The lush life's given me a rush Had one chance to make me blush Second time is one too late Now I've found another crush The lush life's given me a rush Had one chance to make me blush Second time is one too late I live my day as if it was the last Live my day as if there was no past Doin' it all night, all summer Doin' it the way I wanna. Definition of rush in the Idioms Dictionary. What does rush expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. He had been giving her the. The lush life's given me a rush Had one chance to make me blush Second time is one too late. More on Genius 'Lush Life (Remix)' Track Info. Written By Freedo, IMAN (SWE), Shuko & 4 more.
Song Released: 1973
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Kodachrome Lyrics
On all the crap I learned in high school
Its a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of edu---cation
Hasnt hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They..
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lawsyl
click a star to voteMar 17th, 2009 3:11pmreportThe first thing that needs to be understood is that narrator equates hard-work reality as Black and White, and carefree immaturity as Kodachrome, and we clearly know which one he prefers. Because 'Everything looks worse in black and white' we know that he much prefers, in contrast, 'the greens of summer' when school was out.
In the 2nd stanza, the narrator seemingly escapes the drudgery and failure of school with his Nikon camera. A camera, by the way, that 'Makes you think all the world's a sunny day'. That is to say, that even those days that aren't sunny can be made sunny with a camera. A hard life, when viewed through the lens of camera, can look to be much more colorful, pleasurable and interesting.
However, most photographers will admit that they consider themselves distant and detached observers of the static objects of their photography, or more of a chronicler or a journalist than a participant. Perhaps even a manipulator of reality. But when they lower the camera, the ever-moving black-and-white world re-emerges. So while the stanza seems cheery, in actuality we're witness to the narrator's sad self-delusion. A cheery self-delusion so addictive that he pleads to keep his camera.
The two most curious lines are the ones that end the first and second stanzas:
'I can read the writing on the wall'
and
'So mama don't take my Kodachrome away'
Regarding curious line #1: What, exactly, is the writing on the wall that the narrator understands so well, and even dreads? Does he understand that because he lacks a good education that his prospects are both few and dim despite the fact that, up to this point, his 'lack of education hasn't hurt [him] none?' Are those carefree days numbered? Indeed, someone is, in fact, intent on taking his camera -- his escape -- away, which will then force him to face the hard unpleasant black-and-white realities of life.
Which leads us to curious line #2. Clearly he's pleading for someone not to take his camera away, which represents his carefree and constant 'greens of summer' happiness. After all, the 'greens of summer' soon enough become the browns of winter, except, of course, in a photograph. But who is this camera-taking 'mama' and why does she want to take his camera?
In the third stanza, the narrator says '..when I was single', so we know that he is married. (At the time of the album's release Simon had been married for four years. But considering the first stanza, I think we can dismiss any notion that the song is autobiographical.) I think we can now assume that this 'mama' is the narrator's wife who is perhaps pressuring him to get a job and settle down? Furthermore, the use of the word 'mama' insinuates fatherhood – maybe even first-time fatherhood and all of its new responsibilities and hard realities. In fact, Simon's first child, Harper, was born the year before the album's release, so fatherhood, and paternal responsibilies, would be foremost in Simon's mind.
Is this camera-less, black-and-white fatherhood fate the 'writing on the wall' he dreads in the first stanza? Is the 'writing on the wall', in fact, a ballooning pregnancy? And is the camera-taking 'mama' really the concept and prospects fatherhood. If so, it would then serve to link the two apparently disparate stanzas together.
In the third stanza, which is yet another disparate break from the first two stanzas, we find out that he still frequently thinks about all the girls he knew in the past, or his former lovers, and absurdly imagines reuniting them all together for one night of mad crazy passion. However, he knows (and correctly so) that the black-and-white reality of such a night would never measure up to the crazy Kodachrome fantasy he's concocted in his mind. Indeed, he recognizes that his fantasy Kodachrome life is just that -- an absurd fantasy. Although it looks worse in black-and-white, it is, in fact, reality.
