All the same

[Kitschum]

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same,
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/cheerslyrics.html

What is your understanding of "are all the same" in this context?

[Al B. Sure!]

What's so hard to understand about it? It's like a harmony thing... we're all basically the same despite all our differences. We have the same sort of things to deal with and the same things make us laugh or cry.

Such a weird post.

[duke o' york]

L'enfer, c'est des autres.

[SlowwHand]

What's so hard to understand about it? It's like a harmony thing... we're all basically the same despite all our differences. We have the same sort of things to deal with and the same things make us laugh or cry.

Such a weird post.

I second this.

[bipolarbear]

L'enfer, c'est les autres.

From what I've read that's an oft misunderstood quote. Sartre's intent with that oh-so famous line was to point out that our reliance on the opinions of others to validate our feelings about ourselves etc. creates a hellish existence.

[Kitschum]

What's so hard to understand about it? It's like a harmony thing... we're all basically the same despite all our differences. We have the same sort of things to deal with and the same things make us laugh or cry.

Such a weird post.

Read the poll for options.

[Japher]

poll doesn't have the right answer, AS does.

The song is about sympathy and empathy rather than identical or even similar. Troubles make us feel bad and to that we can all atest to.

[Kitschum]

Are there no native English speakers in this forum?

[Caligastia]

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthem...erslyrics.html

What is your understanding of "are all the same" in this context?

Cheers is racist?

[Japher]

Carla was Italian... does that count?

[Kitschum]

Why were there no black people on Cheers?

[Japher]

They didn't serve King Cobra or Colt 45?

[Caligastia]

Why were there no black people on Cheers?

Because Cheers is racist.

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same (black people)
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

You wanna go where people know,
people are all the same (white),
You wanna go where everybody knows
your name.

[Caligastia]

They didn't serve King Cobra or Colt 45?

[Kitschum]

I don't remember seeing any black people on Frasier either.