The Blowers Daughter - true meaning?

nivek · 12-14-2005, 11:32 AM

Hi all

I'm new to the site and hoping you can help!

I'm getting married next year really want TBD to be the song for our first dance. Looking on this site for the full meaning of the song has got many different opinions! Now I know songs are like that and mean many different things to different people.

Has Damien ever published or said what he meant the song to mean?
Can anyone let me know, if possible breaking it down verse by verse please.

We love this song and really want it to be our song but if it's about two people who can never be together then it might not be a good omen!

Anyone?

Niko · 12-14-2005, 12:26 PM

I don't remember where I read/heard/saw this, but I'm pretty sure it's about an unrequited love that turns bitter...If you do use it at your wedding, just make sure you fade it out before it gets to "Did I say that I loathe you?"...

nivek · 12-14-2005, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niko

I don't remember where I read/heard/saw this, but I'm pretty sure it's about an unrequited love that turns bitter...If you do use it at your wedding, just make sure you fade it out before it gets to "Did I say that I loathe you?"...

Before I read the words to the song I thought that line was "Did I say that I love you" !! So if we do have it I'm hoping other people will think the same!!

blackrose88 · 12-14-2005, 02:23 PM

i read somewhere that damien was in alot of pain when he wrote that song.. or something like that

gordonbrownaok · 12-14-2005, 03:41 PM

its about a
BJ

from what i hear

Wheppa · 12-14-2005, 03:43 PM

I think it is problematic to tell the true meaning (which in in this context must be what Damien is trying to demonstrate). Accordig to my opinion this song is sad. Beatiful, but sad. I think of unhappy or one way love, and the aftermatch of a break up. Anyway, this is only my opinion, and I guess that different people can relate this song to different phases in life, and in that way i may only be a beutiful song. I kind of lost my point, but i guess any song can relate to either happy experience or sad experience, and if both of you relate this song to happy love, i can´t see why you shouldn´t use it.

NaturalMystic · 12-14-2005, 04:40 PM

He ends the song with... "I can't get my mind off of you.... Until I find somebody new" It's a beautiful song but maybe not the best wedding song... just my opinion though.

p.s. from what I understand it was written about his clarinet teachers daughter.

misty · 12-15-2005, 02:03 AM

Somebody in the igloo first heard TBD at a funeral service. My advice, pick a different song. Oh, and btw, congrats!

Ranting Thespian · 12-15-2005, 02:22 AM

Use "Grow Old Along With Me" - John Lennon. John wrote that song in 1979 in reply to hearing Yoko's Let Me Count the Ways (another great song to chose too, really). He invisioned it as a traditional song you would play at weddings:

Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love

John never finished recording it, and there are 2 versions of it released. One is just the demo him and Yoko made with a piano and a little cymbol thing that appears on the Milk and Honey album. It was the last of the tapes to survive the raping of John's music right after his death. The other vesion is on the Lennon Anthology box set. It's the same demo tape, but now well produced . . . by GEORGE MARTIN! It has beautiful strings on it, bass, and more, which is what john intended for the song. IM me on aim or msn and I can play it for you. It's just beautiful.

*And Blower's Daughter is about his clarinet teacher's daughter. Also, you can tell it's not a happy ending at all when you read the lyrics to the Blower's Daughter Pt 2.

nivek · 12-15-2005, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ranting Thespian

Use "Grow Old Along With Me" - John Lennon. John wrote that song in 1979 in reply to hearing Yoko's Let Me Count the Ways (another great song to chose too, really). He invisioned it as a traditional song you would play at weddings:

Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love

John never finished recording it, and there are 2 versions of it released. One is just the demo him and Yoko made with a piano and a little cymbol thing that appears on the Milk and Honey album. It was the last of the tapes to survive the raping of John's music right after his death. The other vesion is on the Lennon Anthology box set. It's the same demo tape, but now well produced . . . by GEORGE MARTIN! It has beautiful strings on it, bass, and more, which is what john intended for the song. IM me on aim or msn and I can play it for you. It's just beautiful.

*And Blower's Daughter is about his clarinet teacher's daughter. Also, you can tell it's not a happy ending at all when you read the lyrics to the Blower's Daughter Pt 2.

Blower's Daughter Pt2?? Tell me more

Thanks to everyone for your replies.

I think we will have to take our second choice which is "First time ever I saw your face" by the Stereophonics
Again a beautiful song but for me just hasn't got the edge that TBD has. But the lyrics are self explanatory!

JBull · 12-17-2005, 06:32 AM

My take is that it is not a good wedding song. No love, no glory, no hero in her sky. Leave it all behind. Find somebody new.
Regret and the struggle of moving on.

