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Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on November 10, 2009, 02:45:18 am ---I'm looking for your evidence that the singer is being parodied, because it sure sounds like the subject of the song is being ridiculed to me.
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I've given you my interpretation of the piece. I'm not sure what else you're asking for.
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: milomorris on November 10, 2009, 02:48:12 am ---I've given you my interpretation of the piece. I'm not sure what else you're asking for.
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It's like the interpretation of any given work, including BBM, you can view it any way you want, but the evidence for the way it is intended is contained within the work itself.
It could be argued that BBM is a warning against being gay, but the preponderance of internal evidence within the work suggests that that was not the author's intention.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 10, 2009, 12:29:06 am ---Remember the point of this website?
"It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, world view and thoughts." - Annie Proulx
We bring our own life experiences to Brokeback Mountain, and it changed all of us in some way; otherwise, I doubt we'd still be interested in being here. Everything we see is viewed through the lens of our own experiences. This is just another example of that.
Let be.
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Don't you think we've gone around in circles long enough?
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on November 10, 2009, 02:53:06 am ---It's like the interpretation of any given work, including BBM, you can view it any way you want, but the evidence for the way it is intended is contained within the work itself.
It could be argued that BBM is a warning against being gay, but the preponderance of internal evidence within the work suggests that that was not the author's intention.
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And the problem with reaching consensus is that different people will look at various elements from different angles, glean different meanings, make different assumptions, etc., etc., etc.
I perform music that is hundreds of years old. There is not much consensus on the way a piece should be played or sung. There's not even consensus on what the composer's intent was in a given work.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: garycottle on November 10, 2009, 03:01:52 am ---But the trouble is not everyone one is in on the joke, and I am sure that the rednecks who hear this song will take it as an endorsement of their homophobia.
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I doubt it. No moreso than gangsta rap encourages black kids to go out and shoot cops.
--- Quote from: garycottle on November 10, 2009, 03:01:52 am ---and it keeps straight men from being naturally affectionate and open with one another.
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I disagree. Straight men are indeed affectionate and open with each other. I wrote about this not long ago. If you understand the masculine vocabulary, its easy to see the affection.
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