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| The Mountain Goats – Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Per John: “When Amy Winehouse died, I wrote the first ‘Spent Gladiator’. That’s what people don’t say when drug addicts die–that they are mentally ill, that it is a disease. I felt really sad and I thought about all the other Amy Winehouses in the world who aren’t famous, whose deaths go uncelebrated. Then I was sort of off to the races thinking–writing about people who were suffering with various psychic ills.” |
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| The Mountain Goats – Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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In a post at the tMG message board, John emphatically denied that this was about a rape and, while acknowledging that songs are up to interpretation, sort of strongly implied that he didn't really want people even thinking that it was. I admit I had that interpretation at first as well. |
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| The Mountain Goats – Harlem Roulette Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Per a performance on pitchforktv, this inspired in part by Frankie Lymon and John's obsession with lives that are ruined by childhood fame (see also his multiple songs about Dana Plato). Lymon was drafted at the peak of his fame and when he got out of the service, his voice had changed. In 1968 he had been taken in by a small Harlem label called Roulette and "Seabreeze" was one of the last songs he recorded. He celebrated the successful session by using heroin and overdosed. |
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| The Mountain Goats – Jenny Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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According to Wikipedia, this song is part of the Alpha series. That's interesting and plausible, but does anyone have anything to actually confirm that? |
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