| Sheryl Crow – Members Only Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Ice is crystal methamphetamine, which rose to popularity in the 80s. Members Only is a brand of jacket, which during the 80s showed you were chic. Saying Uncle Larry was stuck in the 80s is an understatement. White people (and rich people for that matter) are stereotyped as not being able to dance, as much dance music is based on emphasizing beats two and four. When I hear the name "Mary Ellen", I think of the 70s hit TV series "The Waltons". Mary Ellen was the rebellious tomboy who grew up to be a doctor. If this line is about that Mary Ellen, I'm scratching my head, because she was never the housewife or the trophy wife. She was always her own person. So, her hairdo never rose, per se. But in any case, the lines about empty kitchens, hairdos rising and falling and her studying the ancient religion of kaballah in a popular clothing brand J. Crew seems to talk about women being liberated from traditional roles and now setting their personal course in uncharted territory. I'm guessing the verse with optimistic Gregg is a combination of things. The eastern United States is regularly buffeted by hurricanes. There is irony in saying one has "saved" all this money when they spent it all on half-priced items. The line about politicians looking for a back door makes me wish the line above said they "cover" their asses rather than shake them. . . . The line about the lasses not liking the boys anymore points to a repeated disenchantment women had with men from the 80s on. "Hanging" with the lasses conjures an image of a bar (Coyote Ugly, maybe?), which, tied into the references of martini glasses and blackstrap molasses, pretty much says the state of the world, both personal and in general, can drive on to drink. |
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| Blondie – Just Go Away Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think the meaning of the song is plain, but there are three lyrics that puzzle me. What does Deborah Harry mean by "Don't go pre-fab"? "Pre-fab" usually refers to a house or a novel that's pre-assembled, but I never heard it used of a person before. What does she mean by "a mad hatter's beret"? The Mad Hatter doesn't wear a beret; he wears an extra tall top hat with a large brim. And why is "cool" described as "Medicaid cool"? Medicaid is an entitlement for the retired and disabled. Everything else is clearly about a woman telling a man that it's over and she doesn't want any drama about it. | |
| The Beatles – Baby You're a Rich Man Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Dawgsnkats, that's the very lyric I'm curious about. Now, if planetearth is correct, and say John wrote the wonderful lyrics while Paul wrote the chorus, I'm afraid that explains it. But hopefully, there's some explanation of "you keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo" that doesn't require the assistance of illegal substances to understand. It's the only part of the song I don't like because it doesn't fit in with the rest of what otherwise is a wonderful song. | |
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