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09-14-2007, 01:28 PM
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| Insert Catchy Phrase Here  Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Buckingham Palace Posts: 275
| Song Interpretation Okay, usually I can figure songs out, but there are a few that I'm scratching my head over. Can someone please provide an analyzation of "Jefferson Aero Plane", the RK song? It's kinda obvious it's about a relationship, but the part about eating cereal and staring out the window has me going:  Thanks to anyone who replies!
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09-14-2007, 01:49 PM
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| Red Sox Rocker  Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Steubenville, Ohio Posts: 2,046
| Should go in the Relient K forum...but yeah... It's basically a breakup song. All the stuff about eating cereal and staring out the window has to do with the mood of the guy in the song. Obviously, he's down, because he's just gone through a breakup. Another thing-the name of the song actually comes from a band, which is referenced in the song, Jefferson Airplane. The guy in the song listens to Jefferson Airplane music to get through his breakup.
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09-14-2007, 04:15 PM
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| Insert Catchy Phrase Here Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Buckingham Palace Posts: 275
| Thanks for the insight.  And I didn't put this in the Relient K forum because I have questions about some other songs too, and maybe there are others who want stories behind songs/music videos. Like I'm not quite sure what the Underoath "Writing on the Walls" music video is about.  Was that guy in the attic murdered or what? And what's with the crooked house with such small rooms? I'm sure there's meaning...
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09-14-2007, 04:56 PM
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| The People's Super Moderator  Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Aldergrove, BC, Canada Posts: 15,789
| I think that questions about individual songs/videos from artists should go in their respective forums. I'll send this over to the Relient K forum.
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09-14-2007, 08:50 PM
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| Moderator Joined: May 2007 Location: Waiting Posts: 3,932
   | Pretty much all music videos are sorta abstract (Be My Escape, Who I Am...), but some like Must Have Done Something Right are straight-forward. Song-wise, if you listen to the lyrics closely enough, you can usually figure out the basic point. Esp with RK; their songs are usually easily understood. Skeeter hit J.A. right on the head, but if you have any more, feel free to ask 
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09-14-2007, 09:22 PM
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| Proud to be irish Joined: Feb 2007 Location: MINNESOTA!!!!! Posts: 1,003
| None of the pre-MMHMM Relient K videos have a point. I think... except maybe "My Girlfriend." |
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09-14-2007, 09:25 PM
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| Insert Catchy Phrase Here Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Buckingham Palace Posts: 275
| Ohhhh man, I never watched the whole thing of "My Girlfriend".  I probably should soon...I agree about the abstract video thing. And there's something about the Be My Escape video that reminds me of Star Wars Episode IV... 
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09-14-2007, 09:29 PM
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| Moderator Joined: May 2007 Location: Waiting Posts: 3,932
| What about Pressing On? That made sense. Or Chapstick? 
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09-14-2007, 09:48 PM
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| Insert Catchy Phrase Here Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Buckingham Palace Posts: 275
| Amazingly enough, I haven't seen Pressing On. *prepares for tomatoes about to be thrown by RK_lover* But I will! Right now!! Man, Chapstick was funny. All those people there...
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09-14-2007, 10:02 PM
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| Moderator Joined: May 2007 Location: Waiting Posts: 3,932
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Chapstick was funny bordering on creepy....
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09-14-2007, 11:43 PM
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| Red Sox Rocker Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Steubenville, Ohio Posts: 2,046
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__________________ "Every lament is a love song..." ~Switchfoot, Yesterday "Lift is an existence." ~A good friend of mine "Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail..." ~Coheed and Cambria, The End Complete V: On the Brink Tale of the Nine: my Songwriting project! "Tails flies away, but the Link hookshots him, beats him with the magic hammer, boomerangs him in the head, bombs him, freezes him and then lights him on fire, creates blocks to through at him, shoots him with arrows, and then whacks him with the master sword. That's one heck of a bat belt that Link has there. Link advances." (From the Video Game Showdown) | |
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09-15-2007, 06:28 AM
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| Registered User  Joined: Jul 2007 Location: PA Posts: 423
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I gave up trying to figure out music videos long ago  Some of the songs are very abstract because they have to do with personal experiences/thoughts that only the songwriter knows anything about, so if they don't divulge the real meaning, who knows for sure... | |
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09-15-2007, 09:59 AM
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| Proud to be irish Joined: Feb 2007 Location: MINNESOTA!!!!! Posts: 1,003
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09-15-2007, 10:03 AM
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| Insert Catchy Phrase Here Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Buckingham Palace Posts: 275
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Eh...going out and buying turnips is going to get expensive. How bout we call a truce?  Agreed, katmetal. Some are just...weird. It'd be interesting to sit down with bands to see how they got their ideas.
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09-15-2007, 12:29 PM
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