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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   Next 10 Pages Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Hide And Seek (page 10/ 84) ------ performed by Imogen Heap Hmm... | Reviewer: Leandra X. | 3/4/09 See, although it might be about a cheating lover, I know that Imogen usually writes about things of greater magnitude than the usual "cheating, sadness, love" that people usually write about these days. It's closer to the fact that you can interpret it how you like because there is no right or wrong answer. However, I heard someone say it was about the Holocaust. And that is exactly what it sounds like to me. Especially because it sounds so heart-wrenching and emotional... I can see these ghostly images floating around with the lyrics. It sounds like the beginning of the events and then leading to the end about people waiting to do something about it till it was almost too late. suicide? | Reviewer: ingawah | 3/2/09 I think the song is about a deep loss of self. I don't think the person narrating is talking about someone else going away from them, but that they, in a sense, are going away from themselves; that they have become a differant person--a monster ("a monster/this can't be happening,") To me, it sounds like the narrator is talking herself in and out of death and killing herself. These are her last glimpses at what she has left: "oily marks" that of a stained life; "pleasure marks" the good points of the stained life; that "it's all for the best" if they just go away; "ransom notes keep falling from your mouth"--could it be she's treating to throw it all away? I think there could be even deeper meanings than this, too; this is the only one I could describe the best, and even then, I don't know if my message made it through. Review | Reviewer: Adam | 2/26/09 I think the song is about forest animals who come home one day and there is a subdivision where their home used to be. From an areal view the streets could form the patterns of the "crop circles" in the animals' "carpet". The part where it is talking about "trains" and "sewing machines" and how "they were here first" is talking about how the animals were the first ones here, not people. Lets face it, our society tells us that "this is all for the best" and "that it's just what we need". The Host by Stephenie Meyer | Reviewer: Lauren | 2/20/09 I was listening to this song and it sounds like she wrote it for this nivel named the host by stephenie meyer the same woman who wrote the twilight saga. it is a wonderful book. its about these "aliens" who takeover earth and their souls live inside of their "hosts". Well the last man on earth just met the last woman on earth and they are 9 years apart and in this great love. The girls name is Melanie she is like the lead character. the alien that lives inside her is "wanderer". She has lived on 9 different planets now &conquered them all. its a great book. please buy it and read it! You wont regret it! Hide and seek | Reviewer: Pooje | 2/13/09 i just heard this song today, my dance troupe did this song, the choregography was beautiful, thanks to the teacher, yvette!! ♥ ya!! anyways, i was immediately attached. the choregography was normal people, looking like they were living inside their own world, then at the end, they all looked lost, and on the last note, they looked up into the heavens. IH's "Interpretation" of Hide and Seek | Reviewer: Joe | 1/30/09 I, unlike seemingly everyone else who posts here, had never heard this song before today, Jan 30, 2009 (Dont watch OC, missed the parody on SNL) Clearly hopelessly out of touch. But while looking at Aqua Teen Hunger Force compilation on YouTube, "Hide and Seek" was played several times - and I was immediately enthralled. I had previously only known of Imogen Heap by name only. Anyway, after hearing the tune I was really drawn in by the desolate, angry, confused, almost post-apocalyptic lyrics and the haunting sound of the electronically harmonized vocals. Long story short, after speculating internally on the meaning - is it about a relationship ending, marriage collapsing, children of divorce point of view, 1984ish "takeover" - I decided to see if IH had any interviews with her own explanation of the lyrics. I found two ---- ************ Interviewer: Also the lyrics on the first album were quite relationship-based, but a little less on Speak For Yourself. And on the track you’ve just released Hide and Seek, the lyrics are particularly random, and I just wondered what they were about? IH: Do you think they’re random? (laughs). Maybe they’re not so obvious… yes. ... Interviewer: Well, you have to really think to imagine what the song might be about. IH: What do you think the song’s about? ... Interviewer: But I’m asking the question because I figured a lot of people might wonder what the lyrics to Hide and Seek are about? IH: Well, I’m not going to tell you exactly what it’s about, because I think that part of the reason why it is not so obvious is sometimes it’s good to have those songs that really mean something very dear to you, but maybe you don’t want to speak about it to the rest of the world. But, with that one, I wrote it so quickly, the lyrics I probably wrote in about 20 minutes, which is unheard of. But I like to be clever with words and I like to make them like a puzzle, I like the words to sound interesting in the mouth and create patterns within themselves. So with that one, it just literally came out of nowhere and I found myself getting really passionate about it and it just poured out of me. There was something in my life that obviously needed to be said. In a broad strokes way, it’s about losing something very dear to me and how much of an impact that person had on my life and about maybe how when something awful happens to somebody