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Post by headlightbeams on Sept 27, 2006 23:02:19 GMT -5
ALL ABOUT ME
Well, it's all, all about me
People don't doubt me
This is my home
I'm at ease
Going to feel good
Absolutely understood
My neighborhood and me
And the first hand that claps
I'll try not to collapse
Wild as I want
Mild as a breeze
Miles from no one (?)
Cause it's all about me
Are you tame?
Are you game?
Yeah, I'll be fortune
Yes, and I'll be fame
Oh, comin' to my show
With your mo-rowoh oh (?)
Unh!
Wild as I want
Mild as a breeze
Miles from no one (?)
Cause it's all about me
Ow!
There must be something missing
I can't think of a thing
There must be something missing
It can't be, it's all about ... (howls)
[guitar break]
I took a vow
A vow of celebrity
Well, don't you turn your back on me
I ain't done with you yet
Well, it's all about me
The people don't doubt me
I'm as good as it gets
When the final curtain falls
Hang your head (hem?) and call,
Wild as I want
Mild as a breeze
Miles from no one (?)
Cause it's all about me
Wild as I want
Mild as a breeze
Miles from no one (?)
Cause it's all about me
All about me
All about me
All about me
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Post by pline on Sept 28, 2006 7:28:35 GMT -5
"... a vow of celebrity" ... great line!
Thanks again for taking the time to do these lyrics headlightbeams.
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Post by pline on Sept 28, 2006 15:56:33 GMT -5
The lines:
Going to feel good,
Miles from no one (?),
Hang your head (hem?) and call,
I kind of hear:
Sure do feel good,
My eyes see no one,
Hmm, can you hear me call
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Post by badtimesroll on Sept 28, 2006 19:13:39 GMT -5
Miles from no one (?)I'm hearing: Nice to no one, "cause it's all about me AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, that isn't it. Sounds more like yours. 
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Post by kgp on Sept 28, 2006 19:53:02 GMT -5
Scooter to thread. I think this could be more fodder for your "Paul sends not so veiled messages to his fans via his lyrics" theory.
Anybody hear "Best Thing That Never Happened?"
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Post by kgp on Sept 28, 2006 20:11:01 GMT -5
Actually, it's more like the sequel to "Best Thing That Never Happened."
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Post by kgp on Oct 12, 2006 19:50:25 GMT -5
Miles from no one (?)I'm hearing: Nice to no one, "cause it's all about me AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, that isn't it. Sounds more like yours. I hear "nice to no one," too. |
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Post by Lulu on Oct 12, 2006 20:55:23 GMT -5
This is a tough one, but I think it might be 'me eyes for no one' or just plain 'eyes for no one'
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Post by BronxTeacher on Oct 21, 2006 9:52:18 GMT -5
File this post under the "veiled messages to the audience" department.
I've been listening to this song a lot lately, and I have one burning question:
Is that line "People don't doubt me" a declarative or imperative sentence? Is he making a statement of confidence here or asking his audience to keep the faith?
I think in one way in this song he's satirizing the egomania of celebrity. In another way it's a message to the fans to stick around, maybe even a re-affirmation of his commitment to art(?).
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Post by A Regular on Oct 21, 2006 11:38:25 GMT -5
declarative. Most that song reminds me of BEst THing that Never Happened in that he's boasting of his value...without irony or sarcasm to my ears.
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Post by BronxTeacher on Oct 21, 2006 12:32:03 GMT -5
I see some satire in the refrain and in the bridge:
There must be something missing
I can't think of a thing
There must be something missing
It can't be, it's all about...
The narrator is almost too self-centered and obtuse.
When he sings, "Don't you turn your back on me," he's not only speaking to his audience but also 'celebrity' itself.
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Post by A Regular on Oct 21, 2006 12:51:50 GMT -5
I see some satire in the refrain and in the bridge: There must be something missing I can't think of a thing There must be something missing It can't be, it's all about... The narrative is almost too self-centered and obtuse. When he sings, "Don't you turn your back on me," he's not only speaking to his audience but also 'celebrity' itself. Its probably me, but I see the boasting as a sort of reflex against the typical self-effacement he shows. |
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Post by ClamsCasino on Oct 21, 2006 18:25:57 GMT -5
I see this song being sung specifically from the stage. He once said that he felt like a stone on a grave up on stage, and I think this is the flipside. He can also feel like, "This is my home/I'm at ease." Obviously the lines about "comin to my show" and the "final curtain" falling reinforce it. The line "miles from no one/cause it's all about me" seems more clever if you think about a guy up on stage surrounded by fans.
