_ShiNe_
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Posted: Feb. 01 2006, 12:27 |
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Quote (Alan D @ Feb. 01 2006, 11:21) | Quote (_ShiNe_ @ Feb. 01 2006, 14:12) | Who cares whether Dan Brown made a best-seller out of it or not? |
Interesting that the only part of my argument that you chose to discuss was my (rather feeble) joke. Sometimes it helps if you have a sense of humour.
Actually, I've been working very hard at solving the hidden meaning of the Light and Shade album.
Let's start with the first CD: the title 'light' is only suggestive, but is an important clue. We'll come back to it later. I'll now reveal the secret hints that Mike has cunningly hidden in the track titles:
1. Angelique. We think straight away of angels, of course. Now what associations do we tend to have for angels? They appeared to the shepherds in the Christmas story; we see them on Christmas cards; we often put angels on Christmas trees as decorations. So the first track hints at the idea of Christmas, perhaps of cards or trees.
2. Blackbird. Mike said this was about motorbikes, but let's find his hidden meaning. It won't be obvious... think of a blackbird... a dark silhouette. When do we see dark silhouettes of birds? In the evening of course. So, we now add to the idea of Christmas, the idea of evening, and fading light.
3. The Gate. The gate is the gateway to the path to enlightenment, which we are now very firmly on. So this third track is to encourage us to continue with our interpretation.
4. First steps. Now this is really clever. Mike expects us to have played the game from which this music comes, and so he knows we will associate 'first steps' with our first steps from the origin. So this track symbolises a new beginning - that is, the beginning of the new era, the switch from BC to AD. Christmas again!! If we had any doubts, this would allay them. We know we're on the right track now. Furthermore, that idea of an origin makes us think of the shamanic omphalos - often symbolised as a great tree of life at the origin of all things. Just to clinch it - what does he put at the origin in his game? A cactus!!! (An actual tree would have been too obvious.) We're bang on target.
5. Closer. See how Mike secretly anticipates our every move along the path? He knows when we've solved that 'first steps' clue, we'll be looking for encouragement that we're right - and here it is. He's telling us that we're getting 'closer' to the true meaning of the album.
6. Our Father. Hmmm. Obviously he'll be wanting us to think of a kind of universal father... ha! Father Christmas!!! Of course. The Christmas theme again!
7. Rocky. What does that make us think of? The idea of 'rocking'? - Cradles, of course! the manger! The stable! Christmas again!
8. Sunset. Here again, repeated, we have the clue to the importance of fading light, resonating with the clue given by Blackbird earlier.
So let's sum up and see what we get. We have the idea of Christmas - too obvious to miss, once you see it; the idea of angels, perhaps as decoration; the idea of a tree as symbol of an origin; and fading light (sunset, blackbird). Yet the title of the 1st CD is 'Light'. So ... what light do we see when the sun sets, at Christmas, associated with some kind of tree? Why, Christmas tree lights, of course. We switch them on as the light fades.
So the 1st CD does indeed have a hidden meaning: it is a great hymn of praise to the joyful switching on of Christmas tree lights!
I wonder what the hidden meaning of the second CD, 'Shade', could be? |
Well, obviously you're making fun of it. This is quite serious and you're making people missunderstand the real meaning of mystical hints in Mike's music. I'll explain Light+ shade album later (everything in due time) correcting your many mistakes (seems you're not in titled to make this kind of comments) and confusing/invalid arguments. By the way, I've already shared my opinion about Light + shade album in here: http://tubular.net/forums....;t=5914 I said:"To help us understand the importance of the Tree of Life, a story can be told that characterizes the struggle between light and darkness: Light is order, the cosmic laws of creation, while darkness is chaos and death (Mike's Light + Shade?)"
Besides, if you know the meaning of Light it's because YOU "clearly" know the meaning of shade. This reminds me to Enigma's lyrics: " If you believe in Light, it's because of obscurity. If you believe in Joy, it's because of sadness, and if you believe in God, it's because of the devil.
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