There is some optimism in his voice in the last line when he says that everything 'looks' worse in black-and-white, or interpreted differently, 'only appears' to be worse, giving him some hope to believe that looking worse doesn't necessarily mean that it is worse.
Taken together, what we're seeing is a young man who made irresponsible choices regarding his education and he's now heading into the stage of his life where he needs to find a job, settle down, and embrace imminent fatherhood, and although his lack of education hasn't hurt him to this point, he knows that's all about to change.
While he's still valiantly (maybe, foolishly) fighting this transition from immaturity into maturity, from adolescence into adulthood, he is beginning to realize the absurdity of continuing to believe in the immature fantasy, and he is now willing to accept the black-and-white reality and move forward with a hint of optimism.
In the two subsequent albums where the song is included -- The Concert in Central Park and Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 – the last line is changed to 'Everything looks better in black and white'. This is not an insignificant change. Reflecting Simon's own maturity, now the narrator has lived in his black-and-white reality for a while and has discovered that reality, as hard and unforgiving as it is, is in fact infinitely better than keeping yourself immersed in an immature and irresponsible fantasy life.
Buried deep in the repeating refrain of mama don't take my Kodachrome is the enigmatic line
Leave your boy so far from home
I doubt this line has any significant meaning. I think Simon simply liked the seven hard-beat single-syllable words that make up the line, with the last three words rhyming with Kodachrome. The Beatles were similarly known to hide enigmatic lines within refrains, and perhaps Simon was just picking that trick up and applying it here.
A would be remiss to not mention contrasting interpretations of the song's lyrics. The two most interesting are:
(1) Kodachrome represents Playboy magazines – Playboy pictorials at the time were taken in Kodachrome film which produced lush, almost artificial colors. The meaning of the refrain 'mama don't take my Kodachrome' can be interpreted quite literally then. The narrator of the song, who was a poor to middling high school student, has now found himself addicted to his Playboy magazines, and in the last stanza he imagines 'all the girls I knew', or all the Playboy centerfolds, in one big sexual (and highly unlikely) fantasy orgy.
(2) Kodachrome was also the street name for a 70s brand of LSD. These lines take on a deeper meaning then:
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
In this interpretation, the boxy Nikon camera he has represents the sugar cube with the LSD drop, and taking a photograph represents eating the sugar cube. The 'nice bright colors', of course, represent the surreal, hyper-intense colors associated with an acid trip. However, in this interpretation, the third stanza defies explanation.
These two interpretations are far-fetched. Taking Simon's body of work as a whole, these sorts of large sex and drug themes are largely missing. Overall, Simon's work largely revolves around introspective personal journeys and sweet love songs, not masturbation and acid tripsanonymous
click a star to voteSep 10th, 9:25pmreportHad to step in since you're so lost. 'I can read the writing on the wall' = Idiots still look down on him for his lack of education (even though he really is a rich/famous/genius). Kodachrome/color is his imagination, black & white is reality. In his imagination, he was a great lover, but the line up of his ex lovers would tell it like it actually was 'everything looks worse in black and white'. This theme of color is also in his song 'My Little Town'. Now listen to Kodachrome again and you'll see it is a deeper song than most people realize.
anonymous
click a star to voteAug 25th, 2019 8:39amreportHeavily influenced by the war in Indochina. On the surface a very happy song, but seen from the perspective of a young GI in country (most were poor, recent high school graduates, or dropouts) it tells the saddest story possible. This was the first war in the history of the world to be transmitted to the television sets, and newspapers of millions of ordinary citizens. While the summer days of the early 70s were, for most kids, all about skinny skate boards, tube tops, smiles, and sunshine, they were a living hell for tens of thousands doing uncle sams heavy lifting, and both versions were commercialized and brought to you by the corporations moving the leavers
anonymous
click a star to voteMar 20th, 2019 3:50amreportDrugs baby. Kodachrome was LSD - makes the world look beautiful with so many colors.
anonymous
click a star to voteMay 11th, 2018 5:49pmreportSound of silence Scarborough fair Bridge over troubled water. So many references to spirituality. The magnitude of Simon and Garfunkel. The hidden truth of the music industry to Hollywood from NY to LA. The person making the LSD connection wasn't so far off target my friend.
