On the words "Raw Sugar" - In the song "On the Sly" in this same album, Haines sings about selling out and how she tries to resist the urge of selling out. During the song, she sings, "The dirty sugar factory on the water/Should smell sweet." As "On the Sly" is about selling out and how mass-produced, formulaic music is trash, I interpret the dirty music factory to be the equivalent of the popular music industry/popular labels. Go look up the interpretations of "On the Sly" for more details.
Seeing as this song mentions the words "On the sly," I figured that the mention of raw sugar has to do with that song. Raw sugar is unprocessed sugar - as in, unprocessed by a "dirty sugar factory." Haines wanted to be raw sugar - untainted by the effects and pressures of popularity and music labels. Remember that when this song was written, Haines hadn't even been signed by a label. This interpretation sort of ties into the rest of the chorus.
Finally, look at where this song pops up on the album.
On the Sly - on selling out in the music industry
Soft Rock Star - on not using sex appeal to sell your music
Raw Sugar - ?? if my interpretation is correct, it follows the trend of songs about the music industry, labels, etc
White Gold - on fame, recognition
there is also somewhat of a mini-trend about cocaine. Raw Sugar and White Gold are both slang terms for cocaine.
Anyway, this song isn't nearly as satisfactorily decoded as the others on this album. Help, anyone?
On the words "Raw Sugar" - In the song "On the Sly" in this same album, Haines sings about selling out and how she tries to resist the urge of selling out. During the song, she sings, "The dirty sugar factory on the water/Should smell sweet." As "On the Sly" is about selling out and how mass-produced, formulaic music is trash, I interpret the dirty music factory to be the equivalent of the popular music industry/popular labels. Go look up the interpretations of "On the Sly" for more details.
Seeing as this song mentions the words "On the sly," I figured that the mention of raw sugar has to do with that song. Raw sugar is unprocessed sugar - as in, unprocessed by a "dirty sugar factory." Haines wanted to be raw sugar - untainted by the effects and pressures of popularity and music labels. Remember that when this song was written, Haines hadn't even been signed by a label. This interpretation sort of ties into the rest of the chorus.
Finally, look at where this song pops up on the album.
On the Sly - on selling out in the music industry Soft Rock Star - on not using sex appeal to sell your music Raw Sugar - ?? if my interpretation is correct, it follows the trend of songs about the music industry, labels, etc White Gold - on fame, recognition
there is also somewhat of a mini-trend about cocaine. Raw Sugar and White Gold are both slang terms for cocaine.
Anyway, this song isn't nearly as satisfactorily decoded as the others on this album. Help, anyone?