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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Plateau (page 2/ 4) ------ performed by Nirvana OK heres the facts. | Reviewer: Nirvana43vr | 12/22/07 THIS SONG WAS NOT WRITTEN BY KURT COBAIN... for the 1000000th time. moot point. its a dead horse lets stop beating it. if your trying to figure out why KURT wrote this song you never will because he didnt. if you want to know why he had such a HARD time singing it its because of what the words meant to HIM. what HE took to heart when HE heard the lyrics and when HE sang the lyrics. YES keegan is DEAD on. he couldnt have hit the nail any harder on the head. however that is what the lyrics mean to kurt cobain when he SANG them not WROTE them because he didnt WRITE it. the fact is that there IS no meaning. meat puppets has their own meaning behind the lyrics and i have mine and everyone has theirs. listen to the music apply YOUR life to those lyrics and THAT is what the lyrics mean. plain and simple. end of story. i swear some of you would make kurt cobain role over in his grave. YOU ARE ALL MORONS | Reviewer: Jon | 12/11/07 TRUE MEANING GUY IS A F**KING MORON....YOU ARE ALL STUPID IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE MEAT PUPPETS AND FOR THE KID TALKING ABOUT IT BEING A WALK OF LIFE YOUR THE BIGGEST IDIOT OF ALL BECAUSE YOU CANT READ THE LYRICS RIGHT, WHEN HE SAYS THEY WOULDNT HELP YOU IF THEY COULD HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE GUESSES OF WHERE THE NEXT PLATEAU IS, NOT OTHER PEOPLE... The Man | Reviewer: baggs | 12/8/07 I believe that this song is designed to trivialize the role of the beaureaucrat in a corporate environment. In other words, someone wanted to mock 'the Man'. Before any of you decide it would be fun to verbally assail me for stating the obvious, let me first say that mocking 'the Man' is always the point of Rock! let it mean what it means for you..... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/24/07 Songs mean something different to everyone. The writer, the listener etc.. The Meat Puppets wrote this song. It has nothing to do with Nirvana. If a song speaks to you and has meaning for you, then keep it for yourself. The idea is not to go out and make everyone believe what you believe, because then it just cheapens the meaning. People think they need to go out and try to sell everyone on their perspective and get mad when people don't accept their percpective..let it go and embrace it for yourself... The obvious meaning behind Plateau | Reviewer: Keegan | 11/12/07 Guys, some of these reviews are so far off that it does the lyrics an injustice, which is why I am compelled to give this thing an answer. Only one other guy about gets it. Begin with the title as a geographical feature. Plateau. It represents the walk of life and being on top followed by an ubrupt end. It would have been easy to say, THE HOLY GHOST and talk show hosts are planted in the sand. This means the writer is addressing, holy ghosts and talk show hosts, as being peoples false concepts of what it means to be on top, and those things aren't there, however, they greet you on the way, yet are not on top. Once on top you are done with your life's achievement and their's nothing to show for it but an illustrated book about birds, which I see as spending your whole life working to create something detailed yet unimportant. Have you heard of the saying, "That's for the birds."? If you haven't it basically means, "that's obsolete, unimportant, or a waste". At the end of the plateau is a cliff, representing an end in some fashion. It is an end to life or nothing else to conquer. "finished with the mop then you can stop And look at what you've done" This is saying that people don't even stop to reflect on their life. They just keep desiring and seeking something better, Greenland or Mexico, which are new achievements to conquer. This doesn't include the people who think the best place is where they stood. These people are content with their life's achievement. Its saying they wouldn't help you if they could, because its pointing out human nature in that people act selfishly and most people are only concerned about their own platea. Most of the lyrics is a storyline, but the writer does try to give a lesson in word format in the song. "See a lot up there but don't be scared Who needs action when you got words" This is saying, I've been to the top. You'll see alot of things as you walk through life. Don't doubt yourself. You don't need all the crowning achievements to master your own walk of life. You have words. Wisdom is the achievement! "Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could" Notice how the writer does not limit his song to all the others wouldn't help you if they could, just "others". One more thing... Use your life's work and achieve something more important than an illustrated book about birds. Remember the plateau ends. are you all dumb? | Reviewer: smart | 11/1/07 this wasnt written by kurt cobain.... IT HAS NO MEANING TO HIM OR NIRVANA THERE ARE NO DEEP HIDDEN MEANINGS ABOUT HIS DRUG USE OR WHEN HE BLEW HIS HEAD OFF BECAUSE HE DIDNT WRITE IT! KURT KURKWOOD OF THE MEATPUPPETS WROTE THIS THATS WHY HE CAME OUT AND PLAYED IT WITH NIRVANA "true meaning of the song" guy is right | Reviewer: G$K | 10/30/07 he is right on- along with the addition of the bucket and the mop representing getting clean off heroin... and the ascension of the plateau (along with achieving stardom) meaning the experience of using (cuz he says this work was fun- he didn't have to do anything but ride out the drug). cuz it seems like when you get off of it and suffer like hell, you obtain a seemingly concrete perspective of simple truths in life brought to you through absolute pain, whereby putting you on this high (plateau) level of understanding (because of the enhanced sensory accuity: you become more sensitive, thus enabling you understand every point of view though your empathy which allows you to experience every different way to feel regarding things) Just repeating, but why not? | Reviewer: Nick R | 10/29/07 ...Kurt didn't write this song. I know most people know this song from Nirvana Unplugged album. This is a Meat Puppets song, and so is Lake Of Fire and Oh, Me, which are also covered on this album. KURT wasn't trying to "say anything", he's just been influenced by Meat Puppets and was just jamming to some of their tunes. That's all, folks! p.s., Just clearing the air and voicing my two cents here. Much respect for Nirvana and Meat Puppets! Legendary musicians and songwriters! What the hell. You guys are kids. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/26/07 So. You guys must be retarded. Everyone knows the Meat Puppets were trying to piss off the 'hardcore' scene with a countryfied album. The words have meaning, yes, but it is a cheap and obvious thing. The magic in all this is how they went about creating it, and their intent (namely: to piss off some, and please others). Nirvana | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/4/07 Dunno why, everytime I hear Nirvana I wanna cry. Not just because of Kurt's death (RIP), but you just get the sense of power behind the words. Sit back and enjoy it. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4