Wow, what a great track. Everyone knows Big Star were very influential on alternative rock to come later on, but this one in particular sounds like so much like alt-rock of the '80s and '90s that it's scary.
As for meaning, this is a somewhat cryptic song, but not too hard to figure out. Alex is having problems with his girl, and is going to go out to a bar, score some drugs, get in a fight, and maybe hook up with a whore to make him feel better.
A particularly oblique lyrical reference is "Christ, nullify my life." In The Velvet Underground's "Heroin," Lou sang "I have made a very big decision/I'm gonna try to nullify my life." I can take it to mean here in "Daisy Glaze" that Alex is using "nullify my life" as short-hand for getting high on smack.
It's a beautiful track musically, with some amazing changes in tempo and mood. And there's just no better put-down than "you're gonna die...you're gonna decease!"
I love nearly all Big Star songs with all my heart, but this just may be my favorite.
Completely agree. You're take on the "nullify my life" line is a good one. Alex Chilton was clearly into the VU, since he covered "Femme Fatale" on Big Star's third album.
Completely agree. You're take on the "nullify my life" line is a good one. Alex Chilton was clearly into the VU, since he covered "Femme Fatale" on Big Star's third album.
I don't think the "whore" he mentions is someone he wants to hook up with. It's his aforementioned girlfriend, and he calls her a whore as an insult. In the next line, he says she'll "soon be beggin drags," meaning without him she's nothing and soon won't even have enough money to buy her own cigarettes.
I don't think the "whore" he mentions is someone he wants to hook up with. It's his aforementioned girlfriend, and he calls her a whore as an insult. In the next line, he says she'll "soon be beggin drags," meaning without him she's nothing and soon won't even have enough money to buy her own cigarettes.
Wow, what a great track. Everyone knows Big Star were very influential on alternative rock to come later on, but this one in particular sounds like so much like alt-rock of the '80s and '90s that it's scary.
As for meaning, this is a somewhat cryptic song, but not too hard to figure out. Alex is having problems with his girl, and is going to go out to a bar, score some drugs, get in a fight, and maybe hook up with a whore to make him feel better.
A particularly oblique lyrical reference is "Christ, nullify my life." In The Velvet Underground's "Heroin," Lou sang "I have made a very big decision/I'm gonna try to nullify my life." I can take it to mean here in "Daisy Glaze" that Alex is using "nullify my life" as short-hand for getting high on smack.
It's a beautiful track musically, with some amazing changes in tempo and mood. And there's just no better put-down than "you're gonna die...you're gonna decease!"
I love nearly all Big Star songs with all my heart, but this just may be my favorite.
Completely agree. You're take on the "nullify my life" line is a good one. Alex Chilton was clearly into the VU, since he covered "Femme Fatale" on Big Star's third album.
Completely agree. You're take on the "nullify my life" line is a good one. Alex Chilton was clearly into the VU, since he covered "Femme Fatale" on Big Star's third album.
I don't think the "whore" he mentions is someone he wants to hook up with. It's his aforementioned girlfriend, and he calls her a whore as an insult. In the next line, he says she'll "soon be beggin drags," meaning without him she's nothing and soon won't even have enough money to buy her own cigarettes.
I don't think the "whore" he mentions is someone he wants to hook up with. It's his aforementioned girlfriend, and he calls her a whore as an insult. In the next line, he says she'll "soon be beggin drags," meaning without him she's nothing and soon won't even have enough money to buy her own cigarettes.