@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
Oh, the boy's a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams
Weren't as daft as they seem, not as daft as they seemed
My love, when you dream them up
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Now when she's told she's gonna get it
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
Clinging 'til I'm getting sentimental
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
Was it a Mecca Dauber or a betting pencil?
Oh, the boy's a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams
Weren't as daft as they seem, not as daft as they seemed
My love, when you dream them up
Oh, Flo, where did you go?
Where did you go? Where did you go? Oh
You're falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
Just sounding it out
But you're not coming back again
You're falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You were just sounding it out
But you're not coming back again
You used to get it in your fishnets (falling about)
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness (you took a left off Last Laugh Lane)
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole (we're sounding it out)
Is everything as pretty as the past though?
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco (but you're not coming back again)
Remember when you used to be a rascal? Oh
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
Oh, the boy's a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams
Weren't as daft as they seem, not as daft as they seemed
My love, when you dream them up
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Now when she's told she's gonna get it
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
Clinging 'til I'm getting sentimental
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
Was it a Mecca Dauber or a betting pencil?
Oh, the boy's a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams
Weren't as daft as they seem, not as daft as they seemed
My love, when you dream them up
Oh, Flo, where did you go?
Where did you go? Where did you go? Oh
You're falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
Just sounding it out
But you're not coming back again
You're falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You were just sounding it out
But you're not coming back again
You used to get it in your fishnets (falling about)
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness (you took a left off Last Laugh Lane)
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole (we're sounding it out)
Is everything as pretty as the past though?
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco (but you're not coming back again)
Remember when you used to be a rascal? Oh
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Anyone else think its about a relationship getting old? And then the woman in the relation ship cheats on the man in order to gain back some excitement in her life. (Love the song by the way and ive analysed the CORRECT lyrics below.)
You used to get it in your fishnets (Which is sexy)
Now you only get it in your night dress (Typical and boring)
Discarded the naughty nights with niceness (Less sex more jsut being nice, perhaps having tea with the neighbours or something shit like that.)
Landed in a very common crisis (This happens to most relationships)
Everything's in order in a black hole (Relationship is comapred to a black hole its in order but its lifeless and dull and sucks everything that ever was into it)
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though (It was better in the past)
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco (Looking for more kicks in life than the same old boring relationship like adding more tabasco to the bloody mary)
Remember when he used to be a rascal? (thats what he used to be like)
Oh that boy's a slag The best you ever had The best you ever had
(This is the woman looking back on the man and waht he used to be like this is apprent because of the last line of the first verse which tells the woman to remember.)
Is just a memory and those dreams Not as daft as they seem Not as daft as they seem My love when you dream them up...
(What he used to be like is just a memory and she dreams that he'll be the same again there not that daft but shes just making them up.)
Flicking through a little book of sex tips (Trying to spice things up)
Remember when the boys were all electric? (When she used to get all the boys)
Now when she tells she's gonna get it (she thinks hses going to get sex)
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget i (sarcastic comment by the narrator she dosent want to forget it she wants to live it)
Clinging to not getting sentimental (she dosent want to cling on for someone, settle down, she wants to relive the hayday when she was a 'fluroscent adolescent'.)
Said she wasn't going but she went still (Perhaps she goes to cheat on her fella?)
Likes her gentlemen to not be gentle (Everything in this relationship is just too comfy she wants excitement)
Was it a megadobber or a betting pencil? (Ha don't know what this is about. But the first thing i thought of was that it was some sort of sex game or something and i dont know here the megadobebr or the betting pencil are going. Maybe shes comparing the size of her partners dick to this new fellas. No idea)
Falling about (Shes drunk)
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane (Turns down the road and laughs. She's ahd the last laugh at her boring fella)
You just sounded it out (She just got it all out of her by having a bit of excitment with another guy not leading the boring drab lifestyle)
You're not coming back again. (However she's not doing again... she dosen't need to shes had her fun its back to her normal life.)
Remember when the boys were all electric?<br /> (When she used to get all the boys)<br /> <br /> he's talking about a vibrator.
Was it a megadobber or a betting pencil?<br /> (Ha don't know what this is about. But the first thing i thought of was that it was some sort of sex game or something and i dont know here the megadobebr or the betting pencil are going. Maybe shes comparing the size of her partners dick to this new fellas. No idea)<br /> <br /> mecca daubber or a betting pencil.<br /> <br /> it's a sexual reference to a mans penis. a meccadobber is a marker used to mark spots in bingo.
I definetly think that that whole analysis thing is pretty accurate. You pretty much explained the songs and showed the correct lyrics. nicely done.
well done columbo
mecca dobber = an unwanted erection like when you're staring at a hottie in public<br /> <br /> betting pencil = a marker used in bingo, thicker than the usual marker used for writing.<br /> <br /> ERGO. well, i think it's obvious enough
This was definitely a good explanation. I don't really agree with the boys being electric representing a vibrator at all. It just does not fit the flow of the song. It is one of the lines that are just as is, she used to get excited by all sorts of guys before she settled down. The mecca dauber v. the betting pencil are both used for some form of minor gambling. A mecca dauber is huge compared to a betting pencil. This begs the question "did she settle down for a man with a mecca dauber size penis or a thin little betting pencil?
the "Remember when the boys were all electric?"<br /> <br /> acually works in that as it is suppose to be when she was a virgin useing a vibrator and was excited for sex but now doesn't care about or want to remember the sex she has now.
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it<br /> (She think he's gonna make her do sex but he's saying just forget it, I'm not having sex)
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it<br /> (She think he's gonna make her do sex but he's saying just forget it, I'm not having sex)
I think you're pretty much spot on with everything. Although with the "Remember when the boys were all electric?", I wonder if he's alluding to how as men get older they start losing their sex drive. "Electric" kind of being "electrified" by wanting sex, but as her guy gets older he's not as enthusiastic about it, while she still is. Because I have to agree with strokez; I don't really think that referring to a vibrator really fits...
@amypowers <br /> <br /> Was it a Mecca dobber or a betting pencil?<br /> <br /> Mecca is a change of bingo halls in the UK. The dobber is a large thick pen used to mark the bingo cards. <br /> A betting pencil is a small thin little pencil, think Ikea pencil, used in horse betting shops.<br /> <br /> Referencing penis size
@amypowers <br /> also i maybe didn't see it when reading but there's that part... "when you dreamed them up oh flo, where did you go(×3), o-oh" <br /> im guessing meaning the woman is also dealing with menopause in her older years therefore losing her period. Just a guess. I think that's what he is saying.