5 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Joining a Fan Club Lyrics
She turned the nightlight on a blew him a kiss.
He stared back through is green crayola eyes.
She traced his likeness from off the back of a disc.
Next to the boxtop promise of the biggest prize.
Joining a fan club with my friends.
Filling our bathtubs with tee shirts and 8 x 10's.
He looks so dreamy,
I'm in love from afar.
When I'm picking up a fallen star.
Downstairs the late show's blasting 'age of the rock'.
The greedy monks playin' last Sunday at the milky way.
Mom's writing checks to the minister in the corner singing 'dig
down deep'.
'Cause if you wanna go to heaven all you gotta so is pay to pray.
Joining a fan club with my pen.
Filling my bathtub with Holy water and amens.
He looks so dreamy,
I'm in love from afar.
When I'm picking up a fallen star.
Shake that woody.
Shake it for me St. Pinocchio.
You've paid your money, now watch that money grow.
Joining a fan club, best be warned.
He turns me on when he wears that lampshade corwn of thorns.
We'd be so dreamy,
Sharing his black caviar.
While I'm picking up a fallen star.
Joining a fan club is a big mistake.
I still get heartburn when I think about all of the stamps I ate.
I wished I'd loved him,
Before fate crashed his car.
Say a prayer for the fallen star.
He stared back through is green crayola eyes.
She traced his likeness from off the back of a disc.
Next to the boxtop promise of the biggest prize.
Joining a fan club with my friends.
Filling our bathtubs with tee shirts and 8 x 10's.
He looks so dreamy,
I'm in love from afar.
When I'm picking up a fallen star.
Downstairs the late show's blasting 'age of the rock'.
The greedy monks playin' last Sunday at the milky way.
Mom's writing checks to the minister in the corner singing 'dig
down deep'.
'Cause if you wanna go to heaven all you gotta so is pay to pray.
Filling my bathtub with Holy water and amens.
He looks so dreamy,
I'm in love from afar.
When I'm picking up a fallen star.
Shake that woody.
Shake it for me St. Pinocchio.
You've paid your money, now watch that money grow.
Joining a fan club, best be warned.
He turns me on when he wears that lampshade corwn of thorns.
We'd be so dreamy,
Sharing his black caviar.
While I'm picking up a fallen star.
Joining a fan club is a big mistake.
I still get heartburn when I think about all of the stamps I ate.
Before fate crashed his car.
Say a prayer for the fallen star.
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
This song is about the commercialization of religion, how televangelists and other charismatic religious "leaders" build cults of personality around themselves only to turn around and exploit their naive followers.
Musically, the song is Jellyfish's most Queen-like, which is awesome.
Kind of odd that out of all of their songs, this was the one the Puffy AmiYumi covered though.
Yes this is correct.
Yes this is correct.
@theotherjoey I also think of the lyrics this way. I like thinking that the "fan club" is a reference to particularly following one of these cults, worshiping the leader over other religious figures. I find the "shake that woody, St. Pinocchio" to be one of the most interesting lines in the whole song. Woody could be a reference to the cross in christianity. While Pinocchio could mean two things, either the lies that are told in the cults/religion in general, or you could think of it as someone being controlling, since Pinocchio was a puppet (who was made of wood,...
@theotherjoey I also think of the lyrics this way. I like thinking that the "fan club" is a reference to particularly following one of these cults, worshiping the leader over other religious figures. I find the "shake that woody, St. Pinocchio" to be one of the most interesting lines in the whole song. Woody could be a reference to the cross in christianity. While Pinocchio could mean two things, either the lies that are told in the cults/religion in general, or you could think of it as someone being controlling, since Pinocchio was a puppet (who was made of wood, perhaps thats why the word woody is used.). I guess it could mean that someone is pulling all the strings, manipulating the people who let themselves be tied to the puppeteer. Pretty deep.
"The greedy monks playing last Sunday at the milky way" could be a reference to the religious meetings christians have each Sunday. I am not sure about the milky way part, but I can imagine greedy monks being the religious leaders speaking, since they are greedy for money and religious.
Lampshade crown of thorns is also very interesting in my opinion. Jesus wore a so called crown of thorns, and the lampshade could be a cheap replacement for it. In the same way that religious cults are imposters of the actual religions.
The part of the song that Im wondering about though is when Andy sings "Im in love from a far, say a prayer for a fallen star". I can not really find any deeper meaning here.
I really think the lyrics of joining a fan club is underrated. It gives me chills every time I hear it. Also, I know that this is a very late response, but I hope that you read this :)!
this is about really worshiping a rockstar but it is parralled with the ideaology of the church. my fave of all jellyfish lines is Andy singing "shake that woody" which of course is a parallel to the cross and the pinocchio is the lies of the church "give us your money and watch your wealth expand...." have you seen the video, it is one of the earliest of jelly and it is on u tube.
does anyone know if this song is directed at a particular star?
i feel like it represents that feeling of mysticism and power one feel when you get obseesed with a supertar enigma. the irony is that thugh you might feel your support is incredibly powerful, it really doesnt mean a thing
@salada regarding it being a particular star -- the song's glam rock feel and the mention of a crash make me think of Marc Bolan, who died young and was somewhat idolized. (I don't think the song's about him, just that you're supposed to picture a kid idolizing someone similar while their mom gets taken in by a televangelist)
@salada regarding it being a particular star -- the song's glam rock feel and the mention of a crash make me think of Marc Bolan, who died young and was somewhat idolized. (I don't think the song's about him, just that you're supposed to picture a kid idolizing someone similar while their mom gets taken in by a televangelist)
I was wondering if it might be Marc Bolan - he was worshiped by a generation and died in a car crash...
"you've paid your money, now watch that money grow" sounds like a reference to the prosperity gospel -- i.e. the idea that if you donate to the church, God will reward you for it financially