Collected Animals

hey y'all,

anybody know of any AC-related interviews (or even their posts on the older boards) where one of em talks about not sharing their lyrics and/or meanings of songs in favor of letting the listener come up with his or her own interpretations of the lyrics / song meanings? i'm positive that at least one of them has talked about this at least once and i could really use this for this paper i'm writing right now, thanks!

This it?

"AVEY TARE: In my perfect musical world a person could understand the lyrics or not understand the lyrics as they wanted. Initially, with writing music that included vocals, it was primarily the goal (and still is) to have the voice be seen as another instrument, as having a very integrated role in the overall scheme of a song. Though our song writing has become a little more focused on vocals than it had been in the past, it would still feel awkward to only focus on hearing the lyrics. Just as we like sounds to fit in with the color and feel of a song, I’d say we approach vocals in a very similar manner. Since “Sung Tongs” was a lot less effected and more minimal, it was the first time we could really use the lyrics as a guide to the color and the feeling of the tunes. It’s fun to think of characters taking you through these environments we are creating and speaking to you about what’s going on and have the lyrics hint at the sounds and maybe even mess with your mind a little. For our new record I think it’s the first time where the lyrics are basically from my point of view. I guess I just feel like I wanted to say something and that’s the way it came out."

http://www.identitytheory.com/animal-co ... avey-tare/

yes thank you!!

Totally, hope the paper goes well dude. Cheers