The WELL: deadsongs.vue.192: Sugar Magnolia (incl. Sunshine Daydream)

#23: Tim Lynch (masonskids) Thu 29 Nov 12 10:22

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:22:00 PST

Sugar Magnolia was Frankie Weir [Read entire topic]

#22: Strangest I Could Find (miltloomis) Thu 3 Mar 11 18:59

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:59:00 PST

Good Lord No! We wouldn't want to get too explicit ... ;^) [Read entire topic]

#21: David Dodd (ddodd) Fri 20 Aug 10 10:29

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:29:00 PDT

I like the plural "heads". It does make one think of even more possible lines of interpretation, along with the "she don't come..." ambiguity. Not to get too explicit. [Read entire topic]

#20: Tom White (tomwhite56) Thu 19 Aug 10 08:46

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:46:00 PDT

I love Hunter's lyrics. There are songs of his that, once I started playing them, I cannot imagine my life without them. [Read entire topic]

#19: Gary Burnett (jera) Thu 19 Aug 10 08:21

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:21:00 PDT

As he said himself in the intro to Box Of Rain. I don't have the book at hand right now, but he's pretty clear that the printed lyrics are *his* versions, and that others are also possible. [Read entire topic]

#18: Tom White (tomwhite56) Thu 19 Aug 10 08:11

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:11:00 PDT

No doubt RObert Hunter knows more than I do. But everything is somewhat subject to interpretation, I'd say. Wouldn't be surprised if his attitude was, If that's what you think, go with it. [Read entire topic]

#17: coal will turn to gray (comet) Wed 18 Aug 10 19:32

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:32:00 PDT

That's how A Box of Rain puts it.

Was that on purpose? [Read entire topic]

#16: Christian Crumlish (xian) Tue 17 Aug 10 21:51

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:51:00 PDT

is it not "Head's all empty"? [Read entire topic]

#15: David Gans (tnf) Tue 17 Aug 10 09:12

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:12:00 PDT

That's a nice take on it. "She don't come [when I call]", as it were. [Read entire topic]

#14: Tom White (tomwhite56) Tue 17 Aug 10 09:00

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 PDT

I never thought of "Heads all empty and I don't care" first of all as I wrote it, both heads, and then that they're relaxed and uncaring in the relaxed warmth of a summer day, not having to engage with thwe world, just being there then, and not feeling any regret about it.

My take on "She don't come and I don't follow" is that no one is actually leading in the couple, that they go forward together, in a state of equality.

I never got the idea that the lyrics were non-complimentary. [Read entire topic]