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Subject: Re: Interpretation of P. Gabriel Lyrics - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 17-Apr-84 12:35:52 EST
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Wallflower is about Lech Walesa(Heard in concert), though by 
extension is concerns Gabriel's general concern with confinement
and sanity as an expression of power (cf. M. Foucault and his 
PostStructural pals).

San Jacinto follows "Der Rhythmus" on the record, and moves the
same conerns into a native American setting. The speaker is
Indian (see the coda at the end). The german version uses a 
lovely idiom for the refrain "I hold the line"-Weitegehen.
It means literally "I go on" and implies resignation and
movement in one fell swoop.

The family and the Fishing Net. Seems based strongly on the
imagery and comment on ritual found in Jung's discussion of
the marriage ritual in (I think) "Man and His Symbols". Gabriel
has taken the images and made a song of them. The emphasis is on the
family unit, rather than economic matters (though the image of
the acquisitive/receptive fits well with the ambitious bride image).

g(still working on the synthpop libretto for "The Four Quartets")taylor

"If I could talk about it, I wouldn't make the music."