--- BarBearUh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "don't interrupt the sorrow" is one of my top 10
> joni songs, and i've
> honestly never thought about what it means, i've
> always just liked the
> poetry, the melody, the arrangement, the attitude.
> now that i take a
> look at it, i think this is truly a feminist song -
> anima rising - the
> feminine rising up to claim the ancient crown. the
> imagery suggests a
> man in a bar, and a female figure part waitress part
> girlfriend...?
I imagine the two of them boozing it up somewhere, (a
room full of glasses... 17 glasses, Rhine wine...
bring that bottle kindly and I'll pad your purse). The
"pad your purse" phrase does suggest he could be
talking to a waitress. I see it more as a case of him
acting superior - it's his way of saying, "Just shut
up and pass the bottle, and I'll make it worth your
while." But she has had it with him by now. I wonder
if she has been dependent on this guy financially as
well as emotionally and is now so pissed off she's
about to dump him and break free? They have it out
while they're getting drunk - he wants to keep on the
way things have been going, but she wants to change.
Despite the time that has passed between this song and
"Lead balloon", doesn't it kind of fit in with "Kiss
my ass, I said, and I threw my drink..."? Another
angry woman song.
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