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| The Beatles – Lovely Rita Lyrics
| 2 years ago
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@[GrungyBeatle:47964] But, hmm, as a second thought, I think it's actually just about someone who keeps getting parking tickets so they try to cozy up to the meter maid so that she will look the other way. That's why at the end, there's the line "give us a wink"-- because now that they are on friendly terms, she'll let them park however long they want. |
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| The Beatles – Lovely Rita Lyrics
| 2 years ago
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@[GrungyBeatle:47935] I agree that this song is probably about lesbians. During a press conference in 1966, they were falsely accused of writing "songs about prostitutes and lesbians," so I guess this is their answer to that. |
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| The Beatles – She Said She Said Lyrics
| 2 years ago
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@[jslatz:47215] This must be the correct meaning. It seems like the journalist knows personal info that he doesn't want the public to know. She tries to get information out of him by trying to sympathise with his boyhood experiences: "I know what it's like to be dead, I know what it's like to be sad." But he refuses to give away anything, so he says that everything was fine when he was young. He wants to leave it at that and end the interview. |
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| Bob Dylan – Jokerman Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I think this is either about Moses or King David. Michelangelo made sculptures of both. |
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| Joy Division – Wilderness Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[Xeans:39306] I think the line refers, rather, to the Romans who gambled for the garments ("skins") of Jesus. |
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| Joy Division – Wilderness Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[Xeans:39305] I think the line refers, rather, to the Romans who gambled for the garments ("skins") of Jesus. |
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| Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I think this is about a form of resistance or "terrorism" as Cohen himself appears to have stated, through culture rather than physical violence.
I see a link with David Bowie's "Station to Station":
"...Here are we, one magical movement from Kether to Malkuth
There are you, drive like a demon from station to station..." |
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| Bob Dylan – False Prophet Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I think "Miss Pearl" is indeed a reference to Janis Joplin. They both shared a manager, Albert Grossman, in the '60s, and her final album was titled Pearl. Also, in the song, there is the line, "I'll marry you to a ball and chain," and "Ball and Chain" happens to be the title of a Janis Joplin song. I don't know who "Mary Lou" is. Maybe Lou Reed? They did hang out together and expressed mutual admiration for each other. |
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| Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[streetglidetom:38260] I think it could be. I came across an article in The Guardian about a singer named Dana Gillespie who became friends with David Bowie in 1964 while he was performing as David Jones. She met Bob Dylan in April 1965 and accompanied him on his English tour that year. Apparently, she was a close friend of Bowie's, who later produced some of her work, so it is possible that she introduced the two of them in 1965. |
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| Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[Anonymousse:38259] Bah, it still doesn't work properly. If you want to see the article, just click the link I gave and remove the superfluous "http://" at the very beginning of the address in the address bar. It seems that this website automatically adds "http://" to links in comments. |
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| Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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@[Anonymousse:38258] Sorry, the link in the original comment is faulty. Here it is again: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/12/bowie-bed-hopping-and-the-blues-the-wild-times-of-dana-gillespie
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| Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I came across the following Guardian article about a singer named Dana Gillepsie who became friends with David Bowie in 1964 and who met Bob Dylan in 1965 and accompanied him on his English tour:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/12/bowie-bed-hopping-and-the-blues-the-wild-times-of-dana-gillespie
Suddenly, the idea that "Mr. Jones" might in fact be David Bowie doesn't seem so far-fetched. She could have introduced them to each other in 1965. |
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