The mood of the song is yearning for what you cannot have. The cello yearns very well in this song.

On the other hand I do hear what you may like about it. Can't take my eyes off you, can't take my mind off you. It's just like you said it would be. etc.

jack123 · 03-13-2011, 12:12 AM

new songs are
sajde - khatta meetha
pal mein hi - chance pe dance
salaam aya - veer
aaja mere ranjhna - dulha mil gaya
tum jo aaye - once upon a time in mumbai
bheegi si bhaagi si - rajneeti
o girl u r mine - housefull
jab mila tu - i hate luv storys
zindagi do pal ki - kites
tum chain ho - milenge milenge
gal mithi mithi - aisha
tere naina re - my name is khan

other last year songs n little bit old songs are
soniye ve (dhak dhak) - kismet konnection
tera hona laga hoon - ajab prem ki gazab kahani
teri ore - singh is king
dupatta tera & soni de nakhre - partner
pehli baar mohabbat & raat ke dhai baje - kaminey
dil bole hadippa remix - dil bole hadippa
mauja hi mauja - jab we met
maa da laadla mummy mix - dostana
falak tak saath chal mere - tashan
guzaarish - ghajini
jee karda - singh is king
tere bina - guru
koi jaane koi naa jaane - aur pyaar ho gaya
mast kalandar - hey baby
meine chun liya sanam - dil mange more
tumse milke dil ka hai - mein hoon naa
ghoonghat mein chand hoga - khubsoorat
sajaan tumse pyaar ki - meine pyaar kyun kiya
rab kare tujhko bhi pyaar hojaye - mujhse shaadi karogi
laal dupatta - mujhse shaadi karogi
bole chudiyan - kabhi khusi kabhi gham
sajna tere pyaar mein - kya dil ne kaha
mera yaar dildar bara sona - jaanwar
thoda sa pagla - aur pyaar ho gaya

cille · 03-13-2011, 06:52 AM

^Erhm???

borneoman · 03-13-2011, 07:22 AM

haha gets the prize for Best First Post Ever

cille · 03-13-2011, 08:19 AM

Also, probably wedding spam? Although registering in 2005 only to spam about hindu wedding music in March 2012... I am confused

verenita · 03-13-2011, 01:50 PM

^ i thought the same.

maybe it is a list of recommended wedding songs

cille · 03-13-2011, 01:56 PM

It is, but it's ...oddly off somehow.

verenita · 03-13-2011, 02:06 PM

very!

rachlanee · 03-30-2011, 04:02 AM

Maybe it should be moved to the Random S**t thread. lol.

12-14-2005, 11:32 AM	#1
nivek Eskimo Baby Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	The Blowers Daughter - true meaning? Hi all I'm new to the site and hoping you can help! I'm getting married next year really want TBD to be the song for our first dance. Looking on this site for the full meaning of the song has got many different opinions! Now I know songs are like that and mean many different things to different people. Has Damien ever published or said what he meant the song to mean? Can anyone let me know, if possible breaking it down verse by verse please. We love this song and really want it to be our song but if it's about two people who can never be together then it might not be a good omen! Anyone?

12-14-2005, 12:26 PM	#2
Niko Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 419	I don't remember where I read/heard/saw this, but I'm pretty sure it's about an unrequited love that turns bitter...If you do use it at your wedding, just make sure you fade it out before it gets to "Did I say that I loathe you?"... __________________ Hush child, I'm eating a Snickers

12-14-2005, 03:43 PM	#6
Wheppa ManLikeAWomenLikeAMan Join Date: May 2005 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 15	I think it is problematic to tell the true meaning (which in in this context must be what Damien is trying to demonstrate). Accordig to my opinion this song is sad. Beatiful, but sad. I think of unhappy or one way love, and the aftermatch of a break up. Anyway, this is only my opinion, and I guess that different people can relate this song to different phases in life, and in that way i may only be a beutiful song. I kind of lost my point, but i guess any song can relate to either happy experience or sad experience, and if both of you relate this song to happy love, i can´t see why you shouldn´t use it. __________________ The furies are at home in the mirror; it is their adress. Even the clearest water, if deep enough can drown. Never think to surprise them. Your face approaching ever so friendly it´s the white flag they ignore. There are no truce with my furies. A mirror´s temperatur is always at zero. It is ice in the veins. Its camera is an x-ray. Its an chalice held out to you in silence communion, where gaspingly you partake of a shifting identity never your own. (Thomas, R. S. 1996)

12-17-2005, 06:32 AM	#11
JBull Eskimo Baby Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 7	Blowers Daughter meaning My take is that it is not a good wedding song. No love, no glory, no hero in her sky. Leave it all behind. Find somebody new. Regret and the struggle of moving on. The mood of the song is yearning for what you cannot have. The cello yearns very well in this song. On the other hand I do hear what you may like about it. Can't take my eyes off you, can't take my mind off you. It's just like you said it would be. etc. __________________ Jeff Bullard Houston, TX

