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Spans
Nov-22-2004, 06:06 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
 | I am doing an presentation on the song ´sound of silence´ and would like some general information or ideas about the meaning of thes song. If you know any or know of any good review sites that would be awsome! |
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jos
Nov-22-2004, 15:04 GMT
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Netherlands
 | Have a look at thedreamerofmusic.com and go to ´Paul explains his work´.
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John Whapshott
Nov-26-2004, 09:50 GMT
IP:
Sweden
 | This isn´t quite a meaning, but it´s something that never fails to amuse me. Whenever Paul or S&G play this song in public, when he/they get to the lines ´And in the naked light I saw/Ten thousand people, maybe more´ there´s always a huge cheer of recognition from the audience, as they identify with the big number. But then of course it goes on to describe these people as ´people talking without speaking/people hearing without listening´. So it just goes to prove that they are people who hear without listening, because if they listened they wouldn´t cheer...
Good luck with your presentation!! |
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Kuno
Nov-26-2004, 09:55 GMT
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Switzerland
 | I always thought the same about the people cheering at this place.
But at the shows, I did it anyway, it´s fun to cheer :o)
And after all S/G are expecting the crowd to cheer at this place. |
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jos
Nov-26-2004, 17:57 GMT
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Netherlands
| Yeap, same thought here.
I also Love that real moment of silence in the end of the song between ´sound´ and ´of silence´.
Last time Paul sang in Rotterdam the whole crowd was silence. Incredible. |
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Kuno
Nov-26-2004, 18:40 GMT
IP:
Switzerland
| On the "PS Live at the Tower" DVD, the crowd is also absolutely quiet during the whole song. Even at the "10´000 people maybe more"-part.
IMO this is a Proof for a mature audience. I am sure every artist appreciate that, at least on songs that are played "unplugged". |
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Spans
Nov-28-2004, 07:52 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
| Yes, I agree with you....it seems to be a perfect example of people hearing without listening. However, I am not sure if when Paul wrote this song he was referring to commercialism. The neon light?? People go about thier everyday lives allowing themselves to be persuaded by consumerism. People are afraid to have thier own voice, and be individual (people writing songs that voices never share?) But what I don´t understand is the last verse about "words of the prophets written on subway walls and tenement halls" Any thoughts on these ideas would be awsome! Thanks |
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marmotte
Nov-28-2004, 13:09 GMT
IP:
France
 | I think it´s about grafitis and messages written on the subway and elsewhere, as if they represented modern prohets. IMO Paul is also saying that we can be terribly alone even in a crowd... |
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Scaaty
Nov-28-2004, 14:55 GMT
IP:
Ireland
 | coincedence paul just reached that lineon my ipod when i read your post |
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Scaaty
Nov-28-2004, 14:58 GMT
IP:
Ireland
| graffitti artists writting meaning ful phrases. probably happened more in the 60´s than now. eg life is just a STD!! |
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Turkey
Nov-28-2004, 19:30 GMT
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United Kingdom
 | if u go to thedreamerofmusic site (sorry for promoting another site, but it has info on the song) ull find a bit about it |
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sirstuart
Dec-01-2004, 03:08 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
| Yes, it is about commercialism. At the end, they "bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made"; it is surely anti-corporate. On the subway walls those are the true intellectuals who do not have a voice in society- they are disenfranchised. It speaks volumes in a time where Civil Rights is a major political issue in America. A Poem On The Underground Wall is definitely a follow up song to these ideas. |
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