The sentiment in "Voices Carry" sucks because it's from the POV of the one told to shut up. As the video brings out very, very well, which is why I see it as a "fighting back" song.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Fred Pete - Jan 06, 2009 6:00:27 am PST #451 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
DavidS - Jan 06, 2009 7:39:12 am PST #452 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ron Asheton, RIP!
I feel a disturbance in the Force.
javachik - Jan 06, 2009 9:29:51 am PST #453 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
I was never into videos, so if I didn't get it from the song, it didn't exist for me. Aimee Mann sounded hurt about being told to shut up during sex in the song; that was enough for me.
Jon B. - Jan 06, 2009 9:44:38 am PST #454 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
which is why I see it as a "fighting back" song.
Except that there's not so much of the fighting back in the song. I always heard it as textbook abuse victim:
In the dark, I like to read his mind
But I'm frightened of the things I might find
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
To tear him away
When I tell him that I'm falling in love
Why does he say
Hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry
I try so hard not to get upset
Because I know all the trouble I'll get
Oh, he tells me tears are something to hide
And something to fear
And I try so hard to keep it inside
So no one can hear
Hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Oh, he wants me, but only part of the time
He wants me if he can keep me in line
Hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Oh, hush, hush, shut up now, voices carry
Oh, hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry
Oh, hush hush, darling, she might overhear
Oh no, voices carry
He said shut up
He said shut up
Oh God, can't you keep it down, voices carry
Oh, voices carry
I wish he would let me talk
Fred Pete - Jan 06, 2009 10:23:40 am PST #455 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
Maybe it's more in the end of the video. For those who haven't seen it (or forgotten), He and She are seated together in an auditorium, fancy dress, very Yuppie. He looks with disgust at her punk-style -- ponytail? rat tail? She then starts mumbling the lyrics of the song, He tries to shush her. She then stands up and shouts the lines, "He said shut up. He said shut up."
That's where I see She fighting back, saying, "Enough. I'm not taking it any more."
Barb - Jan 07, 2009 9:10:43 am PST #456 of 6436
“Not dead yet!”
I got the Phil Spector Wall of Sound retrospective and am downloading it onto the computer as we speak.
Anyone want anything?
Here's the list of songs:
Lee - Jan 07, 2009 9:39:57 am PST #457 of 6436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I would love River deep mountain high, or any of them, really.
Barb - Jan 07, 2009 9:48:06 am PST #458 of 6436
“Not dead yet!”
Done, Perkins.
Also, The Crystals "He's a Rebel" and "Then He Kissed Me" and The Ronettes "Be My Baby."
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 9:49:41 am PST #459 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anyone want anything?
I really want "Black Pearl" by Sonny Charles and the Checkmates. Co-write by Toni Wine, and my coolest backstage experience ever was having Robert Pollard sing it to me while we talked bubblegum after a Guided By Voices show.
eta: Oh bother, it's not on the list.
Glamcookie - Jan 07, 2009 9:50:29 am PST #460 of 6436
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
my coolest backstage experience ever was having Robert Pollard sing it to me while we talked bubblegum after a Guided By Voices show.
jealous