Try a little closer to 'Biochemistry'.
That's right. Now you know. That's how it's done. Here's your clue. The happier the tune,
the darker the underlying theme. Welcome to perfect creation. From tembrels to pipes ~anonymous
click a star to voteSep 17th, 2017 9:02pmreportLet's start with the what we can know, From Wikipedia.. 'In an interview conducted in November 2008, Simon said that what he had in mind when writing the song was to call it 'Going Home'. However, finding this would have been 'too conventional', he came up with 'Kodachrome', because of its similar sound and larger innovative potential. He also refers to its first line as the 'most interesting' part of the song.'
So this is a song about going home. First stanza looks back at his high school education, and that in spite of it he is able to think for himself, in other words 'Read the writing on the wall' (This phrase is from the biblical book of Daniel btw).
Second stanza talks about his memories, when he gets home he is going to see all the girls he knew and they are not going to look as good as he remembers, or as we like to say, in black and white.
So he would rather have his memories of his younger life in color, rather than in black and white.
It's not very deep, but it is a thoughtful song about aging, and how our memories of the past are perhaps better then what actually was the case.anonymous
click a star to voteJul 25th, 2016 7:38pmreportDramatica story expert 5. Kodachrome is simply cocaine it is not a hard thing to understand
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anonymous
click a star to voteOct 23rd, 2015 10:33pmreportThis is clearly about the way we seem to color our memories in our own unique way. Ask your friends about an event you shared, say, five years ago,(not when you were all zonked out of your heads, but a sober memory) and watch what happens. Simon seems to think that Kodachrome is a nice, little, invention and has fun with that. But needs us to know that there is no comparison between our imagination and a technique developed by Mr. Eastman. If we all had photographic memories life would be intolerable. It is only through our own imagination- the colors we choose to paint our own memories with- that they become vivid and alive. Photographs are dull and two dimensional- they may as well all be black and white, thereby making the invention unnecessary. It is only in the photo albums that exist in our minds that the greens are greener and the days sunnier.
anonymous
click a star to voteJul 10th, 2012 7:03amreportSounds like you are all a bunch of old burned out hippies! Kodachrome was exspensive to develop & like any expensive product the possibility of be discontinued for something cheaper always lingered. Hense- don't take my kodachrome away. Whether or not he hid his stash in his empty box like some of you.I don't know? Lol
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anonymous
click a star to voteJul 1st, 2011 7:00pmreportsimple..he hid his dope in the Kodachrome film cannister, just like everyone else did back then. Of course he didn't want his mama to take his dope away--DUH.
anonymous
click a star to voteApr 28th, 2011 4:52amreportThat Nikon is a cube of LSD is preposterous.
Perhaps reading Susan Sontag on photography would help the above people understand the lyricsanonymous
click a star to voteMar 7th, 2011 3:44amreportIts seems as if the person is out of high school and thinking back to his younger years realizing that he should have been a better student and live a better future career wise.
He then thinks of his social life and remember the good times he had with women and is weighing the difference of having a good education while living a less social life. Ppsspp game download. Sound familair?- This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
m320753
click a star to voteSep 22nd, 2010 9:12pmreportwith such a deep excursion into the mind and souls of paul simon i couldn't improve on anything the first commenter said. as far as bob dylan actually commenting i don't think so. time to come out of your self imposed life as dylan. dylan in public forums as tv interviews never has a bad word about any singer past present and as far into the future he has left,he's not into that. as he said i'll know my song well before i start singing is a direct opposite of your errors in spelling and grammar. for paul simon i like him a lot since back in the day. i think his kodachrome is his vision of what he wants his future to be. he has touched on this plan in many of his older songs.
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Many individuals use life estate deeds in an effort to avoid probate and eliminate the need to hire an attorney to prepare a last will and testament, or a trust. Unfortunately, when someone uses a life estate deed, they lose control over the distribution of their property when things turn out differently than expected.
