(08-30-2014, 04:13 AM)yanni5 Wrote: Here's a new Haley song, it's called Love Is Worth Fighting For:
Once again.. yet another time.. thanks for the Videos !
I love Haley's explanation about what she means with "love" in the song:
"and I'm really not talking about love at all. I'm talking about music" which she says forcefully before starting in.
(perhaps it can be read "continuing to pursue a music career is worth fighting for". ? )
Those of you that might have read me roasting Harry Connick Jr for expecting that the lyrics mean what they say might understand how this tickles me.
For me, It shows that even when writing the lyrics herself "love" is a proxy for many things and romantic love is only one small sliver of what love is. Using lyrics to point generally to a romantic love let's any listener apply the message to their own situation rather than something more specific that tends to be more excluding when it is less universal.
I also think of sexual lyrics being a proxy for any celebration and self liberation... which makes smutty lyrics decidely less smutty. "Getting it on" or "I'll be your baby tonight" is a lot more broad and less base when they're just an allegory.
End Tom22 oped for the day...
... but, statements like that from HR reinforce what I personally hear in the attitude she brings to lyrics so frequently... and why I appreciate so many of her takes on songs.