Prisoner or Parallel? U2

[pet]

Been kinda inspired by the Beatles thread… (Penny Farthing Lane! :lol:)

Okey dokey, it’s pretty obvious the Iron Maiden prisoner songs were inspired by the show (did they do any songs that weren’t based on TV?) and “I helped Patrick McGoohan Escape” most assuredly, but what of the other songs which may or not be related?

Just to start it off, take a stab at this one… similar themes, written by Irishmen, but is it inspired by or coincidence? [i]Prisoner or Parallel?[/i]

[b]Love Rescue Me, U2: Rattle and Hum[/b]
[i]
Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up and don’t let me fall
No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me
Love rescue me

Many strangers have I met
On the road to my regret
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
They ask me to reveal
The very thoughts they would conceal
Love rescue me

And the sun in the sky
Makes a shadow of you and I
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I’m here without a name
In the palace of my shame
Said, love rescue me

In the cold mirror of a glass
I see my reflection pass
See the dark shades of what I used to be
See the purple of her eyes
The scarlet of my lies
Love rescue me

Yea, though I walk
In the valley of shadow
Yea, I will fear no evil
I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love rescue me

Sha la la…sha la la la
Sha la la la…ha la la…
Sha la la la…sha la la la
Sha la la la…sha la la
Sha la la la…sha la la la
Sha la la…
I said love, love rescue me

I said love
Climb up the mountains, said love
I said love, oh my love
On the hill of the son
I’m on the eve of a storm
And my word you must believe in
Oh, I said love, rescue me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah…

Yeah I’m here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love rescue me

I’ve conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance
To a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me
[/i]

The Sha La La’s should leave no question in anyone’s mind, IMHO. 😀

Pet;D

[Anonymous]

The Sha La La’s is a definite giveaway! 😀
And what about “Zooropa” by U2? Prisoner inspired?

[b]Zooropa[/b]

[i](What do you want?)
(What do you want?)

Zooropa…vorsprung durch technik
Zooropa…be all that you can be
Be a winner
Eat to get slimmer

Zooropa…a bluer kind of white
Zooropa…it could be yours tonight
We’re mild and green
And squeaky clean

Zooropa…better by design
Zooropa…fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science
We’ve got that ring of confidence

And I have no compass
And I have no map
And I have no reasons
No reasons to get back

And I have no religion
And I don’t know what’s what
And I don’t know the limit
The limit of what we’ve got

Don’t worry baby, it’ll be alright
You got the right shoes
To get you through the night
It’s cold outside, but brightly lit
Skip the subway
Let’s go to the overground
Get your head out of the mud baby
Put flowers in the mud baby
Overground

No particular place names
No particular song
I’ve been hiding
What am I hiding from

Don’t worry baby, it’s gonna be alright
Uncertainty can be a guiding light
I hear voices, ridiculous voices
Out in the slipstream
Let’s go, let’s go overground
Take your head out of the mud baby

She’s gonna dream up
The world she wants to live in
She’s gonna dream out loud
She’s gonna dream out loud
Dream out loud[/i]

The “Zooropa…vorsprung durch technik Zooropa” bit, which follows “What do you want? What do you want?,” is particularly telling, especially when translated to “Information…we want technical information.”

[Fatguy]

Actually I don’t see the connections at all; but then, I have been divorced from the series for a long time. If a song is inspired by the series and the authors of the song acknowledge it – then it is….. If not, then any connection is just rationalizing on our part; nothing wrong there….. The world needs many different views of the same work of art; without this capacity, we would loose the ability for personal interpretation (a bad thing). I must sound like a complete bore here – did I mention that I ran down the block after the ice cream truck (and did not catch it) – now that is the real me…..

Maurice

[pet]

Hee Hee! Zooropa. How’ bout these lyrics:

[b]Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk, U2: A Clockwork Orange, the musical[/b]

[i]Oooohhhhh
OoooOOOOOooooooOOOooooohhh
Oooohoooooohhhoooooooo
Aaaaaahh
ooooooo[/i] 😀 😀 😀

Pet;D

P.S. Actually, I’m kinda surprised someone voted for “somewhat references”. Who knew?! 🙂 I was kinda being silly about the 4th and 5th lines in each stanza, and lines Number 1 and 6 being the same.

This deconstruction thing is sorta fun when you do it without any serious intent! I’m going to go out now and reinterpret the meaning of the stop sign at the next block to suit my own belief system. Wish me luck!

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