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| Walter Becker – Junkie Girl Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Not much left open to interpretation here- the white side of her "China curtain" is, of course, death. The thin blue line is her one last hittable sunken vein. She's waving form a distant shore because she's as good as dead. And he refuses to be captain save-a-ho/martyr. I don't know why the right side of her brain hurts. And where is Stanyan Street? Is it fictional? I had the feeling is was in some creepy suburb north of NYC like Poughkeepsie or New Paltz. Lots of young punks on dope 'round there. |
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| Walter Becker – Down in the Bottom Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Add those interpretations together and we probably have a dismally accurate picture of the lyric. However, I never got the feeling that the speaker longs for the company of this missing person. And obviously,in the style of typical junkie cop-out, The speaker blames the missing one for the speaker's addiction- let's see.. I'm guessing heroin. I didn't know about the 'definition' of "bear." It should be added to the hipster dictionary. |
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| Grateful Dead – Bertha Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Mine comes from some possibly erroneous inside information: when I was going to shows in the 70s, many 'family' folk said Bertha was a very enthusiastic but very large fan. Supposedly in the early days she'd get right up front and obscure the acoustics with her generous mass. The story goes that the band loved her and immortalized her in the song though they had to continually ask her to move as to not mess up the sound. |
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| Grateful Dead – Bertha Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Mine comes from some possibly erroneous inside information: when I was going to shows in the 70s, many 'family' folk said Bertha was a very enthusiastic but very large fan. Supposedly in the early days she'd get right up front and obscure the acoustics with her generous mass. The story goes that the band loved her and immortalized her in the song though they had to continually ask her to move as to not mess up the sound. |
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| Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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You could be right but I've often heard 'crossed the diamond with the pearl' used as a euphemism for profound perfection- which apparently is what his LSD-25 was. |
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| Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Jack Straw mentions Owsley was a descendant of Charlemagne. I didn't know that and I don't doubt it. Interesting stuff.
Another tid-bit: Owsley Stanley's father was the governor of Kentucky where Owsley hailed from. I hope he was proud of his son. All issues of moral turpitude aside, he was a brilliant chemist and sound tech. |
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| Steely Dan – Bad Sneakers Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Always loved this tune. If you mix what most of y'all say (especially bramdakota and caucasion) we'll have a pretty good interpretation. Bramdakota has some specific knowledge i'd have never known (Magnolia Blvd in N. Hollywood.) That's why it's worth my while messing with y'all on this site. Most of you're probably right about the issue of being an out of place New Yorker- maybe having to go periodically to a rehab or an outpatient psyche deal. But got to keep in mind what Caucasion brings up: some of this shit is impressionistic; we don't have to connect the dots of Radio City, the Pina Colada, the White Tuxedo and etc. I do believe it is meant to point to someone's frail state of reality. But sometimes, even if the artist had exact references to certain objects, I think they intended for some of the images to affect each listener however they do. |
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