bennyboy
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Posted: Mar. 15 2001, 21:04 |
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These are what my fave Mike songs mean to me and their relevance in my life.
"MAN IN THE RAIN"
For me, this song has always meant walking away from the tragedies in your life and learning from them, so that you can begin again and find fulfillment in life. This song has an extra special meaning to me. Before she met me my girlfriend had gone through a particularly rough patch, she had been involved with an older man who had treated her bad and then skipped the country with all her money......anyway, I lent her "Tubular Bells III" and she told me about how "Man In The Rain" had affected her and made her see how important it was to move on with life. As well, she didn't want to see me as another jilted "Man In The Rain", and she later said that was a factor that influenced her decision to ask me out. I am now truly, madly, deeply, passionately and hopelessly in love with probably the loveliest girl in the world (If I sound too gushing I make no apologies, I'm in love remember that...), thanks a billion Mike!!!!
ISLANDS:
To me, this song is about exploring new horizons and finding new experiences ("Islands, never been to before..."). Interestingly it is also about being alone in your explorations, away from those you love. But it says that love can survive any distance ("We are Islands, but never too far...") so long as you keep the fire burning away in your heart ("When the night's on fire, will you keep the candlelight burning" and "I need your light tonight") you will experience heights of emotion unknown to others who are alone ("...and the two can fly much higher"). I live on Christmas Island, but I fly over to Australia every semester to study at the Northern Territory University in Darwin, where my girlfriend lives. So I am familiar with the emotional impact of distance and islands conveyed in this song...
HOLY
This is about how ecstatic you are the first few moments you are in love, everything your partner does is holy, a moment to be treasured, they can do no wrong in your eyes. Holy captures perfectly that sense of ecstatica...
TO FRANCE and FLYING START
These songs are both about the price you pay for achieving your dream in life. In "To France", france represents the dream, the goal that you are striving for in life, and how it can seem so out of reach. It also shows how people can burn out when they don't reach their dream ("Isn't it strange how, dreams fade and shimmer") using the example of another failed dreamer, Mary Queen Of Scots ("Mary Queen of chance will they find you?"). "Flying Start" I think is about a band who achieved great success ("Flying Start, made the whole world sing they had no choice...") and were happy initially ("Like a shining pearl they sang in one voice..."). But felt aimless and lost because they didn't know what to reach for once they had achieved their dream, and burnt themselves out cause they couldn't find any further goals or challenges to give their lives meaning ("So you lost your dream, in a bottle of wine...").
I WELCOME YOUR OPINIONS ON MY ANALYSIS AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHATEVER ANALYSIS YOU GUYS OUT THERE HAVE OF THESE AND OTHER SONGS...AGAIN, IF MY ANALYSIS DOES NOT MATCH WITH YOURS, NO OFFENCE WAS MEANT SO PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME... THANKYOU...
YOURS SINCERELY
BENNYBOY
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) is 'made the whole world sing', the whole world being the name of Ayers' band which Mike played in...Ayers had a home on some island or other (I believe it may have been Ibiza...), hence the 'place in the sun' bit. The 'lost your dream in a bottle of wine' bit might refer to excessive drinking (that being something capable of losing dreams for people...). I don't know if Kevin ever had that particular problem, however, The irony is, of course, that Mike managed to get Kevin to sing the song...
