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| samira |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 00:37:23
this song is really cool but i cant figure out what its about. is there supposed to be a man who killed his girlfriend or wife or something? cos then why does lene sound sympathetic to him sometimes in the song? i hear its used in a film, is it based on that? thanks! |
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| samira |
Posted - 05 Jan 2004 : 23:30:25
LOL! hehe all i wanted to know was why she used marlin and not pedersen!! |
| Tef Johs |
Posted - 05 Jan 2004 : 17:05:17
If Lene indeed is of 'Kven' heritage, it might be that 'Marlin' could come from there, but I simply don't know.
It's not "invented", in the sense that she made it up for her career, that's for sure (she was baptized Lene Marlin Pedersen = Christian name).
Ah...I agree with Mikka, this is getting a bit tiresome (and even in the wrong thread, sorry about that, Marko) 
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| mka |
Posted - 04 Jan 2004 : 22:56:45
quote:
Originally posted by Marko
What we're wondering is what Marlin is: a second name, a second surname, an invented name (don't think), a sort of family name taken from past generations.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry...what is so difficult to comprehend here?? It's her name! The name her parents gave her, the name that is printed on her passport.
Just as a comparison I'll pick a name everyone recognizes: George W Bush. I don't know what the W stands for, but it's a second name just as in Lene M Pedersen. You see, not very difficult?
Thank god I'm not a pop star, I would never understand fans this obsessed. ;)
-m
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| Marko |
Posted - 04 Jan 2004 : 19:04:12
But it's obvious that Lene Marlin is her artist name and Pedersen her surname or family name (Lene Marlin sounds better than Lene Pedersen to be known around the world).
What we're wondering is what Marlin is: a second name, a second surname, an invented name (don't think), a sort of family name taken from past generations.
Anyway, we should continue on the other thread, this one is for US.
Cannot control this... this thing called Lene |
| Tef Johs |
Posted - 03 Jan 2004 : 18:55:22
I'm sorry, I should have said:
Lene Marlin is an artist name, it's easier than adding "Pedersen" at the end.
No, Marlin is not the family name, Pedersen is. Marlin is just a middle name, but in choosing her "artist name", Lene chose to not use the last (family) name.
Lene Marlin Pedersen is her Christian name, making Pedersen (the surname) the family name. It's as simple as that, really :)
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| VampirePrincessJem |
Posted - 03 Jan 2004 : 02:37:31
I think the song is about a man who feels responsible for something that has happen in a girl very close in his life i.e: sister, cousin, friend. Hewas young at the time and she was younger than him. I'm kinda basing this on Lene's second 'Unforgivable Sinner' video. I do think it's about death in someway with the lyrics but it could be a metaphor for something. |
| Marko |
Posted - 28 Dec 2003 : 15:47:26
Why did you post here, Tef?
Anyway, I don't think it's an artist name (the guy in chat said: "as an effective artist name"), otherwise she would have told us why she called herself just Marlin and not said things such "Marlin is a fish, the name of a hotel, a traveling agancy, and a boat I've observed"
Perhaps Marlin is a family name to distinguish Lene Pedersen from other homonymous who live in Tromso. But we still don't know the origin of "Marlin"
Cannot control this... this thing called Lene |
| Tef Johs |
Posted - 28 Dec 2003 : 01:47:23
Marlin is an artist name.
Much easier to remember, use, and pronounce than her whole name.
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| samira |
Posted - 27 Dec 2003 : 23:41:24
It's not that surprising!! She has already written a song about a (presumably) slow death (A Place Nearby) and suicide (Story). what i dont get is why she lets people think her surname is marlin. its all very confusing.  |
| staalorm |
Posted - 26 Dec 2003 : 02:40:17
Hi Dazzy.
For your comfort (I hope) I could very well be wrong on my guessing the meaning of U.S. This is because Lene was (I think) simply inspired by a song that had a certain mood attached to it. That song deals with an accident but she might very well have visioned something very different when composing her own lyrics. She also says that the true meaning of the song is for you and everybody else to imagine, making every story as true as the other.
As for themes and painful text in her songs, since she is our Angel in proxy  I personally find it natural and beautiful that she also writes about loss, life and death as a part of her and our lives.
Don't you agree?
Happy Christmas & new year
Staalorm
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| samira |
Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 01:00:08
ye the one about the accident does seem most likely. 'you know where youve sent her' 'now shes up there' seems she must be dead, no? thanks for clearing that one up for me! |
| Dazzy |
Posted - 22 Dec 2003 : 22:06:19
No no no no no
no no nooooooooo
nooooo
I don't like that!! That's not what the song says to me at all!!
Lene would never write about such an ugly incident...
....would she??
My loss, here we go again...
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| staalorm |
Posted - 22 Dec 2003 : 00:09:09
Hi.
If we go by the original idea for the song that inspired Lene, it would seem that the story is about a young man that has an accident with his car and accidentially kills his girlfriend in the passenger-seat, later being sentenced to prison because everybody thinks he is a killer thus making him a unforgivable sinner..
Ciao
Staalorm
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| Ive lost my mind |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 18:51:55
I've always had a vision in my head, that this song is about a man who had hurt a girlfriend, by having an affair or something like that - some kind of 'unforgivable sin' , and the guilt he feels for this is driving him crazy. |
| Tarnim |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 11:26:13
Well personly I don't think it's about a murder, but maybe about making choises that can have horrible effects and having to live with that. I try not to over-analyce it, it's not easy to figure out the exact meaning and it's really not important. The only one who knows for sure is Lene and thats how it should be, right?
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you're right in all the things you do
in all the choises you make
don't be afraid
it all works out in the end
-Lene Marlin, "It's All Good" |
