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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Allocation/setting
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A singer says: Last night I was up till six in the morning, got two hours of sleep, came into work, got on the mike and just hit this incredible improvised lyric and melody. I may have misjudged my allocation of units the night before. I had this idea of writing about the temporal nature of being, but setting it in a hangover gives it some comedy and earthiness that balances the philosophical pretensions.
--- I'd like to ask about "allocation of units" and "setting it in a hangover". Is it possible that "allocation of units" means that the last night he spent in the wrong place, probably in a bar, (drinking)? And then he tried to write a song when he had a hangover? (setting it in a hangover)
A singer says: Last night I was up till six in the morning, got two hours of sleep, came into work, got on the mike and just hit this incredible improvised lyric and melody. I may have misjudged my allocation of units the night before. I had this idea of writing about the temporal nature of being, but setting it in a hangover gives it some comedy and earthiness that balances the philosophical pretensions.
--- I'd like to ask about "allocation of units" and "setting it in a hangover". Is it possible that "allocation of units" means that the last night he spent in the wrong place, probably in a bar, (drinking)? And then he tried to write a song when he had a hangover? (setting it in a hangover)
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Yes, I think "allocation of units" is a humorous way to say he had too much to drink. But I think "setting it in a hangover" means that the song is "voiced" by a character with a hangover, which as the writer says balanced the pretentious of his lyrics about the nature of being. "
- Yes, I think "allocation of units" is a humorous way to say he had too much to drink.
- But I think "setting it in a hangover" means that the song is "voiced" by a character with a hangover, which as the writer says balanced the pretentious of his lyrics about the nature of being.
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Yes, I think "allocation of units" is a humorous way to say he had too much to drink. But I think "setting it in a hangover" means that the song is "voiced" by a character with a hangover, which as the writer says balanced the pretentious of his lyrics about the nature of being. E.g., "woke up this morning with a splitting head/ realized that someday we'll all be dead."
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So you think that "setting it in a hangover" means that the character in the song probably had a hangover and not the singer who was performing this song in the studio that day? Since the singer drank too much last night I guess he had a hangover as well.
So you think that "setting it in a hangover" means that the character in the song probably had a hangover and not the singer who was performing this song in the studio that day? Since the singer drank too much last night I guess he had a hangover as well.
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Yes, I'm sorry, I should have said that I think in addition to the singer/composer being hung over that day, he improvised lyrics in which the narrator also has a hangover. I could be wrong though. Do you know the song lyrics? Reading them would clear this question right up.
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Hi
It's some of the verses:
In a little while
Surely you'll be mine
In a little while I'll be there
In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
I'll be home, love!
When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no air
If I crawl, if I come crawling home - I think this one says that he is drunk
It's some of the verses:
In a little while
Surely you'll be mine
In a little while I'll be there
In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
I'll be home, love!
When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no air
If I crawl, if I come crawling home - I think this one says that he is drunk
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"this hurt wil hurt no more" could refer to a headache, I suppose. But this really doesn't scream "hangover" to me - and neither does it seem to be about the termporal nature of being. I'm afraid I don't think it's a particularly serendipitous improvisation
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Hi Delmobile
So, what's the conclusion? I would just say that "setting it in a hangover" means that the singer had a hangover and that's it, because the song doesn't imply it. Agree?
So, what's the conclusion? I would just say that "setting it in a hangover" means that the singer had a hangover and that's it, because the song doesn't imply it. Agree?
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I suppose I have to agree, and yet I don't understand how just the fact that he had a hangover while he wrote, or rather "improvised," the thing gives it any earthy humor.
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