else, how other people react to it. It tied in with when I went to see Michael Moore’s Farenheit 911 and I remembered that image of George Bush being told and him completeley carrying on as if nothing had happened. And I just thought that was outrageous, if I was the president I would run out of their and fucking get onto the TV and say something amazing, and he wasn’t even reading his book and he had it upside down. And I was really horrified at how selfish and awful he was, and how emotionless he was and that kind of reminded me a little bit about somebody else behind this song. ************* So, there is a vague 9/11 connection - but only in reference to GWB being "selfish and awful". The other interview doesn't address lyrical content, but tells the story of the recording: Interviewer: Describe the production of the track Hide and Seek. It is an unusual arrangement, and really seems to have struck a chord with your fans. IH: That's the one that took the least amount of time, out of the whole record. In the beginning that annoyed me, that everyone loved the one I did in one day. The one that took me weeks and weeks wasn't anyone's favorite. I did Hide and Seek the day my computer blew up on me. I was putting in a card, and the powerboard went down. I was really irritated that I couldn't do anything that day, because I had just bought it. I had learned a lesson on my last record, never to leave the studio on a downer. Try to do something creative before you leave. Hide and Seek was basically like that. I didn't want to leave with a bad feeling so I picked up my harmonizer and played my keyboard and recorded it on my Mini-Disc recorder. From the moment I put fingers to keys, and voice to harmonizer, the song just appeared. 4 ½ minutes later, there was the structure, the harmony, and the melody. Not the lyrics, though, I always add those later. *************** Good day's work, I'd say 4 1/2 minutes for the structure, 20 minutes for the lyrics. Clearly, the song strikes a chord in everyone who hears it, and each person should take their own whack at interpretation in whatever direction has the most emotional resonance and content for the individual. The fact that it is so open to personal interpretation and not just about someone that IH had a relationship with is what makes it a great song. As I was doing it, I got very excited. It's never ever happened like that before. The only song it was like that for was Sleep, the last song on my first record. Then I spent about 4 days trying to figure out what the hell I played. It was all one performance, not tracked vocals. As you say, people really seem to have an affinity for it. I think because it doesn't really have a relationship to any genre. It's not Pop, its not Rock, its not Electronic. You can't really say you don't listen to that kind of music. It's actually a bit like a hymn. Amazing. | Reviewer: Jordan | 1/28/09 I think this song is about modern technology changing the world and taking over. Trains and sewing machines were here first, before planes and cars and everything took over. New technology is corrupting everyones' minds. "Oily marks appear on walls where pleasure moments hung before" refers to oil factories messing up this world and poisoning the environment that used to be so clean. I love these lyrics because they can also be interpreted many different ways, not just this way. Imogen Heap is such a great artist. =] | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/22/09 this song is beautiful. it is open for many interpretations. this song may have been written about 9/11 but it relates to so many other things. everyone can relate it to a personal experiance. that is the beauty of music. this part... Mmmm whatcha say, Mmm that you only meant well? well of course you did Mmmm whatcha say, Mmmm that it's all for the best? Of course it is Mmmm whatcha say? Mmmm that it's just what we need you decided this whatcha say? Mmmm what did she say? sends chills down my spine. it's so powerful and innocent. almost made me cry. i love this song All good points | Reviewer: Josh | 1/24/09 I think your all wrong about trying to find a one truth in the song. At the same time I feel your all right about your views of what it means to you individually. While the artists' obviously meant to express their feelings about a certain emotional experience or their take of the one at hand,... I feel this is the beauty of music like this. Its in it's own genius. The idea that music is all about emotions, and they allowed the listener to have his/her own expressive view on things being referred to, not specifically guided like most music. Beautiful and Great lyrics no doubt. After the funeral | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/22/09 I've heard this song so many times and I just love it. But, the last time I heard it and even just now, thinking about it, I start to tear up. When I heard it last time, I suddenly had this feeling that the song was about someone who had died, an older female, like someone's mother. A family member who had been living faraway came back for the funeral, and when they went to the family's house afterward, they found everything had been given away to charity. No more furniture, no pictures on the wall, all the clothes given away. And, the family member is angry that this was done without consulting them first about it. Having recently gone to a funeral for one of my parents, I felt a connection to the song because my other parent has completely taken over the house and changed everything in it. They lived seperate lives in different houses and it feels like a takeover and I know they think it's for the best, but it feels wrong too somehow. Anyway, that's my take, although I love the analogy to 9-11 too. Fantastic song! Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   Next 10 Pages