quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Cacklin' Rosie: she was indeed a stubborn woman.
Wasn't she a "store-bought woman"?
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Hmm.. A catchy tune can make white slavery seem OK. It's like the Police song "Every Breath You Take". That's about a stalker.
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quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Cacklin' Rosie: she was indeed a stubborn woman.
Wasn't she a "store-bought woman"?
That was "Cracklin' Rosie."
As to what "store-bought" means, I've always interpreted it to mean that she's an off-the-rack, unrefined, average kind of woman. This would tie in with the line, "You and me, we'll go in style"--which suggests (to me) that she doesn't often go "in style" and that the singer is trying to win her over by promising that things will be better.
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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Y'know, when you understand one of the definitions for "Cracklings," it only adds to the confusion.
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I know that "store-bought" isn't meant to be white slavery. Just funnin'.
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I know, Quis. I just like to overanalyze things.
Of course, the Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar," released roughly at the same time, did seem to glorify slavery.
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Speaking of the real meanings of songs: I once read someone's post about how Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" is about heroin addiction. I've read the same theory about The La's "There She Goes" (covered by squeaky-clean Sixpence None the Richer, yet!)
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My interpretation of "I Started a Joke" is that it's about a guy who always used humor as a defense mechanism, only to realize in his dying days that it had prevented him from forming strong relationships.
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The first few lines remind me of the episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show where Chuckles the clown died. Everyone in the newsroom were cracking jokes and Mary was appalled. Then at the funeral, the minister starts naming all of Chuckles' characters and Mary starts laughing. Th minister then says "Yes, laugh young lady! Chuckles lived for laughter. Tears were an insult to Chuckles. So laugh, laugh, laugh!" At which point Mary starts bawling her eyes out.
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quote:Originally posted by Arm Fall Off Boy: I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
I always thought it was "I fell out of bed, hurting my head. Wish I was dead." I suppose the next line should have tipped me off.
Robin Gibb, you sang the lead on that song, is a perfect example of someone who is far more attractive in late middle age than when he was young.
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I remember an interpretation of this song that said the narrator was Jesus Christ.
Which still leaves some latitude regarding the actual "joke," doesn't it?
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There were two guys drinking at the bar in a restaurant on the top floor of a skyscrapoer. The first guy says "you know with the buildings so tall and close together, it creates an updraft so if you fall out, it pulls you right back up." The second guy says "You're drunk. That can't happen." The first guy says "I'll prove it." He goes to a window and opens it up, sits on the sill, and then falls out. Down, down, down he plummeted. But just before he hit bottom Whoosh! He gets pulled back to the window. "There, see?"
The second guy says "I've got to try this." He gets on the window and falls off. Down, down, down he plummeted and he is just about to hit the bottom SPLAT!
The bartender looks at the first guy and says "You are one mean drunk Superman!"
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See, now if Johns/Perez had more scenes like that, I'd totally plunk down twenty bucks an issue or whatever the hell DC charges for these multi-verse jamborees nowadays.
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Now starring in his own DC Comic, September 2011!
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Sounds like a Fred Hembeck cartoon.
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