| The Andrews Sisters – The Lady from 29 Palms Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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"The lady from 29 Palms" is a totally non-sensible song. When this song first came out, 29 Palms was a military based in the Southern California desert used to train Navy glider units and to train tank units during world war II. The woman in the song supposedly had romantic relations with 29 "fellas" from this base. Most assuredly these were young enlisted men training for war. That these were 29 fellas complainin' to their moms, implies they were immature young men. The main points of the song: She got 29 Cadillacs - enlisted men training for war couldn't afford to buy an expensive car. She got 29 sables from Sach's - not economically feasible. She's got 29 diamond rings without any strings - again, not economically feasible. She got these gifts from 29 men who never had their arms around her (thus the line, "She's never giving, but how she takes"), so why would they buy her anything? She left twenty-nine broken hearts, well, they were young lonely men who were going off to war. Catchy tune, but totally unbelievable. Why was this non-sense so popular? |
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