And instead of "going to feel good," I'm hearing "sho' nuff feel good."
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Post by A Regular on Oct 23, 2006 19:35:54 GMT -5
When the final curtain falls
Hang your head (hem?) and call
I hear.. hrumph,
and you hear me call
though and sure sounds like hang, but that makes no sense.
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Post by kgp on Oct 24, 2006 9:29:06 GMT -5
I see some satire in the refrain and in the bridge: There must be something missing I can't think of a thing There must be something missing It can't be, it's all about... The narrative is almost too self-centered and obtuse. When he sings, "Don't you turn your back on me," he's not only speaking to his audience but also 'celebrity' itself. I hear it as even more directly addressed to his audience, the ones most likely to question his decision to score a big Hollywood film. "Don't you turn your back on me, I ain't done with you yet." And kind of a dis at the whole Hollywood hit-making machine while he's writing songs for a guaranteed blockbuster. Actually, it's the only song from the soundtrack in which I still hear Paul (the in-song Paul we're used to). |
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Post by Smorgasberg on Oct 24, 2006 10:06:31 GMT -5
I see some satire in the refrain and in the bridge: There must be something missing I can't think of a thing There must be something missing It can't be, it's all about... The narrative is almost too self-centered and obtuse. When he sings, "Don't you turn your back on me," he's not only speaking to his audience but also 'celebrity' itself. Its probably me, but I see the boasting as a sort of reflex against the typical self-effacement he shows. I think that's valid. I get the sense that Paul genuinely struggles with fear and doubt about his own worth, and every now and then he gives out a defiant shout against that feeling. I always loved the line in The Fugitive Kind where he yells, "I'm a bad idea who's time has come!!" and I hear it the same way. It's a boast with a wink. |
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Post by kgp on Oct 30, 2006 21:38:04 GMT -5
The more I listen to this song, the more I hear it as satirical. Each line is so un-paullike ( I have no idea how to spell that)--he's the guy who's never understood, and (relatively speaking) he's never had fame and fortune-- it borders on parody. Granted I don't know where it fits in the movie, but I still hear it as a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" to his fans. (Reiterated by the "vow of celebrity, don't turn your back on me...)
In the second "people don't doubt me" there's a slight quiver in his voice (could have been from the lung infection or whatever he claimed that made him sound too sick for Sony's taste) that sounds a little pleading, as if he's trying to convince himself.
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Post by mrblasty on Oct 30, 2006 22:50:27 GMT -5
I think that the phrase "All about me" is a double entendre.
"All about me" can be said in a self-centered way.
It can also be said in the context that these things(fame, fortune, etc.) are "all about me", as in that he doesn't actually have the fortune, fame, etc, but people think that he does because he is a celebrity.
I take this song as meaning that he's happy with his level of celebrity (this is my home....I'm at ease), but that he knows that he 's got to hold himself up to some high expectations from his fans( first hand that claps...I'll try not to collapse)
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jan 26, 2008 2:38:46 GMT -5
The Rolling Stones have a song called "All About You"
STONES: I may miss you
But missing me just isn't you
PW: There must be something missing
I can't think of a thing
There must be something missing
STONES: If the show must go on
Let it go on without you
So sick and tired hanging around with jerks like you
PW: And the first hand that claps, I'll try not to collapse ...
Oh, comin' to my show with your mo-rowoh oh (?) ...
When the final curtain falls, hang your head and call
STONES: I'm so sick and tired hanging around with dogs like you
You're the first to get blamed, always the last bitch to get paid
PW: Well, don't you turn your back on me
I ain't done with you yet
STONES: Oh, tell me those lies
Let me think they're true
I heard one or two
They weren't about me
PW: Well, it's all, all about me
People don't doubt me ...
Absolutely understood
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