does rich have issues with his father?

[jezzz]

listening to filter songs off TOLR and TA ive picked up this common theme in the lyrics. it seems in alot of songs rich expresses anger towards a father figure or whateva
eg. take a pic - hey dad what do u think about ur son now
jurrasitol- hey old man got something for you and wehn will you learn im not ur boy
where do we go from here- u know im not ur only son ( and the rest off the song seems to hint it as well)

heres just a few examples to name a few
i was just interested if there is anything behind those lyrics without delving into richs private life too much
has anybody else picked up on it?

[RichFactWebmistress]

Well, I think even asking this question is rather stepping over a line, actually.

RFW

[cynic_elle]

Jezzz,
this topic might not stay open for too much longer, because it does step over some bounds of Rich's private family life, but I think there are a few things about the songs' that may help you re-interpret the lyrics.

In Jurassitol when the whole "I'm not your boy" and "hey old man got somethin for you" is said, it isn't literally to a father, rather it is directed at older, established musicians who don't create new material but merely rehash the old while not stepping aside for new musicians to break into the business. Namely, the song kind of pulls punches at a 'musician' like Rod Stewart.... but that's as far as that goes.

As for Take a Picture, again Rich isn't literally crying out to his father... a good thing to check out is the version of the single that comes with the video that you can view on a cd-rom. In it, Rich's parents are actually there for the filming of the video, and there clearly isn't a problem..

So, yeah... a lot of the lyrics aren't literal, and in a lot of cases, it's good to know the real meaning of the songs, otherwise it can give a totally different meaning to the words.

and I think I'll leave it at that, because Rich's private life is not really our business.

Hope this helps, Jezzz,

Cynic