I can only imagine the puns coming our way this season.This is what La La Land felt like for me, until I saw what Ashley did with it. Unfortunately you have Chock & Bates to convince you and not Ashley.
They had to stick on Nothing Else Matters.
Come on, someone, give me Enter Sandman!!
he at least waited 8 years with Gregory & Petukhov's "Romeo & Juliet". eh whatever, Alexa & Chris are going to probably eclipse it with Rohene's new SP anyways. Maybe they can start a Knierim's music playlist to give inspiration to those who seek it.
There are no words for how much I hate "Imagine."
I've gained new respect for them... 
Very true and very well said!
The attraction of ice dance is the relationship between two people.
Actually what is unappealing is your interpretation of those particular lyrics. And you even admit that it's just your "pedantic" side talking which has nothing to do with what Lennon actually meant with those lyrics. To be honest, your "pedantic" interpretation is not even so pedantic, because a real pedant would say that it's not really clear what he is saying, not come up with their own interpretation of those words. I, for one, am pretty sure that no one needing to kill or die for anything was what Lennon meant, not what is in your version. Of course, I can't really know what was in his head. Maybe he indeed meant something along the lines of your interpretation, but maybe he also thought of something else than you when writing that - things like political and religious beliefs etc., not family and loved ones. Who knows. In any case, your interpretation does not really fit with the rest of the song.That's a good start, but it's not just impractical, it's unappealing. What kind of world would it be where there was nothing worth dying for? You could make a very strong case for a world where no one needed to kill or die for anything, but that's not what he says. He says "nothing to kill or die for," which is an entirely different matter. It means no one and nothing that means so much to you that you would lay down your life for it if you had to.
Pedantic, yes, but I'm an English major. We live for pedantic arguments about song lyrics.
That was my first thought.
Yeah, that happens often. (Unless of course it's a super simple & obvious "I love you" or "let's party" song or something that doesn't really require any sort of higher brain function/effort)
I don't believe that mostly tuning out the words and just hearing the melody is something that is exclusive to non-native speakers. I tend to believe that it happens across-the-board. In some cases, depending on the music or the song in question, it can actually be a godsend.
For any Javi fans out there: user ice_on_fire10 might be worth following on twitter. She just posted a glimpse of Javi's free. (She also posts Yuzu stuff.)
I am not sure. It never happens to me in my mother's tongue. When I hear songs in my first language, I get into my head the words and melody together, without having to think about it. In my other languages I either listen to the music for enjoyment and then I don't take the words in (I wouldn't be able to say what the song is about), or I specifically concentrate on words and then I am not listening for enjoyment. Probably the separation of feeling part of the brain and thinking part?I don't believe that mostly tuning out the words and just hearing the melody is something that is exclusive to non-native speakers. I tend to believe that it happens across-the-board. In some cases, depending on the music or the song in question, it can actually be a godsend.
Could you maybe turn your posts about this subject into a new thread over at the Trash Can? I'd like to discuss this with you but this thread is probably not the place for it...
