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jij

Songs: Suzanne Vega, Linkin Park

Feb 28, 2008 23:25

A couple of rather sad and angtsy (but lovely) songs tonight.

Suzanne Vega, "Bound." From her most recent album. It's a beautiful song about a relationship where neither member can ever quite give up on the other, but I was arrested by the starkness of the last lines especially:
When I said, "I am bound to you forever,"
Here's what I meant:
I am ( Read more... )

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saavikam77 February 28 2008, 15:15:29 UTC

I'm constantly amazed by the depth of the lyrics Linkin Park employs. It seems they only get better and better.

*hugs*

jij February 29 2008, 01:10:00 UTC

I really like that song. It's heartbreaking...works so well for almost any member of the Bat-clan, too...

starsandsea February 28 2008, 20:04:54 UTC

Oooh!!! Music! Yay! :)

*glomps* Thank you!

jij February 29 2008, 01:53:57 UTC

I hadn't posted any music for a while! Hope you like it!

taro_twist February 29 2008, 03:18:16 UTC

Thanks for the music, Jen! The lyrics to both of these songs are so haunting, and the songs themselves are beautiful ...

jij February 29 2008, 08:22:37 UTC

Sad songs! I'm not sure why I'm in the mood for sad songs, but there they are...and I agree, the melodies are beautiful too. I always look at lyrics first, so the melodies being nice is a good bonus for me. :)

snake_easing February 29 2008, 09:49:34 UTC

When I said:
I am bound to you forever
Here's what I meant:
I am bound to you forever.

Woah, that's... woah. That's really attacking the problem of "what we say covers what we mean" rather directly, isn't it?

Somehow, I can't quite buy it. I can't be the only one thinking of Iago, can I? The exact quote is "I am you own forever", but you get the idea.

jij February 29 2008, 11:54:46 UTC

Somehow, I can't quite buy it. I can't be the only one thinking of Iago, can I? The exact quote is "I am you own forever", but you get the idea.

That's interesting...*googles* Othello is the one who says "I am bound to thee forever" before that line, at the moment he begins to accept what Iago is saying. I can't imagine the echoes are completely accidental, with the sort of world-weariness of the narrator...

I also had no idea Othello was so slashy. ;)

snake_easing March 1 2008, 00:30:03 UTC

Yes, yes it is! Especially when Ian McKellen is playing Iago, that's all I'm saying...

A bunch of Shakespeare's plays are just as slashy, and several of his sonnets were written to men...

jij March 1 2008, 13:31:30 UTC

Yes, yes it is! Especially when Ian McKellen is playing Iago, that's all I'm saying...

*makes a note*

That sounds officially hot. I have a version of him in Macbeth that I bought recently, but haven't watched yet...must get my Shakespeare fix soon...