Anyway, I didn't intend to come to this page to rant. lol. I just HAD to post my last post, after seeing so many oblivious people thiniking "it means drugs".
My main intention when I came to this song's page was that I thought I might be able to add a little clarification, and explain a line, that perhaps many people wouldn't get the reference to. My favorite line in the whole tune, too. lol
"From the Wetlands all the way to the Apollo
If you broke she's spittin'
If you're rich she might swallow"
Anyway, for anyone who isn't familiar with New York City (where I'm born and raised and lived all my life), I thought that maybe there would be people out there who wouldn't get that very clever NYC reference. The Apollo, I'm sure everyone knows, since it had the famous show "Showtime at the Apollo". It is a very famous theater for musicians and comedians, here in NYC. It's in Harlem, which is WAY uptown in the north part of Manhattan, on 125th street. The Wetlands is also a famous music club in NYC, which sadly closed a few years ago. The Wetlands was on Hudson Street, WAY downtown in the south part of Manhattan.
So basiclly, he's using the two clubs to say that she sells her goods ALL over Manhattan. Everywhere. She really gets around. You can't really get any other two famous clubs that are any farther away from each other, to use as points of reference. It would be like saying "from New York all the way to Los Angeles", to mean "all over the country".
Anyway, I hope that helped, if there are any non-NYCers out there who love this tune but always wondered "What's that line mean? What is/are the Wetlands, and what do they have to do with the Apollo?".
Anyway, I didn't intend to come to this page to rant. lol. I just HAD to post my last post, after seeing so many oblivious people thiniking "it means drugs".
My main intention when I came to this song's page was that I thought I might be able to add a little clarification, and explain a line, that perhaps many people wouldn't get the reference to. My favorite line in the whole tune, too. lol
"From the Wetlands all the way to the Apollo If you broke she's spittin' If you're rich she might swallow"
Anyway, for anyone who isn't familiar with New York City (where I'm born and raised and lived all my life), I thought that maybe there would be people out there who wouldn't get that very clever NYC reference. The Apollo, I'm sure everyone knows, since it had the famous show "Showtime at the Apollo". It is a very famous theater for musicians and comedians, here in NYC. It's in Harlem, which is WAY uptown in the north part of Manhattan, on 125th street. The Wetlands is also a famous music club in NYC, which sadly closed a few years ago. The Wetlands was on Hudson Street, WAY downtown in the south part of Manhattan.
The link below explains a little about The Wetlands... http://www.nyrock.com/worldbeat/07_2001/073001b.asp
So basiclly, he's using the two clubs to say that she sells her goods ALL over Manhattan. Everywhere. She really gets around. You can't really get any other two famous clubs that are any farther away from each other, to use as points of reference. It would be like saying "from New York all the way to Los Angeles", to mean "all over the country".
Anyway, I hope that helped, if there are any non-NYCers out there who love this tune but always wondered "What's that line mean? What is/are the Wetlands, and what do they have to do with the Apollo?".
:)