I feel like there is definitely a connection between Stupidity Tries and Georgia, Georgia. The fact that he mentions "savannah shoulder" in each is very profound. If we take Georgia, Georgia's "savannah shoulder" clause as a reference to a woman he knew who killed herself by driving off the road, we can better understand his reference in this song. also, "savanna" is a type of liquor, and "shoulder" is a synonym for any hard liquor in britain. coupling that with the fact that he mentions that her "veins [were] all full of beer" in georgia, georgia...it's still hard to know what he's doing with it in this song.
my best guess is that he's saying that his experience that came from knowing this woman who committed suicide contributed in some way to his writing. thus, in a way, this event which has caused him to write great music has the record executives "raising a cheer" ("found some privateer to sail across the sea of trash", as someone mentioned, can be taken to mean that the record label picked him up to give a false image of great music to a shitty corporate label), even though he knows that their bullshit is just "coloring the sky with ash".
that's all i've got. "savannah shoulder" has always haunted me because i could never figure it out. so that's my take on it.
I feel like there is definitely a connection between Stupidity Tries and Georgia, Georgia. The fact that he mentions "savannah shoulder" in each is very profound. If we take Georgia, Georgia's "savannah shoulder" clause as a reference to a woman he knew who killed herself by driving off the road, we can better understand his reference in this song. also, "savanna" is a type of liquor, and "shoulder" is a synonym for any hard liquor in britain. coupling that with the fact that he mentions that her "veins [were] all full of beer" in georgia, georgia...it's still hard to know what he's doing with it in this song.