I absolutely adore this song. The notes he hits in Liberty Cabbage are other-worldly. The meaning to me is probably quite obvious to anyone who's heard it, he feels completely let down by the US and their outdated laws affecting rights of gays. I love it when he sticks it to the US, after all, they deserve it. "...Trying to kill me with your stars and stripes..." = US laws in general don't protect, support or deliver equality to the gay population and Wainwright I guess feels constantly reminded of this living in the US (as he did then), and through his US friends not having anything like the same rights Canadian's have.
Living so far from the US as I do, I feel the 'trying to kill me with stars and stripes' line relates to the gradual but constant edging out of my own counties identity over the adoption of US influences. Magnificent song.
I absolutely adore this song. The notes he hits in Liberty Cabbage are other-worldly. The meaning to me is probably quite obvious to anyone who's heard it, he feels completely let down by the US and their outdated laws affecting rights of gays. I love it when he sticks it to the US, after all, they deserve it. "...Trying to kill me with your stars and stripes..." = US laws in general don't protect, support or deliver equality to the gay population and Wainwright I guess feels constantly reminded of this living in the US (as he did then), and through his US friends not having anything like the same rights Canadian's have.
Living so far from the US as I do, I feel the 'trying to kill me with stars and stripes' line relates to the gradual but constant edging out of my own counties identity over the adoption of US influences. Magnificent song.