interpretative dance

[originally posted on myspace on May 14, 2010]

There are less and less myspace blogs from others each day. Sad.

So, I've had this song in my head all evening. It's a song I so love for many reasons. Somehow, the song came up in conversation with Guy I Sort of Went on a Few Dates with Last Year. I probably said something along the lines of "oh, I like that song," rather than "omg, I love that song, it so describes how excited/nervous/silly you can get when you like someone, it's such an accurate, perfect description set to music, etc etc." He provided his explanation of the song, how he interpreted it (essentially, "what a slutty girl").

I did not tell him he was wrong or that my interpretation differed (greatly). I just nodded and new subjects came and went. But that, the fact that our interpretations were so different and far apart, that always bugged me. And it doesn't matter who was right..I don't know the person(s) who wrote the song, so we could both be way off base and wrong when it comes to what the song's about/the inspiration. Regardless, me and Guy were ultimately doomed before we started.

And this wasn't the first time.

Not that I am all knowing, but I can kind of understand where a song is coming from, or, at the very least, how/what the song means to me, anyway. And several times Guys I've Sort of Dated have interpreted a song in a completely different way. And while differences are beautiful, I'm thinking in these cases, if we can't even agree as to what a song is about, if we don't have a similar idea, then we don't belong together.

So, for the future, I will really have to think about it, think about a song that is super personal for me at least, super personal for how I interpret it and hold onto that song. And, when Future Guy(s) comes along, I will casually bring it up in conversation, or maybe in an odd twist, he'll mention it first. If he thinks it's about XY, while I think it's about A, I will proceed with caution. If he thinks it's about 483, then I will run.