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re: Lyrics to Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat"
Posted on 6/12/15 at 11:21 am to RockAndRollDetective
Posted on 6/12/15 at 11:21 am to RockAndRollDetective
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My favorite song lyrics always have very ambiguous meanings. R.E.M. always used to say about their early lyrics that they had purposely coded wording so as to create an obtuse vibe and also to inspire the listener to come up with his own interpretation. That opens up all kinds of possibilities as opposed to very linear, obvious lines which are limited to only one meaning.
No offense to the OP but it has always annoyed me when somebody tries to force some kind of narrow interpretation upon lyrics that can only suffer from that kind of unnecessary scrutiny.
I agree that good lyrics are about projection. Back in the day everyone used to talk about their own interpretation of certain lyrics. Beatles' lyrics usually caused tons of speculation.
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