Banging Camp Lyrics
i think the line is "he was breaking bread and giving danks" its an incredible line, fitting with the rest of the roman catholic story. I assume that breaking bread alludes to money (bread), and danks would be marijuana (specifically very good marijuana), so he's a dealer. Its funny because i live in minnesota, so a lot of this stuff i can relate to, especially the stuff about the river. He's talking about the mississippi river, which in st. paul and minnesota is just fucking trashed, and theres parties all along it every night. I definetely have lost a lot of nights down by the riverbanks, which makes me love this album so much more.
I grew up in denial. Now I go to Boston University. Fuck yeah
allofmylove is right. It is "danks" and not "thanks," which I never realized it until s/he pointed it out. It's just further word play illustrating the crucial link of drugs as a possible route to (at least temporary) salvation and redemption.
I absolutely love this song.
This and Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night are my favorites from this album.
I especially like the line about the Black and Tans just cuz where I come from Yuengling is popular and they make a Black and Tan product that's pretty good if yer fiendin' for a half and half and don't have the time or the materials to mix the beers.
It's better and more fun to make yer own though cuz you can keep the layers from mixing and you can use Guinness!
is "when they say great white sharks. they mean the kind in big black cars" a reference to the cocian trade?
I thought the "big black cars" bit was a reference to cops, but that does make more sense
I thought the "big black cars" bit was a reference to cops, but that does make more sense
Loring Park (Penetration Park) has had a history of prostitution. "Great White Sharks" is what people who live near the park call the John's that come to the area looking for a good time. Often times it was wealthy married men coming in from the suburbs date, looking for a "date". It's been a long time since I've hung out in the area but at least during the early to mid 90's it was very common if you were a guy in your 20's walking down a street near Loring Park to be slowly tailed by some expensive car while they tried to figure out if you were for sale. These cars would circle around the park like sharks looking for their victim so people living in the neighborhood started referring to them as such.
Killer Whales - Loring Park also sadly has been the scene of a number of hate crimes towards homosexuals including some beating deaths.