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Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta Lyrics	15 years ago
The first line is a reference to The Connells' song Scotty's Lament.

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Ben Folds Five – Alice Childress Lyrics	15 years ago
just to clear this up-- 1st wife--Anna Goodman 2nd wife--Kate Rosen 3rd wife--Frally Hynes (spelling?) 4th wife--Fleur Folds

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XTC – Funk Pop a Roll Lyrics	15 years ago
Wow, no comments. I thought there'd at least be one about the "bye, bye" at the end of the song--apparently Andy thought that Mummer would be their last record so he said "bye, bye."

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Mandy Moore – Everblue Lyrics	15 years ago
It's a sort of a response song to Ryan Adams' song "Evergreen."

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The Silver Jews – We Are Real Lyrics	15 years ago
"all my favorite singers couldn't sing"--I quote this whenever someone tells me how fantastic acapella is... Dylan, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, etc.

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Pixies – Gigantic Lyrics	15 years ago
I love Kim's voice.

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Big Star – Kizza Me Lyrics	15 years ago
Lesa=Alex Chilton's then girlfriend, and one of the sisters (as in "Sister Lovers").

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Elvis Costello – I Want You Lyrics	16 years ago
The end of his relationship with Bebe Buell.

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Fountains of Wayne – Barbara H. Lyrics	16 years ago
Yes, it's about Chris Collingwood's wife.

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XTC – River Of Orchids Lyrics	16 years ago
It's amazing. It's Andy.

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XTC – Chalkhills And Children Lyrics	16 years ago
Ermine Street is in Swindon.

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XTC – 1000 Umbrellas Lyrics	16 years ago
I'm guessing another song about Erica...

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XTC – Then She Appeared Lyrics	16 years ago
It's about Andy Partridge's first wife, Marianne.

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Elliott Smith – Say Yes Lyrics	16 years ago
Um, yeah, isn't this song about Joanna Bolme? She was the gf he'd just ended a relationship with...

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Ryan Adams – Hey Parker, It's Christmas Lyrics	16 years ago
For Parker Posey, when they were together.

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Foo Fighters – Everlong Lyrics	16 years ago
Exactly. He wrote several songs about Louise and she him.

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Foo Fighters – Resolve Lyrics	16 years ago
I'm shocked that no one has brought up his break-up with Louise Post. It's pretty clear when you listen to their respective material that the song is about her. Her/Veruca Salt's first album post-relationship was called "Resolver", and a lot of the songs on it are about Dave Grohl.

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