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Juberoo
Juberoo Posts: 472
edited July 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
I prefer when Ed sings "daddy" instead of "father". Anyone else have a thought?
Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense.

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Pro-life by choice.
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  • PJamGrunge10
    PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    I agree. Same with Jeremy too.
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  • Dogman3
    Dogman3 Posts: 330
    Same here. It sounds so wrong when he sings it "Father".
  • Juberoo
    Juberoo Posts: 472
    Yes..On Jeremy..."Mother and Father" seems too proper...."Mommy and Daddy" is more emotional.
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense.

    A truly liberal person is conservative when necessary.

    Pro-life by choice.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Juberoo wrote:
    Yes..On Jeremy..."Mother and Father" seems too proper...."Mommy and Daddy" is more emotional.

    based on the themes of both songs ... it should be proper and authoritarian.

    Neither of the characters in either song were a mommy or daddy ... words that convey a loving relationship of some kind.

    They are mother and father. as in, ruling with an iron fist.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Switch
    Switch Posts: 119
    In Alive, the point of view is from the abused child, who, like any other child, thought of his parents as mom and dad.
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,219
    When he wrote the lyrics to the songs, he was still emotional about the subject matter. I think this is why he chose to use mommy and daddy in his lyrics. I wonder if over the last 16 years he has hardened himself from those situations and doesn't have that much of an emotional connection with them anymore, so he uses mother and father now? I don't know, just floating that idea out there.

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