If Mary Jane Thinks - what a lame title.
Nick Drake weaves magic.
I once wrote about Nick Drake. That must have been sometime back.
I picked up on Nick Drake cause supposedly, people who like Belle & Sebastian, Kings Of Convenience, Starsailor, Jeff Buckley and majority of the bands/singers belonging to the New Acoustics Movement, should find Nick Drake's music equally engaging.
Well, I'm not a top-notched fan of his music. But I must say that most of his stuff deserves more than a listen. It's easy to research on his music because it is not extensive. He only had three complete albums. But to estimate the extent of his influence, that would be very difficult. Jack Johnson listens to him. So does Graham Coxon (formerly of Blur). REM. Norah Jones, Beck. So any convergence? Not very likely. Duncan Sheik? (damn, I still can't get my hands on his latest White Limousine album)
Who is Mary Jane? And why is Nick interested in her thoughts? Mary Jane is a slang for marijuana no? Is this another song that makes reference to drugs? damn....again?
Maybe in a virtuous world, Mary Jane is that person whom you've always wanted to know completely yet do not. She has the laugh, the cry, the smile of everyman and she shows them but there are semblance of unknown deeper emotions that remain tethered, ravelled and trapped. And the magic of the song is that there is no suggested solution. No solution as to finding out what she is thinking of or why she is thinking of them. It doesn't sing as if it's something wrong. It is sung as a question. Who can know. Not should, would, must, will or may even.
But we do not live in a virtuous world. Quite the opposite. So this is a song with drug references.
Thoughts Of Mary Jane
Who can know
The thoughts of Mary Jane
Why she flies
Or goes out in the rain
Where she's been
And who she's seen
In her journey to the stars.
Who can know
The reasons for her smile
What are her dreams
When they've journeyed for a mile
The way she sings
And her brightly coloured rings
Make her the Princess of the sky.
Who can know
What happens in her mind
Did she come from a strange world
And leave her mind behind
Her long lost sighs
And her brightly coloured eyes
Tell her story to the wind.
Who can know
The thoughts of Mary Jane
Why she flies
Or goes out in the rain
Where she's been
And who she's seen
In her journey to the stars.
I once wrote about Nick Drake. That must have been sometime back.
I picked up on Nick Drake cause supposedly, people who like Belle & Sebastian, Kings Of Convenience, Starsailor, Jeff Buckley and majority of the bands/singers belonging to the New Acoustics Movement, should find Nick Drake's music equally engaging.
Well, I'm not a top-notched fan of his music. But I must say that most of his stuff deserves more than a listen. It's easy to research on his music because it is not extensive. He only had three complete albums. But to estimate the extent of his influence, that would be very difficult. Jack Johnson listens to him. So does Graham Coxon (formerly of Blur). REM. Norah Jones, Beck. So any convergence? Not very likely. Duncan Sheik? (damn, I still can't get my hands on his latest White Limousine album)
Who is Mary Jane? And why is Nick interested in her thoughts? Mary Jane is a slang for marijuana no? Is this another song that makes reference to drugs? damn....again?
Maybe in a virtuous world, Mary Jane is that person whom you've always wanted to know completely yet do not. She has the laugh, the cry, the smile of everyman and she shows them but there are semblance of unknown deeper emotions that remain tethered, ravelled and trapped. And the magic of the song is that there is no suggested solution. No solution as to finding out what she is thinking of or why she is thinking of them. It doesn't sing as if it's something wrong. It is sung as a question. Who can know. Not should, would, must, will or may even.
But we do not live in a virtuous world. Quite the opposite. So this is a song with drug references.
Thoughts Of Mary Jane
Who can know
The thoughts of Mary Jane
Why she flies
Or goes out in the rain
Where she's been
And who she's seen
In her journey to the stars.
Who can know
The reasons for her smile
What are her dreams
When they've journeyed for a mile
The way she sings
And her brightly coloured rings
Make her the Princess of the sky.
Who can know
What happens in her mind
Did she come from a strange world
And leave her mind behind
Her long lost sighs
And her brightly coloured eyes
Tell her story to the wind.
Who can know
The thoughts of Mary Jane
Why she flies
Or goes out in the rain
Where she's been
And who she's seen
In her journey to the stars.
Nick Drake
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