They can't take that away from me
Standing in line with the other geeks to get my CD signed, I thought about what I would say to (artist). I wanted to tell (artist) how much her song meant to me. I also wanted to confirm what I thought her song was about. But what if I was wrong? That's what happened when I met (other artist). "No, that's not what I wrote my song about. But that's an interesting interpretation," he said politely. And the meaning of his song, once full of the personal significance that I had imagined for it, was suddenly and forever lost to me.So I decided against asking (artist) whether her song was about (subject). That way the mystery, and the meaning, remain intact. Anyway, (subject) is so personal, and (artist) and I are strangers, though I feel I know her through her songs. Best not to spoil my own illusions.
Heatmiser: Antonio Carlos Jobim
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I don't mean to imply that I met Elliott Smith (or Jobim).
I will be on vacationderneathica for the next eight days, somewhere nice and inaccessible to the internets.
Jon, if the (artist) is your fave, Alanis Morrissette, then yes, she was writing about that guy from Full House.
How ironic. You oughta know better.
Good call, Jon. Avril's "Girlfriend" means different things to all of us.
Buddy X really is about Lenny Kravitz.
(I know you didn't meet Neneh Cherry, but she's more interesting than the artists listed above)
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