
PLEASE READ BELOW... Below I have posted some things about the video (picture slideshow rather), since some people think I took the song too literally. But before you comment anything, read some of the "clues" below. What I was trying to do was combine what Harry was directly saying with my own understanding of the song. Clue 1: In most of the video, the pictures are shown zooming in...and then out...and then in again, etc. This was to show a metaphoric cradle rocking; the father thinking he is doing the right thing. Clue 2: Many people have a problem with the video really showing a cat. However, it isn't all that literal: The first time Harry says "...and the cats in the cradle...", it shows a cat in a cradle...but each time the line is said, the cat will change. This is to show how time is passing by and how things change. Then it shows a sliver spoon ("...and the silver spoon..."). But when this is repeated, the spoon will have a fork next to it, and then a knife. This is to show age and maturity in the boy. The very last spoon in the video is meant to look old...to show again the time that has passed by. "...little boy blue..." With that line, it starts with a blue man, then to a blue room, then to a blue car, and then to a blue house...this is to show, again, age and ,maturity. "...and the man on the moon...", with this line it starts with a toy man sitting on the moon, to a real photo of the moon, to a man landing on the moon, and then to what the future of the moon <b>...</b>
Harry
Chapin
Cats
in
the
Cradle
and
Silver
Spoon
music
video
fanmade
fan
made
nonoffical
little
boy
blue
man
on
moon
father
son
song
father-son
sad
time
good
times
memory
remembering
not
being
around
life
goes
Scypax
scypaxpictures
John
Lucewich
Films
Film
Picture
slideshow
slide
show
pictures
metaphors
meaning
meanings
Rakin
2008