| Steely Dan – Josie Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| I don't think Josie is supposed to be a real woman at all. Think about it: have you ever known or even heard of a young woman -- or man, except maybe Arthur Fonzarelli -- who could have that kind of a hold on a town or neighborhood? A woman who makes even the other women join in the debauched fun "throw down the jam till the girls say when")? Who riles everyone up to the point where they are fighting in the streets? So "Josie" may not be a woman at all. It could be a representation for drugs or rock and roll or who-knows-what. But I think a more likely interpretation is that this is a woman (real or conjured) in one teenage boy's or young man's head, where he has idealized her to the point where he thinks she has this kind of hold on everybody, when in reality it's only on him. | |
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