What Is a Life Estate Deed?
A life estate deed is a transfer of the ownership of the real property that is the subject of the deed to one or more persons (the 'remainderman'), while retaining ownership of a life estate in the property by the person(s) transferring the property (the 'life tenant'). A life estate is the right to occupy and use the property, or the benefits of the property, during one's life time.
What is the Purpose of a Life Estate Deed?
Typically, the purpose of a life estate deed is to provide for the transfer of the property to the desired person(s) (remainderman) automatically at the death of the property owner who retained the life estate ('life tenant'), without the necessity of probate. Ownership of the property transfers automatically upon the life tenant's death. All that is needed to perfect title in the remainderman is the recording in the public record of the death certificate of the life tenant. Title to the specific parcel of real property passes, by operation of law, to the remainderman without probate and free of all claims of creditors of the life tenant (but subject to any legally enforceable lien on the property, such as a mortgage, home equity loan, or tax lien).
Transferring real property through a life estate deed also means the specific parcel of real property is not controlled by the life tenant's will or trust, so probate is avoided. The same treatment applies to assets that pass by way of beneficiary designations or joint ownership of property with the right of survivorship.
Sounds Simple - What Can Go Wrong?
The problem with life estate deeds is that the person transferring ownership loses control of the property when the deed is signed, despite the retention of the life estate. Ps3 eyetoy driver. After the life estate deed is signed and recorded, the life tenant is no longer able to transfer, sell or mortgage the property without the joinder of the remainderman.
More importantly, from the estate planning perspective, the life tenant has given up all control over what happens to the property in the event of the death or disability of the remainderman, or if the remainderman is embroiled in a divorce or other creditor problem when the life tenant dies. The real property will automatically transfer to the remainderman without the ability to change the remainderman or protect the remainderman from creditors.
What is The Problem With Loss of Control
Unfortunately, none of us know when we, or our loved ones, will die. But, we all know that we all will die someday. Here's an actual case that came into our office recently (the names have been changed to protect the innocent).
Lush Life Song
We represent Jane Doe, the daughter of John Doe, Sr. In 2000, John Doe, Sr. signed a life estate deed. He retained a life estate for himself and his wife, who was not the mother of his children. The remainder interest was transferred to his three children from his first marriage, John Doe, Jr., James Doe, and Jane Doe, our client, as tenants in common. Upon John Sr.'s death, his wife would continue to have the right to occupy the property, and upon her death, the property would automatically transfer to his three children. The transfer of the property to the children as tenants in common means that each child has an undivided one-third (1/3) interest in the property upon John Sr.,'s death.
John Doe, Sr. died in 2012. His wife remains in the house as the life tenant. She is 97 years old, and presumably will be forfeit her right to the life estate within the near future. Jane Doe, our client, is concerned about the current state of the title for the real property, and wants to inspect the property to see if it is being properly cared for by her step-mother.
The reasons for her concern relate not only to the status of the property, but because both of her brothers predeceased their father. Since the two brothers are no longer living, who gets their ownership interest in the property? The answer to that question revolves around when did their interest in the property 'vest.' An interest in real property 'vests' when all actions necessary for legally transferring the ownership interest of the property have been completed. With a life estate deed, the remainderman's ownership interest vests when the deed is signed and delivered (or recorded in the public record). Accordingly, the children's ownership interest in the property vested upon their father signing the deed and recording it in the public records, or the year 2000.
John Doe, Jr. died in 2006, without a will. He was married, with no children. However, he and his wife were in the middle of a divorce that had not been completed. Based on the Florida law of intestacy, John Jr.'s ownership interest transferred to his wife immediately upon his death in 2006. His wife's ownership interest in the property vested at the time of his death. Unexpectedly, two months after John Jr.'s death, his wife committed suicide. She was survived by a daughter from a previous marriage. Upon the wife's death, her daughter's ownership interest in the 1/3 interest in the property vested. Her last known whereabouts was in Germany, several years ago.
