tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post115902051052080124..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: MEANING ‘WHAT’?Brian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-1159286465803579862006-09-26T17:01:00.000+01:002006-09-26T17:01:00.000+01:00I first came across Don McLean on 'The Old Grey Wh...I first came across Don McLean on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' where he, almost unknown then, sang American Pie and Vincent. I was so impressed I scoured the local Record shops for the album but no-one had heard of it (or him). <BR/><BR/>Generally, no interpretation of a good song's lyrics will be as beautiful, moving or evocative as the song itself. Otherwise, why use music at all? Why not just write an essay?Rob Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568946428904758040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-1159087362093249722006-09-24T09:42:00.000+01:002006-09-24T09:42:00.000+01:00Yes, you are right, and you know - as a poet yours...Yes, you are right, and you know - as a poet yourself - that one reason why you express yourself in verse is because it allows you to convey 'feelings' in a way that is as about as close as one can get to the actual act itself of 'feeling'...<BR/><BR/>If those words then evoke familiar feelings within the reader (or, in case of song lyrics, the listener) a connection is made: one which may be a literal sharing of the same emotion or possibly even something quite different - undreamt of even by the poet - but just as valid...<BR/><BR/>The American poet, Robert Penn Warren, once said: <BR/><BR/>"The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see - it is, rather, a light by which we may see -- and what we see is life."Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.com