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Johnny C:
Yes, yes I did.
Titan:
Yeah, you did!
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: BehringerBoy ---hm, i donīt really talk about politics in music, to me theres lyricly only two kinds of songs. love songs and political songs. And a really blurry line between the two. for example even a songs about drugs or something is political a some level.
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What about the hate songs, the descriptive songs and the abstract songs? And I'm sure there's more.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Titan ---I am not saying it is absurd that it can be read in different ways, I'm saying that any way you read it other than as it was intented will be absurd; but I will call it wrong if you prefer.
Let's use the misunderstanding above as another example. I meant one thing, you decided I meant something else - to me it is clear that only one person is right. Would you consider us both to be right? Obviously it was possible for what I said to be read in different ways, else there would be no misunderstanding.
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Well, I actually think I did understand you. But anyway. As Johnny C pointed out, this isn't about reading in meaning for the sake of it. There is a vast amount of writing presenting various ways of reading texts which are far from absurd, but also unrelated to the author's intentions. The whole concept of teir being a 'right' reading I would argue is wrong in itself. It's too limiting. It's not that other readings of a text negate each other, what's interesting is that you end up with a multiplicity of meanings. For example, a Marxist reading of a text would pull out different things than a feminist or postcolonial reading, but they don't cancel each other out.
Titan:
Yes, a text can have multiple meanings, but all are intended by the writer. I think what may be happening here is you are looking at it in a "What does this text say to you?" sort of way, while I am trying to take a different view on it (ie "What is this text trying to say?") - certainly something is wrong if we both consider Johnny C's post to be correct.
Anyway, I think we've both made our cases and clearly we won't be progressing any further - peace out! :)
And yes, I do think both the viewpoints are different - but I don't feel like debating that.
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