James Doe died in 2009, without a will, survived by his wife and a son. Accordingly to the Florida law of intestacy, his wife is entitled to the first $60,000 from his estate, and then his wife and his son will divide his estate into equal shares. Probably, James Doe's ownership interest in the subject property was worth less than $60,000, so his interest passed to his wife. But, if he had $60,000 of assets other than the property at the time of his death, then the property will be owned 1/2 each by his wife and his son. Only a probate of his estate will determine exactly what interests were received by his wife and his son. If part of James Doe's ownership interest did transfer to his son, there will need to be a probate of the son's estate because he died in 2011, unmarried and without a will. Based on the facts as we know them now, the ownership interest of the son will transfer to his mother through the son's probate.
John Doe, Sr. thought that through the use of the life estate deed he was avoiding probate, and avoiding the expense of visiting an estate planning attorney to prepare a will or trust. As a result of the deaths of his two sons after he signed the life estate deed, but before he died, he now has lost control totally over where the property will go, and created the need for at least three probate proceedings, and possibly a fourth.
John Doe, Jr.'s estate must be probated, and then his wife's estate must be probated. The ownership of his one third interest in the property will likely end up in the hands of his son's, wife's daughter from a previous marriage, i.e., someone who is not related to him at all. Tracking down the daughter will likely incur significant expense, since her last know address was in Germany, and was several years ago.
James Doe's estate must be probated, and probably his son's estate will need to be probated as well. James Doe's wife will likely end up with his one third interest in the property.
Jane Doe, our client, upon the death of her step-mother, will own an undivided one third interest in the property, along with her deceased brother's step-daughter (1/3) from a marriage that was in divorce proceedings at his death, and her other deceased brother's widow (1/3).
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Many individuals use life estate deeds in an effort to avoid probate and eliminate the need to hire an attorney to prepare a last will and testament, or a trust. Unfortunately, when someone uses a life estate deed, they lose control over the distribution of their property when things turn out differently than expected.
What Is a Life Estate Deed?
A life estate deed is a transfer of the ownership of the real property that is the subject of the deed to one or more persons (the 'remainderman'), while retaining ownership of a life estate in the property by the person(s) transferring the property (the 'life tenant'). A life estate is the right to occupy and use the property, or the benefits of the property, during one's life time.
What is the Purpose of a Life Estate Deed?
Typically, the purpose of a life estate deed is to provide for the transfer of the property to the desired person(s) (remainderman) automatically at the death of the property owner who retained the life estate ('life tenant'), without the necessity of probate. Ownership of the property transfers automatically upon the life tenant's death. All that is needed to perfect title in the remainderman is the recording in the public record of the death certificate of the life tenant. Title to the specific parcel of real property passes, by operation of law, to the remainderman without probate and free of all claims of creditors of the life tenant (but subject to any legally enforceable lien on the property, such as a mortgage, home equity loan, or tax lien).
Transferring real property through a life estate deed also means the specific parcel of real property is not controlled by the life tenant's will or trust, so probate is avoided. The same treatment applies to assets that pass by way of beneficiary designations or joint ownership of property with the right of survivorship.
Sounds Simple - What Can Go Wrong?
The problem with life estate deeds is that the person transferring ownership loses control of the property when the deed is signed, despite the retention of the life estate. Ps3 eyetoy driver. After the life estate deed is signed and recorded, the life tenant is no longer able to transfer, sell or mortgage the property without the joinder of the remainderman.
More importantly, from the estate planning perspective, the life tenant has given up all control over what happens to the property in the event of the death or disability of the remainderman, or if the remainderman is embroiled in a divorce or other creditor problem when the life tenant dies. The real property will automatically transfer to the remainderman without the ability to change the remainderman or protect the remainderman from creditors.
What is The Problem With Loss of Control
Unfortunately, none of us know when we, or our loved ones, will die. But, we all know that we all will die someday. Here's an actual case that came into our office recently (the names have been changed to protect the innocent).
