Just to find that it was never real
This sure ain't no great Valhalla
Coming closer each turn of the wheel
Forlorn, adrift on seas of beige
In this our Golden Age"
(Gray)
What words leap out as important? It think the whole passage in itself it important. This isn't a poem this is a song and the rest of the song is just as meaningful. This is the very start of the song and to me it starts out hard hitting from the beginning. All our lives we dreamed about it just to find it was never real make you go wait a minute, dreamed about what? And then you have the part saying this sure ain't no great Valhalla and you think oh okay, Valhalla is kind of a fairytale place and the song is saying and this isn't like that. And the rest of the lines in this passage just point out how we are kind of forlorn and lost right now even though this is our Golden Age.
How is this passage important to the poem? I think that this passage is very important to the song because it opens it up to what is to come.
What interests you about it? I guess it is a dark song once you get into it. But I guess what I like about it is the song put together with the music. The first time I heard the song I wasn't so sure about the sound and the voices, but it really does make the song what it is.David Gray is a great writer and singer in my opinion. And even though this is a song, I would say if you read it and never heard the song before you would not know much of a difference between it being a poem and song except for the chorus.
What words leap out as important? It think the whole passage in itself it important. This isn't a poem this is a song and the rest of the song is just as meaningful. This is the very start of the song and to me it starts out hard hitting from the beginning. All our lives we dreamed about it just to find it was never real make you go wait a minute, dreamed about what? And then you have the part saying this sure ain't no great Valhalla and you think oh okay, Valhalla is kind of a fairytale place and the song is saying and this isn't like that. And the rest of the lines in this passage just point out how we are kind of forlorn and lost right now even though this is our Golden Age.
How is this passage important to the poem? I think that this passage is very important to the song because it opens it up to what is to come.
What interests you about it? I guess it is a dark song once you get into it. But I guess what I like about it is the song put together with the music. The first time I heard the song I wasn't so sure about the sound and the voices, but it really does make the song what it is.David Gray is a great writer and singer in my opinion. And even though this is a song, I would say if you read it and never heard the song before you would not know much of a difference between it being a poem and song except for the chorus.
The poem makes me think of someone that has grown old without having lived the fairytale life that everyone is striving for.
ReplyDeleteI think that is a very good thought. It does seem like it is from someone older looking back and seeing their life didn't turn out like they hoped. And thanks for commenting!
ReplyDeleteHi, Mary. You commented earlier that listening to songs operates like reading, and I agree. I think I can get immersed in songs like I can in stories, they can impact my life, and I can analyze them like I can literature. I have been trying to think of ways in which our current popular culture can provide alternatives to reading, and in these ways songs and movies, too, definitely represent alternatives. Songs also can put you in the mindset of someone else, which I think is harder for films to do, as we see the characters only from the outside. Nancy
ReplyDeleteWhat interesting lyris I listened to the song and it is pretty dark. I think that despite how dark it is though what the lyrics do say are indeed meaningful and talk alot about life just in a very dark way. Great insight on this it is awsome.
ReplyDeleteYes. Totally agree Nancy. I listen to a lot of music so I guess that is how I do my reading! :) Thanks Karl for your great comment! :)
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