aso und zu broken boy soldier - der titel spricht ja auch dafür - soldier es geht ja um krieg und so =) ich ahb das buch auch nie gelesen nur den film mal halb gesehen, eigentlich war es oni dem diese assoziation eingefallen is... und wenn man will kann man sogar das toy so auslegen - spielzeug der regierung in einem krieg. aber broken also nich nutzbar für sie. hmm naja ich erinnere mcih an meine alten liedinterpretationsthreads mit melli, die vermiss ich irgendwie ^^
btw schau mal hier
Zitat Jack White Punches Von Bondies Dude, Breaks From Detroit
Though Jack White said his fabled beating of former friend and Von Bondies leader Jason Stollsteimer was exaggerated, the incident served as a pretty clear marker of the singer-guitarist breaking away from his Detroit roots in search of something more. He found it in the South, where he produced Loretta Lynn's comeback LP Van Lear Rose, and eventually settled down with both his home and his Third Man label. Detroit's garage scene imploded without its star attraction, but White embraced his star power with wit, reverence, and new interests like the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather.
Moral: There's no use in getting in a fight with Jack White. He will win. --RD
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
ps noch vergessen zu broken boy soldier, im video kriegt die puppe auch ne blechtrommel
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
hmm so könnte es auch sein, aber dass er auf die blechtrommel anspielt gefällt mir besser ^^
Zitat Definitely agree that this song is amazing, very dark and cryptic ... as such difficult to interpret the meaning, but i'll offer a different take than the ones already offered, particularly since i feel the "reclaiming childhood innocence / refusing to grow up" theme strikes me as too simplistic / too overdone for the combined talents of this group.
Taking the title a bit more literally, i wonder if this song is not more about the effects of war on the minds of the young soldiers (effectively still "boys") in conflicts (perhaps iraq / a'stan, but certainly does not have to be limited to modern conflicts). "Broken Boy Soldier" is literally that, a young soldier who is broken.
Key lines:
"You're rifling through a bunch of toys That were handed down to me Just take all the ones you want and then Give the rest to my family"
Interpretation: Is institutionalized (mental or physical) and is abandoning his pre-war possessions. Clearly has no attachment any longer for something that he had / loved as a child. Handed down also implies a family tradition, perhaps army toys which also may imply a tradition of military service.
"Well I'm child and man and child again The toy broken boy soldier"
Interpretation: He was a child (ie. young man) who was forced to become a man (ie. go off to war) and is now a child again (either mentally has regressed to an earlier state through the trama of war or is physically incapable of caring for himself and therefore "childlike" again). The fact that the line "I'm child then man then child again, a toy broken boy soldier" is right in the song suggests the literal interpretation.
"I'm going back to school today But I'm dropping myself off I'm throwing the childhood scenes away"
Interpretation: Going back to school could be physical rehab (learning to walk again or just live with his new disability) but that he is dropping himself off is what separates this from the more nostalgic view of childhood memories of school. He is "relearning" everything, as a child would do. But at the same time he is throwing his childhood scenes away, implying that this second bout of being "a child" is not idyllic.
Other lines that fit include "I'm done asking forgiveness" (for his acts in war), "the boy never gets older" (mentally or physically, he is "stuck" in his current state for the rest of his life), and "I'm done ripping myself off" (he's through living for other people, possibly alluding to a family tradition of military service which was not his desire).
The video also shows a toy soldier in pieces who is reassembled only to be torn apart again by a child at the end. Really cryptic imagery, but again i think this points to the literal image of a broken boy soldier (and not just metaphors for childhood or a peter pan / michael jackson complex)
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
bilder sind zwar nich songbezogen, aber passen vom takt her besser als ne fotocollage und inhaltlich passts ja sogar da der kampf mit der type die sich als meisterschütze bezeichnet gezeigt wird ^^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM4djwryPIo
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
was übrigens gegen die blechtrommel spricht is dass im video alle britishe uniformen tragen >_<
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
oh third man studios ^^ heißt jacks plattenfirma nich third man productions? der macht alles selbst wa
_______________________________ Sometimes the same is different, but mostly it's the same. How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone? When you own the world, you're always home.
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