Lush Life Song
We represent Jane Doe, the daughter of John Doe, Sr. In 2000, John Doe, Sr. signed a life estate deed. He retained a life estate for himself and his wife, who was not the mother of his children. The remainder interest was transferred to his three children from his first marriage, John Doe, Jr., James Doe, and Jane Doe, our client, as tenants in common. Upon John Sr.'s death, his wife would continue to have the right to occupy the property, and upon her death, the property would automatically transfer to his three children. The transfer of the property to the children as tenants in common means that each child has an undivided one-third (1/3) interest in the property upon John Sr.,'s death.
John Doe, Sr. died in 2012. His wife remains in the house as the life tenant. She is 97 years old, and presumably will be forfeit her right to the life estate within the near future. Jane Doe, our client, is concerned about the current state of the title for the real property, and wants to inspect the property to see if it is being properly cared for by her step-mother.
The reasons for her concern relate not only to the status of the property, but because both of her brothers predeceased their father. Since the two brothers are no longer living, who gets their ownership interest in the property? The answer to that question revolves around when did their interest in the property 'vest.' An interest in real property 'vests' when all actions necessary for legally transferring the ownership interest of the property have been completed. With a life estate deed, the remainderman's ownership interest vests when the deed is signed and delivered (or recorded in the public record). Accordingly, the children's ownership interest in the property vested upon their father signing the deed and recording it in the public records, or the year 2000.
John Doe, Jr. died in 2006, without a will. He was married, with no children. However, he and his wife were in the middle of a divorce that had not been completed. Based on the Florida law of intestacy, John Jr.'s ownership interest transferred to his wife immediately upon his death in 2006. His wife's ownership interest in the property vested at the time of his death. Unexpectedly, two months after John Jr.'s death, his wife committed suicide. She was survived by a daughter from a previous marriage. Upon the wife's death, her daughter's ownership interest in the 1/3 interest in the property vested. Her last known whereabouts was in Germany, several years ago.
James Doe died in 2009, without a will, survived by his wife and a son. Accordingly to the Florida law of intestacy, his wife is entitled to the first $60,000 from his estate, and then his wife and his son will divide his estate into equal shares. Probably, James Doe's ownership interest in the subject property was worth less than $60,000, so his interest passed to his wife. But, if he had $60,000 of assets other than the property at the time of his death, then the property will be owned 1/2 each by his wife and his son. Only a probate of his estate will determine exactly what interests were received by his wife and his son. If part of James Doe's ownership interest did transfer to his son, there will need to be a probate of the son's estate because he died in 2011, unmarried and without a will. Based on the facts as we know them now, the ownership interest of the son will transfer to his mother through the son's probate.
John Doe, Sr. thought that through the use of the life estate deed he was avoiding probate, and avoiding the expense of visiting an estate planning attorney to prepare a will or trust. As a result of the deaths of his two sons after he signed the life estate deed, but before he died, he now has lost control totally over where the property will go, and created the need for at least three probate proceedings, and possibly a fourth.
John Doe, Jr.'s estate must be probated, and then his wife's estate must be probated. The ownership of his one third interest in the property will likely end up in the hands of his son's, wife's daughter from a previous marriage, i.e., someone who is not related to him at all. Tracking down the daughter will likely incur significant expense, since her last know address was in Germany, and was several years ago.
James Doe's estate must be probated, and probably his son's estate will need to be probated as well. James Doe's wife will likely end up with his one third interest in the property.
Jane Doe, our client, upon the death of her step-mother, will own an undivided one third interest in the property, along with her deceased brother's step-daughter (1/3) from a marriage that was in divorce proceedings at his death, and her other deceased brother's widow (1/3).
Not exactly what Dad wanted!
All of these issues could have been avoided through a properly drafted will or trust. Compared to the costs associated with four probates (the filing fee with the probate court clerk will be almost $2,000 for all four), and the fact that his only surviving child will own only 1/3 of the property when all is said and done, the costs of consulting an estate planning attorney and having a proper will or trust drafted is truly de minimis.
The moral of this story is summarized in the old adage, 'don't be penny wise and pound foolish!'