i think that the false alarm moto refers to the 6 plains she saw. the plains were probably called on a mission a drill maybe an atack that turned out to be a false alarm. makes sense, eh?
love, nuri --- "Blair Fraipont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just thought that it was Joni saying to Amelia, "the reason why >you crashed was just a false alarm, it wasn't necessary, just like my love >affairs.." Maybe that isnt it, but I was never confused about it because I >thought it was that simple. > Does that make any sense? > BLair >NP: Big Star > > > >> >>Bruce Kimerer wrote: >> >><< OK. After many years and hundreds of listens, what are the 'false >>alarms' in Amelia? >>In the Icarus verse I understand the false alarm to be a love affair that >>didn't work out. But what about in the other verses? They all end in 'it >>was just a false alarm.' What does IT refer to? There isn't an obvious >>subject for the pronoun. This has been driving me a little crazy for >>almost 30 years now. >> >> >> >> You give me much more with your question than I can possibly give >>with my answer. >> In the 20 years that this has been among my very favorite songs >>(all versions) I've always interpreted "it was just a false alarm" to >>mean that Amelia was just decades ahead of her time. >> I just noticed that "Icarus *ascending* on beautiful foolish >>arms" defies the myth of Icarus actually *descending* with wings burnt by >>the sun. >> Perhaps Joni sees Icarus here as the Phoenix embodied by Amelia. >> BTW, has anyone seen the Star Trek Voyager episode where Captain >>Janeway thaws Amelia from five centuries of sleep on some distant planet? >>Talk about GREAT myths..... >> ET > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _____________________________________________________________ Free email, web pages, news, entertainment, weather and MORE! Check out -------------------------------> http://wowmail.com _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
