I'm surprised that this lyric is often butchered, especially since nonsense words ("We do our goo goo koos") are usually cited in place of something that makes much more sense: "I'm forevermore fighting with Steven; We do argue beaucoups" (meaning "a lot," as in Ringo Starr's lp title, Beaucoups of Blues). The "Steven" reference is interetsting: is it "Steven" or "Stephens" as in Jody, the band's drummer?
"Busted across the bridge" is probably a reference to scoring drugs(?)in Arkansas, which is across the Mississippi River from Memphis, where the band (and whomever the song was about) was based.
Is the "She's got a magic wand" as blatant a reference as I think -- she's going to play with herself -- or is it meant to be a hypodermic syringe?
i doubt it's he's talking about a vibrator; remember that these songs were written in the early 70s in the deep south. and women owning sex toys wasn't exactly common or talked about.
i doubt it's he's talking about a vibrator; remember that these songs were written in the early 70s in the deep south. and women owning sex toys wasn't exactly common or talked about.
a lot of people read tons of drug stuff into big star lyrics, and i know chris bell had a brief but rather severe heroin habit- was chilton a druggie too ?
a lot of people read tons of drug stuff into big star lyrics, and i know chris bell had a brief but rather severe heroin habit- was chilton a druggie too ?
I'm surprised that this lyric is often butchered, especially since nonsense words ("We do our goo goo koos") are usually cited in place of something that makes much more sense: "I'm forevermore fighting with Steven; We do argue beaucoups" (meaning "a lot," as in Ringo Starr's lp title, Beaucoups of Blues). The "Steven" reference is interetsting: is it "Steven" or "Stephens" as in Jody, the band's drummer?
"Busted across the bridge" is probably a reference to scoring drugs(?)in Arkansas, which is across the Mississippi River from Memphis, where the band (and whomever the song was about) was based.
Is the "She's got a magic wand" as blatant a reference as I think -- she's going to play with herself -- or is it meant to be a hypodermic syringe?
i doubt it's he's talking about a vibrator; remember that these songs were written in the early 70s in the deep south. and women owning sex toys wasn't exactly common or talked about.
i doubt it's he's talking about a vibrator; remember that these songs were written in the early 70s in the deep south. and women owning sex toys wasn't exactly common or talked about.
a lot of people read tons of drug stuff into big star lyrics, and i know chris bell had a brief but rather severe heroin habit- was chilton a druggie too ?
a lot of people read tons of drug stuff into big star lyrics, and i know chris bell had a brief but rather severe heroin habit- was chilton a druggie too ?