants his fans to put the lyrics in their pipe and smoke them, and draw whatever means something to THEIR LIFE from them.
Its really simple- but not as literal- as some of the things in this thread.
No one should criticize another’s interpretation UNLESS it just lacks creativity, and is as literal as the words appear. You dont tour the earth for 30 years by writing songs that mean verbatim what they appear to if a 9 yr old read them. Buy beyond that, everyone’s interpretation is worth hearing out... again unless you just obviously ignore things that are pretty public about Dave. Like if you think bartenders about dave’s faith in God, you’re just hearing words, you’re not listening or paying attention to his work as a whole
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