One of the frustrating things I have about music is that so many musicians are never clear about the meaning of their songs. I am very bad at figuring out the true meanings of songs. I am very good at coming up with what they mean to me, but then i hear what the artist thinks and they are way off.Sometimes this ruins the song for me, sometimes I can just ignore what they say and think of it like I do.
Two examples - Hoziers Take Me To Church and Procul Harem's Whiter Shade of Pale.
Once I learned the lyrics to take me to church, I always thought it was about a guy proposing to his girlfriend pretending it was about being a good religious guy but really because he found the sex hot. But i guess it is just about sex vs the church.
Likewise Whiter Shade of Pale. I thought (this may have come from something I was told when I was young) that it was about a theater closing to become part of a movie theater chain.
So, when you learn a song is about something different than what you thought it was, does that change how you enjoy it?
Two examples - Hoziers Take Me To Church and Procul Harem's Whiter Shade of Pale.
Once I learned the lyrics to take me to church, I always thought it was about a guy proposing to his girlfriend pretending it was about being a good religious guy but really because he found the sex hot. But i guess it is just about sex vs the church.
Likewise Whiter Shade of Pale. I thought (this may have come from something I was told when I was young) that it was about a theater closing to become part of a movie theater chain.
So, when you learn a song is about something different than what you thought it was, does that change how you enjoy it?