I first heard Bridges and Balloons on a college radio station shortly after it was released. I had forgotten any lyrics to search for but the sound of it haunted me for years, slowly vanishing into a memory of what may have been only a dream, until one day I happened upon Sprout and the Bean and recognized her voice. I cannot describe the joy of finally discovering the magical voice from the radio memory.
Dang it…. I really wanted to sink into this, RU-vid won’t let me watch and listen. For me, all I get is an endless white screen-like a snow storm-and an occasional sound of the harp. There’s no play or pause or anything. Just white, forever and ever. Obviously something’s wrong with my end. I’ll come back another day and see. Until then I’ll be lining my pocket with a scrap of sassafras, eh Sisyphus? 🐇
My only issue with Father Morning is that I wish they had at least a scene or two developing him.. like maybe the Father who died was his best friend, so now he has a personal reason to investigate on his own, find out where Patient X/Karras is, thus explaining how he even knew to go to the asylum to begin with.
I love the edits. I've always wished that the scenes of Father Morning in the elderly ward had been kept. They were in an early script but I don't think they were ever filmed.
The best part of this is I have legitimately no clue whether or not this was the original sketch 100% or if this is a fan edit where they try to make it completely insane
I just wanted to add my 2 cents about something that I never see fans mention: this earlier version of En Gallop is SOOOOOOOOO much better than the one on Milk Eyed Mender. It's so raw and so god damned perfect it brings tears to my eyes. That is all.
Does anyone have any insight as to what Flying a Kite is about? It sounds a lot like it’s about drug abuse to me, but I can imagine that’s just a fraction of the song’s meaning, like Only Skin.
the majority of the song is about jilted love -- she's trying to get the attention of a boy she likes, but he's oblivious to her. A game of "cat and mouse" (as per the last lines) leaving nothing more meaningful in its wake. The kite seems to be describing the feeling of being in love, but it is also the albatross of the rime of the ancient mariner (although in this case far more like the albatross in the Baudelaire poem). To break it down, I think the easiest way to read the song is to say the central metaphor, the kite, is describing puppy love. When the object of your desire is seen in its own element, in the distance, it is a creature of unimaginable beauty. When you hold it in your hands, when it is grounded, when "the fall blots it out" -- "How comical, how ugly, and how meek/Appears this soarer of celestial snows!"
Most musicians/bands first cuts of songs are a testament to how their emotions were when developing the lyrics and musicianship. That's why I always have been a sucker for these kind of versions.
