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That was great ! Dave looks way deep for art and creativity. Love it !
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BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
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That was great!
Definitely felt intimate but "big" at the same time. Hard to explain...that's why Dave is the man!Comment
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Haha! LOVE it.
But in all seriousness, it's best not to confuse fun, clever, and thoughtful storytelling (which describes both this video and the song Tattoo to a "t" (and DLR in general)) with philosophy.
This song is a series of vignettes for different reasons why folks get tattoos and the lyrics and music paint vivid pictures in an honest and heartfelt way from DLR/VH. And here Roth expands and gets at some of the symbolism he sees in the pictures he helps paint in the song. It's brilliant in that regard, but I don't think it's philosophy.
Frankly, I'm not sure philosophy belongs in song...at least song in an enjoyable rhythmic/melodic method that we as human beings can relate to like we traditionally have to music. Philosophy requires too rigid a structure to "flow" well with music. Or it needs dialogue from 2 or more points of view coming to conclusions. Examples that come to mind are many Zappa songs or even some Rush tunes (no talk of ayn rand please, just giving it as an example of the direction that band aims). While admirable in their scope, the music is often jarring and mismatched. Some would argue that there is great value in jarring the listener and that it's part of the meaning of the song...I don't know.
The term "Stream of Consciousness" was brought up in a previous post to describe DLR (among many folks that have the inclination to tell stories in a meandering yet linear method) and I think it's an apt comparison to the way we perceive song structure. Perhaps what doesn't make sense sometimes in a categorical, logical way DOES make sense in a musical way (or with painting,etc).
Am I making any sense or just drifting?Comment
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I don't get it...Comment
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most of us aren't surprised.Comment
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Enough, you guys. ELVIS isn't the subject of every thread here, Dave Roth/VH is. If you feel a need to continue this nonsense, then start an "ELVIS SUCKS" thread somewhere and keep all of this baloney confined to it.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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What's worse that a Scott-no-Mates FIGJAM wanna-be musician named ash ??
Sammy Hagar, but that's about it...Comment
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Elvis...ban yourself...for the sake of this board!
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First official owner of ADKOT (Deluxe Version)Comment
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It just gets old. Click on a thread about a video or song here in Main, and there are pages and pages of sidetracked garbage that have nothing to do with the subject matter at hand.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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