Since I'm in the mood for these ol' things I've decided to share with my fellow readers (that's you) this song. It's probably one of the very best songs ever sung by Phil Collins, at least from where I stand. You might ask why am I writing just in English. Well, the reason is simple. 'Cos I felt like it.
Here's the YouTube video with it. Hope you all enjoy it.
Here's the YouTube video with it. Hope you all enjoy it.
4 comments:
Elenáro,
I'm not asking why you are writing in English. After all, it's the main language of communication on the Net :-)
The music is indeed wonderful , Collins' performance , too but I have a doubt concerning the lyrics/its message.
Do you think it tries to portray the differences between people in the same society? I mean the ones that have everything versus the others who are struggling to survive?
or is it to show that some people/groups are never happy with the things they have and do really forget the ones who didn't manage to succeed in life or that were defeated by society?
Cherio,
margarida
+ Cheerio!
Cheers!
Interesting... I'd never seen it that way. I suppose your first two hypotheses are the right ones.
The woman mentioned is, most likely, a homeless person. The reason behind it isn't given but I think it's safe to assume she wasn't in that situation for very long.
The fact that she's asking for a place to sleep instead of just sleeping wherever possible clearly shows that she isn't accustomed to that situation.
Though we can't tell why she's there, we ca tell she's suffering and struggling against her situation.
When the man pretends not to hear her can be associated with today's indifference to the suffering of others. She's been crying, she's asking for help and he just doesn't care. Just moves on as if she wasn't even there.
So I suppose there's a protest underneath it. A protest about people's indifference, about their own selfish natures and egos.
Even when faced with the willingness for someone to change his/her future, they ignore it. They just don't care about others. It's just them. It's just the "me", the ego speaking and worth caring.
Hence, "it's just another day for you and me in paradise", being paradise a metaphor for the cruel world of those who suffer.
Correction:
"Though we can't tell why she's there, we can tell she's suffering and struggling against her situation."
"When the man pretends not to hear her, it can be associated with today's indifference to the suffering of others."
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