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Post by Sir rogerlejohn jr. on May 22, 2010 11:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2010 11:42:52 GMT -5
Do you have more information?
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Post by Sir rogerlejohn jr. on May 22, 2010 11:53:06 GMT -5
from the simon kafe!!
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2010 11:57:08 GMT -5
Yes just heard it.
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Post by charliesangel2 on May 31, 2010 15:55:48 GMT -5
I'd love to hear the new song, I love nobody knows!! ;D
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Post by Mad!Studios on Jun 1, 2010 3:04:54 GMT -5
Interesting.
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Post by saint on Jun 1, 2010 10:02:03 GMT -5
Nobody Knows made me reappraise Mr Le Bon. I think it also paints quite a clear picture of his problems with depression, too; the lyrical observations are spot on.
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Post by musicmaniac on Jun 1, 2010 10:09:57 GMT -5
Simon has a problem with depression? I never would've guessed. He is like the quintessential partah animal and mr. charisma.
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Post by saint on Jun 1, 2010 11:09:07 GMT -5
Well, he's alluded to it a number of times without actually coming right out and saying it, so I admit I might be barking right up the wrong tree. But I don't think so.
He's previously said he was suffering from depression during the writing sessions for Pop Trash, that being the reason he was unable to write. And I also read an article somewhere with him talking about lying on the floor upstairs at Warren's unable to get up, all the while listening to Nick and Mr Cuccurullo working away downstairs. I can't for the life of me remember where I read it, but I can remember coming away from the article thinking he'd got some serious blues going on.
He also said on the Sky Arts show, Songbook, that he had a breakdown of sorts on a plane, and he reckoned it was due to the death of his friend (the one he sings about in Ordinary World and Do You Believe In Shame), and that it was something he had to create a way to get past. Well, all of those things sound like depression symptoms to me.
Having experienced depression myself, the lyrics to Nobody Knows, which SLB has actually said is about depression, are so spot on that I can't believe he's simply making educated guesses as to how it feels.
To my ears, he's also alluded to it in various DD lyrics recently - Falling Down (to me) is about someone having to come to terms with the distance between what he wants life to be, and what it actually is; how strong he likes to think his public face is, compared to how much he can cope with before breaking - the actual Falling Down. Whilst being about coming off his bike, I reckon the analogy is being paid to life, about coming off the proverbial rails into depression. Part of the healing process of depression is about admitting to yourself - and therefore other people - that you're not as strong as your mask suggests. All of these things are there in the lyrics.
One Of Those Days, Still Standing; both of these are about taking the knocks and living to tell the tale. Granted, they could just be poetic views on life, but to me they sound like mid-life crisis issues.
of course, I could just be going bonkers...
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Post by musicmaniac on Jun 1, 2010 11:27:41 GMT -5
Well, he's alluded to it a number of times without actually coming right out and saying it, so I admit I might be barking right up the wrong tree. But I don't think so. He's previously said he was suffering from depression during the writing sessions for Pop Trash, which was the reason why he was unable to write. And I also read somewhere him talking about lying on the floor upstairs at Warren's unable to get up, all the while listening to Nick and Mr Cuccurullo working away downstairs. He also said on the Sky Arts show, Songbook, that he had a breakdown of sorts on a plane, and he reckoned it was due to the death of his friend (the one he sings about in Ordinary World and Do You Believe In Shame), and that it was something he had to create a way to get past. Well, all of those things sound like depression symptoms to me. Having experienced depression myself, the lyrics to Nobody Knows, which SLB has actually said is about depression, are so spot on that I can't believe he's simply making educated guesses as to how it feels. I think it was more sadness than depression he was feeling. During the Pop Trash era, that was a sad time for the band. John wasn't present at all for that album, sales were really down, and they were reduced to playing to a significantly smaller audience than what they are accustomed to. Also, Warren had really taken over that band and with him and Nick doing the TV Mania thing, it was quite understandable that Simon would had felt despondent and out of place. During that time, the elements of Duran were extremely imbalanced. As far as the lyrics are concerned to 'Nobody Knows (excellent song btw!), Simon is an avid reader, so it would'nt come too much of a surprise that he did some research about depression to give his lyrics some substance and validity. There is depression the chemical imbalance, that you are referring to, situational and circumstantial depression, due to life's events that are unfavourable that is beyond one's control, and sadness. I believe if Simon was to experience depression, it would had been a combo of the circumstantial and sadness level. Being depressed itself is not an illness, infact it is normal to feel it at times when the situation is appropiate. It's when the feelings of depression arises when life is going relatively 'ok' that it becomes questionable as to whether it is a chemical imbalance/illness requiring the intervention of professionals as you well know.
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