Post by mercurialfreddie on Jul 11, 2020 12:27:24 GMT
Dear Brenski, psychological effect or lyrical in the context of Mother Love is the secondary point here, and in contrast to your opinion - I believe that the ending of Mother Love takes us to birth, not to the death itself, Freddie's life is rewinded to its beginnings. We hear "in my youth" which is also not only slowed down but prolonged further, then we hear some birds (nature!) and baby's cry.
i referred to the baby cries already. my point being it IS about mortality and the slow-down/decline and then death. the whole point of the song itself is a yearning to feel safe again. to not be terrified of the imminent unknown. I'd even (maybe) take a punt on the first verse being about the security of his relationship with Mary, and how sick he was of the passion, rows, and promiscuity of his life after he split with her - the very stuff that brought on his early death. i think he just longs for the true companionship he had with her. then again, it's a Brian co-write, so who knows?
I don't think the end of the song is rewinding us to birth, i think the point is much more metaphysical - and possibly about reincarnation. and as we know - reincarnation is not possible without dying first. the song is about death, regret and wanting a "do over".
The main question was if it is still possible today to go to the original master tapes and return the recorded elements to their proper speed ? QPL surely could do a remix / re-take of Going Back at normal speed and pitch (of course it would be autotuned to death!)...
Reincarnation - yes, a circle of life - yes, but the ending of an existence - no
I agree discussions can be fluid but the hermeneutics can easily prevail over the main question about the original unaltered speed of the tracks so that is why we should focus mainly on this point imho.
This forum was born out of the need to create something that QZ forum used to be so I am all up for being democratic and liberal here. Thankfully trolls have not yet reached this land....
I agree discussions can be fluid but the hermeneutics can easily prevail over the main question about the original unaltered speed of the tracks so that is why we should focus mainly on this point imho.
This forum was born out of the need to create something that QZ forum used to be so I am all up for being democratic and liberal here. Thankfully trolls have not yet reached this land....