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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 5/ 85) ------ performed by Imogen Heap Something more then what happened awhile ago. something happening NOW. | Reviewer: emma kidd | 9/27/09 I just heard that this song was for human trafficking. if you look at the lyrics and think of that. Things make more sense rather then the holocaust. Yeah, the holocaust was really really bad, but it also happened a long time ago. Human trafficking is alive and well in our very age. Kids (with no exaggeration) young as 5 are being sold into. Industry and Technology vs. Love and Human Kindness | Reviewer: Kathy | 9/26/09 Though I agree with both the Native American and Holocaust interpretations of this song, my interpretation is much broader. I think she is referring to how the importance of industry and technology have taken away from the sensitivity of life; we now put too much emphasis on industry (trains, ect.) and technology (sewing machines, ect.) and don't seem to notice what was here first (blood and tears [hearts]). I think she is pointing out the lack of human kindness that relying on such things has brought about. We are no longer relying on our hearts to find answers, we are relying on machines. She also points out that the makers of industry deny responsibility by claiming to have meant well by providing what was needed. Her argument to that claim is to point out "ransom notes", or the cost for everything and that they try to make it sound good with advertising that speaks no feeling. Her reply to the industrial and technological world and to the advertising that sells it is, "No, I don't believe you, you don't care a bit." First American Indians and now the Holocaust?? | Reviewer: NO | 9/24/09 I invite anybody buying into the "Holocaust" theory to read previous posts about the supposed meaning of this song. For about two pages it was the popular belief that American Indians were in fact the subject matter, specifically the European takeover. At least the controversy over the meaning of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" has some basis; that song is ambiguous in many ways. This song isn't. The American Indian argument used some very convincing interpretations following one or two specific lines [oily marks, they were here first, etc.). Strangely, the "Holocaust" argument uses many of the exact same lines in support. It's about a breakup, look at her other music and ask yourself what's more likely: that a contemporary British artist who has no outspokenly political music would write about WWII or the even more distant American Indian OR that Imogen Heap wrote about the same topic as just about every other solo artist for the past 100 years--love. Fine, interpret poetry however you want, Imogen meant this song to be a breakup, but if it makes you feel better to include some piece of history in our pop culture, more power to you. awesome | Reviewer: JURGEN KUBIRSKE | 9/21/09 Its really quite sad that some people use this review area to insult peoples viewpoints and thoughts...i agree that everyone may experience the songs lyrics differently and that is exactly as it SHOULD be! The more ive been listening to the song, and thats been A LOT recently, the more i really do start to see and hear the connections that are being made to the Holocaust. I hav no idea if i spelt that right. Haha. But either way. Its a great piece of poetry. If u hav an open mind and like relaxing music this is def a song that should be considered. Great job emogen heap. Hats off Woah | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/20/09 i totally thought this was a love song or break up song, too. the "crop circles in the carpet" made me think of pacing. and "oily marks appear on walls," was like being pressed up against the wall during "pleasure moments"or something. but after reading the actual lyrics and these reviews, the nazi/jews interpretation completely makes sense. it makes this song a lot deeper and poetic than i thought it was, and it also makes "Watcha Say" a lot more random. relation? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/19/09 when listening to this song i got a similar feel as to when listening to 'idioteque' by radiohead. and that one was obviously about the holocaust. im just speculating, but there might be something there... Makes sense about the Jew/Nazi thing | Reviewer: Steve C | 9/18/09 where are we? what the hell is going on? the dust has only just begun to form crop circles in the carpet sinking feeling - They were all taken by surprise and the nazi's took their furniture and burned it in the street. They had a feeling things were starting to come undone a sinking feeling. spin me round again and rub my eyes, this can't be happening when busy streets a mess with people would stop to hold their heads heavy -Everything was spun around and turned upside down. They're crying, wipe their eyes. All the world stopped and lowered their head because of what was happening. oily marks appear on walls where pleasure moments hung before the takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this still life - The nazi's would mark houses with red paint to let everyone else know that it had been checked for Jews often writing "Juden" on it. Those are the oily marks where things were happy before the insensitivity of the Nazi's. hide and seek trains and sewing machines (oh, you won't catch me around here) blood and tears (hearts) they were here first - Jews hiding while Nazi's sought them out to put then on trains and make them sew for the Fuhrer. (you won't find me near there) Tears are caused from the death's the other people. They were here first... Jew's were there before the Germans came. 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? - you thought you were doing the right things since your leader was telling you to do it. Again same thing. Then the what did she say countries are often referred to as "She" ie. Mother Russia... What's your country have to say now basically. ransom notes keep falling out your mouth mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs speak no feeling no I don't believe you you don't care a bit, you don't care a bit - The media lied about everything going on over there. Making people not care. Even after Hitler died the Germans kept publishing lies in the paper that he was still carrying out plans as normal. Finally... people don't care. A lot of people forgot and a lot of people claim the existence of the holocaust as fiction. Wow. Can we put a halt to the ignorance? | Reviewer: LB | 9/10/09 This is a piece of poetry, and it can be interpreted however you want it to, so can we be mature and not be like "OMG YOU'RE AN IDIOT YOU'RE WRONG" and whoever posted before me, if you can't even use correct grammar or spelling, no one's going to take your petty childish insult seriously. wonderful | Reviewer: unsuree.. | 9/12/09 wow. what an awsome song. iv read alot of different interpretations of this song and agree that everyone must interperet it differently. its wrong for someone to say somebody elses i terpretation is incorrect as it makes sense to them. personally, everyones interpretation makes sense to me as each of the lines have different meanings to different people. the interpretation of love and heartbreak is the most common i believe as that is what most songs are about these days, although the holocost interpretation is quite an interesting one as it makes sense and the song has a deeper meening that just another break up song. i like this idea although may not neccessarily be the right one. only the singer can answer that so.. cheers :) Ambiguous | Reviewer: Evan | 9/13/09 hide and seek A strong case can be made for either interpretation. Maybe it's supposed to be open-ended. Maybe it's extremely personal and never supposed to be interpreted. these two lines seem to support the nazi/jew theory: "trains and sewing machines all those years they were here first oily marks appear on walls where pleasure moments hung before the takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this still life" But the WHOLE ENTIRE REST of the song seems to be extremely personal. ESPECIALLY the whole "What you say? You only meant well" part, which, incidentally, is one of the best parts. Which brings me to the train/sewing machine part. They both make a similar "chuga-chug" sound, which may relate to a heartbeat, strengthening the case fore this being a personal song. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   Next 10 Pages