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Read No Thoughts I Didn’t Think Myself
posted on August 2nd, 2009 by Sino in Photography
At 1975, Gentle Giant released ‘Free Hand’. It was an album of wild experimentation, even if it’s considered ’softer’ compared to some of their earlier stuff. It’s one of my all-time favorite albums, too. Complex vocal harmonies, crazy arrangements and some of the most thoughtful lyrics. Here’s an example.
“Make me someone else, put me up on a stand.
Something that I don’t really want on my hands
Use me, idolise all you can understand
Don’t you see that I’m just doing what I want to do
Nothing more and nothing less than you
Read no thoughts I didn’t think myself
Just the same as anybody else“
—-Gentle Giant, ‘Just the Same’
That lyric is stuck in my mind ever since I first heard the words. The ‘read no words I didn’t think myself’ part is what fascinated me the most: it’s such a inverse way to describe what causes many, many problems in today’s society — judging others based on only your personal experience, feelings and thoughts of who they are and what the heck they’re doing. That’s the position I’m at, today. So here goes.
At 1975, Gentle Giant released ‘Free Hand’. It was an album of wild experimentation, even if it’s considered ’softer’ compared to some of their earlier stuff. It’s one of my all-time favorite albums, too. Complex vocal harmonies, crazy arrangements and some of the most thoughtful lyrics. Here’s an example.
“Make me someone else, put me up on a stand.
Something that I don’t really want on my hands
Use me, idolise all you can understand
Don’t you see that I’m just doing what I want to do
Nothing more and nothing less than you
Read no thoughts I didn’t think myself
Just the same as anybody else“
—-Gentle Giant, ‘Just the Same’
That lyric is stuck in my mind ever since I first heard the words. The ‘read no words I didn’t think myself’ part is what fascinated me the most: it’s such a inverse way to describe what causes many, many problems in today’s society — judging others based on only your personal experience, feelings and thoughts of who they are and what the heck they’re doing. That’s the position I’m at, today. So here goes.
