Post subject: Brimful of Asha - what does it mean?
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:48 pm
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Seems to be about listening to music and music opening up someone's mind. This line really struck me:
And singing Illuminate the main streets And the cinema aisles We don’t care about no government warnings ‘bout their notion of a simple life And the dams they are building
Is the song about internal problems within the Asian community? Asian youngsters trying to free themselves from how people are trying to bring them up, and in England at that?
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Post subject: Re: Brimful of Asha - what does it mean?
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:00 pm
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I dunno, but the lead singer hates Pink Floyd
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Post subject: Re: Brimful of Asha - what does it mean?
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:46 am
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Those lyrics are excruciatingly average at best, and I fail to see how they have anything to do with asians. Also, "listening to music and music opening up the mind" is about the vaguest concept possible - I think 99.9% of music in the history of history is meant to do that. Further, what does it matter what the song is supposed to be specifically talking about? If you can't tell from reading the lyrics, then it obviously either wasn't specific enough or the artist is an idiot for thinking he can portray a specific semantic meaning with vague and bland poetry. Further, I can't imagine why racial norms for Asians would be any worse in England than they would be in any other civilized caucasian country.
Post subject: Re: Brimful of Asha - what does it mean?
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:57 pm
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Buffalohed wrote:
Those lyrics are excruciatingly average at best, and I fail to see how they have anything to do with asians. Also, "listening to music and music opening up the mind" is about the vaguest concept possible - I think 99.9% of music in the history of history is meant to do that. Further, what does it matter what the song is supposed to be specifically talking about? If you can't tell from reading the lyrics, then it obviously either wasn't specific enough or the artist is an idiot for thinking he can portray a specific semantic meaning with vague and bland poetry. Further, I can't imagine why racial norms for Asians would be any worse in England than they would be in any other civilized caucasian country.
So you don't like the song then
To answer your question I think the band are English
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Post subject: Re: Brimful of Asha - what does it mean?
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:12 pm
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Buffalohed wrote:
Those lyrics are excruciatingly average at best, and I fail to see how they have anything to do with asians. Also, "listening to music and music opening up the mind" is about the vaguest concept possible - I think 99.9% of music in the history of history is meant to do that. Further, what does it matter what the song is supposed to be specifically talking about? If you can't tell from reading the lyrics, then it obviously either wasn't specific enough or the artist is an idiot for thinking he can portray a specific semantic meaning with vague and bland poetry. Further, I can't imagine why racial norms for Asians would be any worse in England than they would be in any other civilized caucasian country.
Yeah, but it's catchy as all hell!!
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