tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425190742790618091.post5445637977781345325..comments2023-11-14T05:34:39.179-05:00Comments on Debriefing: The music and art of Vic Chesnutt: "Onion Soup"- Is The Actor Happy?, 1995 New WestCharles Fontainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06527374851048899142noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425190742790618091.post-8006677153862063822010-01-14T19:41:02.577-05:002010-01-14T19:41:02.577-05:00incredible work. thank you!incredible work. thank you!clara/ brasilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425190742790618091.post-41942856627496575692010-01-14T15:14:13.478-05:002010-01-14T15:14:13.478-05:00For me, this song is nothing less than a work of g...For me, this song is nothing less than a work of genius, but what do I know? <br /><br />Each verse evokes so many images and feelings. It's a song of nostalgia and of loss and epitomizes that signature Chesnuttian contrast in which the narrator is able to observe beauty through pain. In the midst of hurt, a break-up, an uncertain future and the self-described pathetic appearance of the narrator, there is an 'exquisite onion soup'.<br /><br />There's also a happy ending. We know that the postcard was finally delivered, because that's ultimately what this song is- it's a postcard, and that's why its title is 'Onion Soup'.<br /><br />In fact, the song is both the postcard and the soup itself. It's a bowl of contrasting flavors, something that's tasty and nourishing, but also based on events that are as acrid and bitter as the taste of an onion. <br /><br />"And the Walrus was Paul" (Glass Onion)Christianjbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425190742790618091.post-32002317567402605662010-01-14T10:27:47.174-05:002010-01-14T10:27:47.174-05:00My only personal thing about this song is that I&#...My only personal thing about this song is that I've never been able to tolerate onions of any kind - so the words "exquisite" and onion" in the same sentence were never comfortable bedfellows in my book ;-)leefact25noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425190742790618091.post-86042611898590027662010-01-14T07:15:08.904-05:002010-01-14T07:15:08.904-05:00Onion Soup is one of my absolute favourite songs. ...Onion Soup is one of my absolute favourite songs. Personally I always liked the recording from Gothenburg in 1997 best (with slightly different lyrics in the beginning, but that might be the case in other verstion too).<br />I find it quite interesting that he calls it a love song in that recording, I never thought of it like that.Kathihttp://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/vic/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425190742790618091.post-23090707676887144602010-01-13T21:06:01.552-05:002010-01-13T21:06:01.552-05:00For a long time, Onion Soup was my favorite song o...For a long time, Onion Soup was my favorite song of Vic's. I really look forward to your posts!Lounoreply@blogger.com