tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post6486008871022549616..comments2024-03-28T03:18:30.040-04:00Comments on Fragments of a Cale Season: Captain HookInverarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-20269323390192769742023-06-16T13:56:42.220-04:002023-06-16T13:56:42.220-04:00Has Christgau ever said anything that wasn't a...Has Christgau ever said anything that wasn't a massive heap of contrarian shit? This is the guy who thought calling a poll 'Pazz and Jop' was a totes hilarious idea.Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-1539340131593197362020-10-14T04:11:40.922-04:002020-10-14T04:11:40.922-04:00If you take Captain Hook along with Only Time Will...If you take Captain Hook along with Only Time Will Tell then read Baa Baa Black Sheep, a short semi-autobiographical story by Rudyard Kipling you will gain a completely different perspective on the song. gwjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629062529200636543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-85859394146354808862020-10-14T03:12:16.225-04:002020-10-14T03:12:16.225-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.gwjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629062529200636543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-73178426394412493402012-02-18T14:34:24.390-05:002012-02-18T14:34:24.390-05:00Excellent points all. I do think making sense is s...Excellent points all. I do think making sense is somewhat overrated, but I don't think my interpreation is any better than yours. I like to keep song meanings as a cloud of possibilities instead of anything specific anyway.<br /><br />Thanks very much for your contribution!Inverarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-21349092345183847192012-02-10T17:49:50.482-05:002012-02-10T17:49:50.482-05:00While the song does use the word "India"...While the song does use the word "India" several times, where is there anything to indicate that it is about colonialism?<br /><br />Looking at the first verse:<br /><br />I lost my memory today<br />The day my ship set sail<br />Atlantic seas board east<br />To India<br /><br />- Someone is going to India, but the only thing worth saying about them is that they have lost their memory. Are lost memories notably associated with the Raj?<br /><br />The seven seas<br />East India Company<br />Pass the Cape of Good Hope<br />But there is still no hope for me<br /><br />- Ok, the East India Co has been mentioned, which was colonial... but it was also very much associated with something else...<br /><br />Tried to break India's back<br />But she broke the back of me<br />It was a painful sight<br />At least to me<br /><br />- So this is a song about colonialism and the only person who suffers is the colonizer??? <br /><br />Isn't possible instead that India is being used for its associations with opium, which the EIC traded? This would make sense of the lost memory - "the purpose of being a beast is to forget the pain of being a man" - the lack of hope, the broken narrator, and the chorus:<br /><br />I can't keep living like this this no more<br />I can't keep living like this this<br />I can't keep living like this this no more<br />O can't you see<br />You're losing me<br />Again<br /><br />..But the colonialism idea makes sense of nothing.Netbookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16009114955640769551noreply@blogger.com