"Let me kiss you", "Casablanca", and "Sunset Blvd." all have one thing in common, love does not overcome all, and does not work in every situation. When Morrissey sings his songs he is trying to capture that he longs for a certian women, a certian girl to hold, to feel safe with. Nowhere else can he get that feeling, "I've zig-zagged all over America and I cannot find a safety haven." Love is in the relationship, until the eyes are truely opened. The other person is able to truely see what the relationship is and what the person is like. The romance and effatuation keeps you enfatuated. Once your eyes are truely open, you may grow to despise that person, and that is something that love can not overcome.
In "Casablanca" they are truely in love, the way they hold each other while dancing, the way she gently lays her head upon his shoulder. They constantly ask each other questions to find out who the inner person is. But, then war ravages the relationship. They are caught in this deep love, but it seems that the war is making it impossible to be together. Love can not overcome the evil of the war. Love does not always win out in the end.
In "Sunset Blvd." she loves him but he does not love her. She thinks that material matters will win his love over. He constantly wants to leave her but can not go, she restrains him. She buys him gifts of all kinds, and for a period of time he stays, he is with her, but then he realizes that material matters are not enough to keep him there for. He flees from the house and from her. In "Sunset Blvd." it shows that love can not be bought buy worldly matters, it is a romantic feeling that can not be overcome. She desperately wants him to stay, but her love can not overcome the fact that he does not feel for her what she feels for him. Love does not always win out in the end.
The overall meaning of love in these three particular scenes and songs is that although love is strong and its a beautiful thing, it can not always overcome everything. Love is a fragile gift, that can be taken away at a moments notice.
2 comments:
OMGOSH!! you nailed this..after you said everything about morrissey's song i realized that that is a really good way to look at it. the song made so much more sense to me after you explained it the way you did!
OMGOSH!! you nailed this..after you said everything about morrissey's song i realized that that is a really good way to look at it. the song made so much more sense to me after you explained it the way you did!
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