What songs do you enjoy despite having not a damn clue what the singer/songwriter/band is trying to get across?
For the longest time for me, I enjoy a lot of music by Bjork, but trying to understand her sometimes is a headache. While talented as hell, she seems to be more than a little off her rocker.
But the one that took the cake for me was Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Having grown up during the grunge era, I was a moderate Nirvana fan, and I could NEVER understand WTF Kurt was talking about... Now that I'm older, I wonder how in the hell that song was so popular.
Over the years, various Tool songs have made me wonder what they really are about but since Maynard is usually tight-lipped about his work, its hard to get a straight idea so I just make my own interpretation. Yes I'm aware that art is subjective in interpretations but songwriters have something on their minds when writing music (whether its meaningful or just "I need a hit to make me loads of $$").
For the longest time for me, I enjoy a lot of music by Bjork, but trying to understand her sometimes is a headache. While talented as hell, she seems to be more than a little off her rocker.
But the one that took the cake for me was Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Having grown up during the grunge era, I was a moderate Nirvana fan, and I could NEVER understand WTF Kurt was talking about... Now that I'm older, I wonder how in the hell that song was so popular.
Over the years, various Tool songs have made me wonder what they really are about but since Maynard is usually tight-lipped about his work, its hard to get a straight idea so I just make my own interpretation. Yes I'm aware that art is subjective in interpretations but songwriters have something on their minds when writing music (whether its meaningful or just "I need a hit to make me loads of $$").