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preg_replace(): The /e modifier is no longer supported, use preg_replace_callback instead [phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/bbcode.php on line 112: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is no longer supported, use preg_replace_callback instead ¤ milky moon ¤ • View topic - see the goose...
I have a new love for this song since they played it in Bristol recently. Her voice was so full of emotion it was striking in that song. It does seem very personal to her.
And every little gust that chances through Will dance in the dust of me and you
Sums it up perfectly I think. All The Birds is a fantastic blog and has some fantastic things to say, but in some cases I feel they make some sweeping statements about things that have been picked out of a totally innocent idea. I've seen a total of one post even nearing a "poor Joanna" type thing and about a hundred other posts about what an inspirational, independent woman she is. I resent the idea that analysing the (pretty obvious, in my opinion) abortion themes in her work, that go hand in hand with the motherhood themes that are so blatantly prevalent, makes me sexist or invasive. (Well, perhaps slightly invasive )
you know there is a third possibility, that this is a very personal recounting of someone elses abortion. Joanna has a very adept sense at kalidescoping some of her own experiences into things that she has watched happen to others. this is a common literary technique used by lots of the authors she cites as favorites. so posit that she wanted kids with Bill, that motherhood is growing more important to her and add her experience of a close friends abortion. she describes a method like this when talking about writing and editing her work, might also explain some of her distaste at us poking so hard at her about the experiences that inhabit her songs. if i am writing a poem, i don't want it to be only about "me" i want the experience of reading that work to be broader than that, i can only bring myself/experiences to the work, but it should be far more inclusive and cover broader areas than just me, often accomplished in the process of editing
dwain
The thing i like best about deciphering Joanna's songs...i'm always wrong.
That's an interesting thought, Dwain, especially given some of the things she's said about the extent to which her songs are autobiographical. They seem to be semiautobiographical, containing elements of her own experiences and feelings woven into a tapestry of historical stories, fantasy backgrounds, and things happening around her.
On this topic, people on SongMeanings are already discussing the possible abortion imagery in the new Bill Callahan song "":
There grows a weed, looks like a flower Looks like baby's breath on a mirror
My girl and I rushed atop the altar The sacrifice was made It was not easy undertaking The roots gripped soft like a living grave
Oh young girl at the wedding Baby's breath in her hair A crowning lace above her face That will last a day Before it turns to hay
Good plans are made by hand I'd cut a clearing in the land And for a little bed For her to cry comfortable in
And each day I looked out on the lawn And I wondered what all was gone Until I saw it was lucky old me How could I run without losing anything? How could I run without becoming lean? It was agreed, it was agreed It was me tearing out the baby's breath
Oh I am a helpless man, so help me I'm on my knees gardening It was not a weed, it was a flower My baby's gone, oh where has my baby gone? And she was not a weed, she was a flower
And now I know you must reap what you sow, or sing
It's too late to be grateful It's too late to be late again It's too late to be hateful