| Paul McCartney – Mrs. Vandebilt Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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My take is that this sums up his experience trying to make an album in Lagos, where the studio was ramshackle and he was at one point robbed by five armed men. Having been to Africa, I can see the attitude of the people summed up quite well. On the one hand, there is nothing wrong with this attitude as you don't worry and life rolls on without the fretting. On the other hand, things don't get done. You live in a tent in the jungle, your electricity hardly works, no one is ever on time because no ones care about what time it is. Macca is left asking, 'what's the use of anything' with this attitude? He certainly wouldn't be the musician he is if he thought like that. In this context Vanderbilt is a reference to the Dutch colonials and slavery. Mrs. Venderbilt is asking the natives to do things, but they don't want to 'I've got plenty of time of my own'. This might be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps then Washington is a reference to the US and its history of slavery, the consequences of this attitude was slavery, and the refrain changes to 'I've done plenty of time'? In summary, I think Macca was just really pissed off with Lagos and his experiences there and was venting in this song :) |
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| Pixies – Debaser Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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An album called Doolittle and the first song is called Debaser. Am I the only one who thinks this might be a dig at Kim Deal? The bassist who do little but debases? |
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