Ice is crystal methamphetamine, which rose to popularity in the 80s. Members Only is a brand of jacket, which during the 80s showed you were chic. Saying Uncle Larry was stuck in the 80s is an understatement.
White people (and rich people for that matter) are stereotyped as not being able to dance, as much dance music is based on emphasizing beats two and four.
When I hear the name "Mary Ellen", I think of the 70s hit TV series "The Waltons". Mary Ellen was the rebellious tomboy who grew up to be a doctor. If this line is about that Mary Ellen, I'm scratching my head, because she was never the housewife or the trophy wife. She was always her own person. So, her hairdo never rose, per se.
But in any case, the lines about empty kitchens, hairdos rising and falling and her studying the ancient religion of kaballah in a popular clothing brand J. Crew seems to talk about women being liberated from traditional roles and now setting their personal course in uncharted territory.
I'm guessing the verse with optimistic Gregg is a combination of things. The eastern United States is regularly buffeted by hurricanes. There is irony in saying one has "saved" all this money when they spent it all on half-priced items.
The line about politicians looking for a back door makes me wish the line above said they "cover" their asses rather than shake them. . . . The line about the lasses not liking the boys anymore points to a repeated disenchantment women had with men from the 80s on.
"Hanging" with the lasses conjures an image of a bar (Coyote Ugly, maybe?), which, tied into the references of martini glasses and blackstrap molasses, pretty much says the state of the world, both personal and in general, can drive on to drink.
Ice is crystal methamphetamine, which rose to popularity in the 80s. Members Only is a brand of jacket, which during the 80s showed you were chic. Saying Uncle Larry was stuck in the 80s is an understatement.
White people (and rich people for that matter) are stereotyped as not being able to dance, as much dance music is based on emphasizing beats two and four.
When I hear the name "Mary Ellen", I think of the 70s hit TV series "The Waltons". Mary Ellen was the rebellious tomboy who grew up to be a doctor. If this line is about that Mary Ellen, I'm scratching my head, because she was never the housewife or the trophy wife. She was always her own person. So, her hairdo never rose, per se.
But in any case, the lines about empty kitchens, hairdos rising and falling and her studying the ancient religion of kaballah in a popular clothing brand J. Crew seems to talk about women being liberated from traditional roles and now setting their personal course in uncharted territory.
I'm guessing the verse with optimistic Gregg is a combination of things. The eastern United States is regularly buffeted by hurricanes. There is irony in saying one has "saved" all this money when they spent it all on half-priced items.
The line about politicians looking for a back door makes me wish the line above said they "cover" their asses rather than shake them. . . . The line about the lasses not liking the boys anymore points to a repeated disenchantment women had with men from the 80s on.
"Hanging" with the lasses conjures an image of a bar (Coyote Ugly, maybe?), which, tied into the references of martini glasses and blackstrap molasses, pretty much says the state of the world, both personal and in general, can drive on to drink.