tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post232474375486926207..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Stand in the Rainchris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-80227698339780623662015-08-20T15:45:36.035-04:002015-08-20T15:45:36.035-04:00Good analysis.
I haven't seen Megamind (I got...Good analysis.<br /><br />I haven't seen <i>Megamind</i> (I got really uncomfortable around when Megamind was dating Roxanne by impersonating Bernard, so I bailed), but I think there's a tendency for people to interpret depression-songs as meaning something else - like how I used to read Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" as literally about how nice it is when it stops raining and the sun comes out. In the same way, I could imagine interpreting "Stand in the Rain" as a rah-rah win-over-adversity motivational song with 'poetic' (i.e. confusing) lyrics.Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.com