In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Our band could be your life
Real names'd be proof
Me and Mike Watt, we played for years
Punk rock changed our lives
We learned punk rock in Hollywood
Drove up from Pedro
We were fucking corn dogs
We'd go drink and pogo
Mr. Narrator
This is Bob Dylan to me
My story could be his songs
I'm his soldier child
Our band is scientist rock
But I was E. Bloom and Richard Hell
Joe Strummer, and John Doe
Me and Mike Watt, playing the guitar
Real names'd be proof
Me and Mike Watt, we played for years
Punk rock changed our lives
We learned punk rock in Hollywood
Drove up from Pedro
We were fucking corn dogs
We'd go drink and pogo
Mr. Narrator
This is Bob Dylan to me
My story could be his songs
I'm his soldier child
Our band is scientist rock
But I was E. Bloom and Richard Hell
Joe Strummer, and John Doe
Me and Mike Watt, playing the guitar
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indeed. Great when campfire
san pedros the best place to live ever. such a great chillout song
born and raised in pedro!<br /> <br /> it has to be one of the best places to live, it so diverse its rediculous! ghettos, projects and multi-million dollar homes all in the same city, its crazy!!!!
The first time I heard this, I could not possibly have heard the line "We were fucking corn dogs" any more clearly.
And yet, I immediately asked myself "Did I really hear that correctly?"
So I looked the lyrics up, and indeed my senses and brain were not misleadingly they way they did when I thought Jimi sang " 'Scuze me while I kiss this guy".
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
I'm almost afraid to find out but I have to ask, what does that line mean?
@Spongeworthy from dictionary.com:<br /> corndog, noun<br /> <br /> An eccentric and socially inept person; dweeb, geek (1980s+ Students)<br /> <br /> i think the "fucking" is just there for emphasis, basically he's saying that back then they were losers. fair to say anybody who's not au fait with 80s slang could be misled by that line, lol !