davey#streetsOfLondon #McTell #emotion #victimhood
I want to get others' thoughts about the song, Streets of London: not the fine music (except in the Tabernacle Choir version) but the lyrics. As I understand McTell, he's saying, "Look; you may feel bad, but compared to these other folks, . . . give it a break." Only he sings it sweetly, with a "I want to help you gain perspective and feel better" tone. Even so, my hackles do something at the words, "How can you feel . . . let me make you change your mind."
Do you take this is poetic liberty, hyperbolic rather than literal?
I think of the song as less about the person he's singing to than about wanting to tell the story of people he's seen and met. And you?
I want to get others' thoughts about the song, Streets of London: not the fine music (except in the Tabernacle Choir version) but the lyrics. As I understand McTell, he's saying, "Look; you may feel bad, but compared to these other folks, . . . give it a break." Only he sings it sweetly, with a "I want to help you gain perspective and feel better" tone. Even so, my hackles do something at the words, "How can you feel . . . let me make you change your mind."
Do you take this is poetic liberty, hyperbolic rather than literal?
I think of the song as less about the person he's singing to than about wanting to tell the story of people he's seen and met. And you?