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William Burroughs reference - I'm impressed (having read the book, btw).
But your link has been removed apparently. Wonder which song you might be refering to. First one that comes to mind is Kid Charlemagne, though I am sure there are others....
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Regardless of what he intended, the song is most definitely about drugs (at least as a metaphor). Read the lyrics and you will see it is undeniable, and to think otherwise is ridiculous.
The opening to the song only makes sense about a druggie:
"I always flirt with death, I look ill but I don't care about it,"
That makes no sense in the context of love, only drug addiction.
And the next verse, "You get under my skin, I don't find it irritating, You always play to win, But I won't need rehabilitating."
Shooting up, that's what he is talking about.
He is using drug tripping as a metaphor for his forays into love. As he says in his interview, his songs are often about several things at the same time:
"I always enjoyed writing ambiguous lyrics that could be taken on two or three different levels. You know, it’s like “Love Is The Drug” or “Addicted To Love”. I put in drug-related imagery, but it wasn’t about drugs. At that time I was more addicted to sex and infatuation than I was to drugs."
There, he said what I am trying to make clear, and excuse me if this was already apparent. But I have to say, his explanation is revealing and enlightening to understand that at least as far as he recalls it, the real point of the song (the significant part of the metaphor) is the love relationship theme, not the drug one. And until reading this (thank you very much), i would have thought it the other way around. But definitely, the drug theme is integral to the song and its meaning.
Regardless of what he intended, the song is most definitely about drugs (at least as a metaphor). Read the lyrics and you will see it is undeniable, and to think otherwise is ridiculous.
Because you say so and the writer says it's not --- to think otherwise is ridiculous? Uhm ... NO.
I realize you are an avid music buff but the facts trump your opinion.
1) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is not about LSD 2) Turning Japanese is not about masturbation. 3) Dancing with Myself is not about masturbation 4) Another Girl, Another Planet is not about drugs.
The reason why in each of those cases? THE SONGWRITER SAID SO.
Regardless of what he intended, the song is most definitely about drugs (at least as a metaphor). Read the lyrics and you will see it is undeniable, and to think otherwise is ridiculous.
Because you say so and the writer says it's not --- to think otherwise is ridiculous? Uhm ... NO.
I realize you are an avid music buff but the facts trump your opinion.
1) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is not about LSD 2) Turning Japanese is not about masturbation. 3) Dancing with Myself is not about masturbation 4) Another Girl, Another Planet is not about drugs.
The reason why in each of those cases? THE SONGWRITER SAID SO.
End of discussion.
I have been thinking a lot about this one concerning Another Girl, another Planet, and I know exactly what he meant. He says it best in this simple sentence of his: "I put in drug-related imagery, but it wasn’t about drugs."
Now, I could write an essay on what he has created there, and I don't fundamentally disagree with him. It is a nuanced concern. And the song is definitely about drugs if in no other aspect than as the predominant metaphorical conceit. And he goes on to say that drug tripping (for lack of a better term) is being used to reveal his ultimate intent - revelations regarding love and infatuation.
See how that works - drugs as a metaphor in the service of revealing the nature of love and infatuation.
Again, that subtlety was lost on me until i read the article you posted.
But I think it is folly to be overly literal and didactic about his statement. He is clear about what he meant and I think one could misinterpret it. The song really is about both drugs and love, though he is trying to clarify that the former (drugs) is being used as a way to explain what he was really after, explaining the latter(love).
I would have to dig into the other songs listed, but I think a similar thing might be going on in most of them.
And the notion that Turning Japanese is not about masturbation seems implausible. I don't care what the author says. The interpretation he is pushing is not born out by the lyrics. Maybe he didn't intend it to be interpreted that way, though that is frankly hard to believe, but any thinking person would interpret it that way. Seriously!
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Because you say so and the writer says it's not --- to think otherwise is ridiculous? Uhm ... NO.
I realize you are an avid music buff but the facts trump your opinion.
1) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is not about LSD 2) Turning Japanese is not about masturbation. 3) Dancing with Myself is not about masturbation 4) Another Girl, Another Planet is not about drugs.
The reason why in each of those cases? THE SONGWRITER SAID SO.
End of discussion.
I have been thinking a lot about this one concerning Another Girl, another Planet, and I know exactly what he meant. He says it best in this simple sentence of his: "I put in drug-related imagery, but it wasn’t about drugs."
Now, I could write an essay on what he has created there, and I don't fundamentally disagree with him. It is a nuanced concern. And the song is definitely about drugs if in no other aspect than as the predominant metaphorical conceit. And he goes on to say that drug tripping (for lack of a better term) is being used to reveal his ultimate intent - revelations regarding love and infatuation.
See how that works - drugs as a metaphor in the service of revealing the nature of love and infatuation.
Again, that subtlety was lost on me until i read the article you posted.
But I think it is folly to be overly literal and didactic about his statement. He is clear about what he meant and I think one could misinterpret it. The song really is about both drugs and love, though he is trying to clarify that the former (drugs) is being used as a way to explain what he was really after, explaining the latter(love).
I would have to dig into the other songs listed, but I think a similar thing might be going on in most of them.