Fairweather Friend (lyrics & your thoughts)

[SilverIchor]

Yeah, I'm hearing sharp eyes as well.

[bumblebee429]

I know this song isn't "new"... but wow, it just hit me what a beautiful song it is!


Sarah xx

[matchel]

IT's probably my favorite song off ROTR. Although, I am sad about some of the changes. The "gotta get by" part was sooo good.

[NoelleNC]

This is the only song I've heard so far that doesn't do it for me. I don't know why, I just can't seem to get into it and it seems disjointed to me lyrically. Maybe it will grow on me, who knows.

[Manny]

Okay.. So I get the full meaning of the song

My only question is WTH is a Fairweather friend?
Someone who is only with you in the good times?



no hablar mucho ingles

[lavender skies]

I just listened to the Hollywood Cafe version of this song for the first time in forever, and while I like the lyric changes, she had so much passion in her voice in that version, and I miss it

[sarab]

Okay.. So I get the full meaning of the song

My only question is WTH is a Fairweather friend?
Someone who is only with you in the good times?



no hablar mucho ingles

pretty much. 

[matchel]

As previously mentioned, I love this song. But something really bothers me about the studio version. In the first verse, it just feels unnatural to have the guitar strums lead into the short piano bridge. Also, I feel like the chords don't match up evenly; the guitar seems to come in a fraction late after the piano chords kick in. Being both a guitarist and pianist, I feel like the first verse could have been arranged more artistically. From second verse on, however, flawless.

[raacheeel]

where can i find the older version of Fairweather friend and Hands on me? :O can't find it with the original original lyrics. :/


aaaaand can anyone tell me what she meant by "You sing for the after show, those candy colored lips
But your age is showing, and you gotta work harder for it"

Thanks! 

[sarab]

where can i find the older version of Fairweather friend and Hands on me? :O can't find it with the original original lyrics. :/


aaaaand can anyone tell me what she meant by "You sing for the after show, those candy colored lips
But your age is showing, and you gotta work harder for it"

Thanks! 

Said person "entertains" girls, young girls preferably barely legal, as freshmen in college are usually 18-19, after a concert.  The age is showing part could be because he is aging and not as attractive to younger girls, or that there are younger men to compete with in the music world (going on the assumption this is about Stephen)  so he's got to work harder for their attention.  Also, the band is older not as mainstream (though they have a very large loyal fan base) so they have to work harder for that.  Also, if we go a different route, he's got to work harder to maintain his boner because he's old. ha! Half joking on that one.

[raacheeel]

where can i find the older version of Fairweather friend and Hands on me? :O can't find it with the original original lyrics. :/


aaaaand can anyone tell me what she meant by "You sing for the after show, those candy colored lips
But your age is showing, and you gotta work harder for it"

Thanks!  

LMAO wow yes that's a big fuck you to SJ haha

thanks for the interpretation

Said person "entertains" girls, young girls preferably barely legal, as freshmen in college are usually 18-19, after a concert.  The age is showing part could be because he is aging and not as attractive to younger girls, or that there are younger men to compete with in the music world (going on the assumption this is about Stephen)  so he's got to work harder for their attention.  Also, the band is older not as mainstream (though they have a very large loyal fan base) so they have to work harder for that.  Also, if we go a different route, he's got to work harder to maintain his boner because he's old. ha! Half joking on that one.

lol thanks! LMAO at " Also, if we go a different route, he's got to work harder to maintain his boner because he's old. ha! Half joking on that one."

[Manny]

what is the meaning of ' magical thinking ' I saw a video where Vanessa is explaining it but cant find it.

[sarab]

what is the meaning of ' magical thinking ' I saw a video where Vanessa is explaining it but cant find it.

The Year of Magical Thinking is a book by Joan Didion about grief and getting through a great loss.
I think magical thinking itself has to do with the brain and that we have these neural pathways that we use over and over in the way of our thinking so that if start to think in a different way we create a new pathway in the brain.  If you think it over and over then it becomes a new neural pathway.  I think.

[LauraH]

what is the meaning of ' magical thinking ' I saw a video where Vanessa is explaining it but cant find it.

The Year of Magical Thinking is a book by Joan Didion about grief and getting through a great loss.
I think magical thinking itself has to do with the brain and that we have these neural pathways that we use over and over in the way of our thinking so that if start to think in a different way we create a new pathway in the brain.  If you think it over and over then it becomes a new neural pathway.  I think.

Yea it's like telling yourself everything is ok even if it isn't but because you've told yourself over and over, you actually start to believe it.

[KULPDOGG]

what is the meaning of ' magical thinking ' I saw a video where Vanessa is explaining it but cant find it.

used in this song, I believe it's referring to either not being able to stop loving someone anymore, even though you want to

or... just your mind's way of telling yourself that everything is ok, ~he's still a great guy even though he did all these terrible things, our relationship can still last if we both want it to because i still love him dammit.
he didn't really mean to hurt me when he cheated on me, I didn't really mean to cheat on him, our relationship totally isn't falling apart, we'll get though this, everything is ok......
=P lol



Vanessa has said about this song "I don't want to feel that way anymore"
making magical thinking in the case of this song... a bad thing. In terms of healthy relationships.