'Nicer than the bird up in the treetop/ Cheaper than the chip inside my laptop'

[dolorosa_12]

In a rather roundabout manner, I found myself at a site analysing Massive Attack's lyrics. Sadly, most of the analyses are not particularly earth-shattering (I know, I shouldn't just snipe from the sidelines - if I think I could do a better job, I should do it myself). The thread unpicking Risingson is worth reading, however. I also liked the point someone made in the thread about Dissolved Girl, that Dissolved Girl is Inertia Creeps Part II. (And why can't Inertia Creeps be Dissolved Girl Part II?)

What with all the time I seem to spend here unpicking the meanings of song lyrics, I wonder if I should join some music forums. I've loved unpicking books on book forums. The problem is, even on the internet I'm too self-aware to jump into a new place if I think I'll run the risk of behaving really n00bishly. I've had years of practice talking with authority about books when I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I don't think I quite have the musical knowledge to pull it off on a music forum. Oh, sure, I can analyse lyrics until Massive Attack reforms with its original line-up the cows come home, but when it comes to being all technical about music, I'm lost.

I still think Mezzanine is about CorneliaCaelaNoah and AsterionWeyland in Sara Douglass's Troy Game series, though. And nothing will convince me otherwise.

EDIT: And because this is the way my mind works, the next destination in The Journey of the RonniWanderer was (after much searching on Google) celestineangel's review of the first of Sara Douglass's Troy Game series, Hades' Daughter. I'm still falling over laughing at the character descriptions. I like such messed up books, and such messed up music. (Messed up? Me? Who would've thought?)