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Author: Ghostpipe
The band's been repetitively playing Is It Really You in the last few jam sessions. See my post of 4 Feb 2008 for details of the song. It's actually one of my own favourites. The song was written out of spite for one's own inability to accept one's own true self, true personality. The lyrics don't make much sense but I feel the melody tells the listener that whoever sings this song, wants to let out a buried realisation that he or she has not discovered, or rather refused to admit, about himself or herself until too late.
So much for self-indulgence. I guess all songwriters at some point feel very pathetic about having to explain themselves to the listener or whoever is out there the reason why they write what they write. I mean, for myself, it's always a strange and invigorating feeling that I get when I write some prose or poetry or lyrics down on paper, but I just simply never prepare myself to have to explain to anyone else what I had written. The lyrics is there man, and so is the music. You go figure what it's all about, alright?
I'm going to leave you with Edie by The Cult. I used to listen to The Cult day in day out while I was doing my A-levels years ago. This song is still as good as ever. Ian is a brilliant songwriter.