03-13-2011, 12:12 AM	#12
jack123 Eskimo Baby Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1	What are some good new hindi songs to dance to for a wedding? new songs are sajde - khatta meetha pal mein hi - chance pe dance salaam aya - veer aaja mere ranjhna - dulha mil gaya tum jo aaye - once upon a time in mumbai bheegi si bhaagi si - rajneeti o girl u r mine - housefull jab mila tu - i hate luv storys zindagi do pal ki - kites tum chain ho - milenge milenge gal mithi mithi - aisha tere naina re - my name is khan other last year songs n little bit old songs are soniye ve (dhak dhak) - kismet konnection tera hona laga hoon - ajab prem ki gazab kahani teri ore - singh is king dupatta tera & soni de nakhre - partner pehli baar mohabbat & raat ke dhai baje - kaminey dil bole hadippa remix - dil bole hadippa mauja hi mauja - jab we met maa da laadla mummy mix - dostana falak tak saath chal mere - tashan guzaarish - ghajini jee karda - singh is king tere bina - guru koi jaane koi naa jaane - aur pyaar ho gaya mast kalandar - hey baby meine chun liya sanam - dil mange more tumse milke dil ka hai - mein hoon naa ghoonghat mein chand hoga - khubsoorat sajaan tumse pyaar ki - meine pyaar kyun kiya rab kare tujhko bhi pyaar hojaye - mujhse shaadi karogi laal dupatta - mujhse shaadi karogi bole chudiyan - kabhi khusi kabhi gham sajna tere pyaar mein - kya dil ne kaha mera yaar dildar bara sona - jaanwar thoda sa pagla - aur pyaar ho gaya __________________ maui weddings

12-14-2005, 02:23 PM	#4
blackrose88 Eskimo something Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 113	i read somewhere that damien was in alot of pain when he wrote that song.. or something like that

12-14-2005, 03:41 PM	#5
gordonbrownaok Eskimo Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 68	its about a BJ from what i hear

12-14-2005, 04:40 PM	#7
NaturalMystic Eskimo Friend Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kent, Ohio Posts: 82	He ends the song with... "I can't get my mind off of you.... Until I find somebody new" It's a beautiful song but maybe not the best wedding song... just my opinion though. p.s. from what I understand it was written about his clarinet teachers daughter.

12-15-2005, 02:03 AM	#8
misty Malaysian Eskimo Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sabah, Malaysia Posts: 193	Somebody in the igloo first heard TBD at a funeral service. My advice, pick a different song. Oh, and btw, congrats!

12-15-2005, 02:22 AM	#9
Ranting Thespian Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 331	Use "Grow Old Along With Me" - John Lennon. John wrote that song in 1979 in reply to hearing Yoko's Let Me Count the Ways (another great song to chose too, really). He invisioned it as a traditional song you would play at weddings: Grow old along with me The best is yet to be When our time has come We will be as one God bless our love God bless our love John never finished recording it, and there are 2 versions of it released. One is just the demo him and Yoko made with a piano and a little cymbol thing that appears on the Milk and Honey album. It was the last of the tapes to survive the raping of John's music right after his death. The other vesion is on the Lennon Anthology box set. It's the same demo tape, but now well produced . . . by GEORGE MARTIN! It has beautiful strings on it, bass, and more, which is what john intended for the song. IM me on aim or msn and I can play it for you. It's just beautiful. *And Blower's Daughter is about his clarinet teacher's daughter. Also, you can tell it's not a happy ending at all when you read the lyrics to the Blower's Daughter Pt 2.

03-13-2011, 06:52 AM	#13
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	^Erhm??? __________________ Yeah

03-13-2011, 07:22 AM	#14
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	haha gets the prize for Best First Post Ever __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

03-13-2011, 08:19 AM	#15
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Also, probably wedding spam? Although registering in 2005 only to spam about hindu wedding music in March 2012... I am confused __________________ Yeah

03-13-2011, 01:50 PM	#16
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	^ i thought the same. maybe it is a list of recommended wedding songs __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

03-13-2011, 01:56 PM	#17
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	It is, but it's ...oddly off somehow. __________________ Yeah

03-13-2011, 02:06 PM	#18
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	very! __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

03-30-2011, 04:02 AM	#19
rachlanee Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2010 Location: Roswell, Georgia Posts: 358	Maybe it should be moved to the Random S*t thread. lol. __________________ In a half painted frame where the wood wouldn't stain. I hope that reminds you of the part you couldn't change in me*

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