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Isaac posted:Heres a real belly scratcher in my craw. What the hell is Rocket man about? Have you even heard the song? It's pretty self-explanatory.
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gnarlyhotep posted:Have you even heard the song? It's pretty self-explanatory. I dont have a songwriters commentary special edition which you seem to have. Its completely opaque. A nebulous mystery of meaning. Thats to a layman like me.
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Nov 22, 2015 08:04
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Frosty the Snowman is about an abusive, corrupt police officer. Frosty WAS a jolly, happy soul. But those days are long gone. He's a smoker with eyes that will burn holes into you if you're lucky, and if not he'll put that pipe out on your face. People hadn't seen the 'real' Frosty that he'd kept hidden for a while. When some kids stole the hat off some guy on the street and slapped it on Frosty's head, Frosty freaked out and went looking for who assaulted him. He starts beating the first man he imagines would own a silk hat, just really letting him have it. The kids think this is pretty funny. Frosty knew that the 'Sun' (AKA a common name for a newspaper) was looking for a news story and proceeded to get out of the neighborhood. But still wanting to have some 'fun', he goes with a broomstick to 'the village' to beat up people who were helpless to stop a cop. He only came to a stop when confronted by a nameless traffic cop who wanted to know what was going on. He spins a yarn and assists the traffic cop in loading up one of his victims. Before departing himself, as the traffic cop had turned the corner with the injured man, he gave them all a warning and an example... Don't squeal about what I did to anyone, cause I'm coming back and I'll beat the hell out of anyone who talks.
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Isaac posted:I dont have a songwriters commentary special edition which you seem to have. Its completely opaque. A nebulous mystery of meaning. Thats to a layman like me. I guess it's one of those things to which only the intellectual are privy. My apologies.
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Nov 22, 2015 08:23
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gnarlyhotep posted:I guess it's one of those things to which only the intellectual are privy. My apologies. Actually I think that version never got released in Australia. Wait this doesn't change your point, disregard.
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Nov 22, 2015 08:28
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"I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of luck" suspiciously rhymes with cuck
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Nov 22, 2015 08:29
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Grody posted:"I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck I thought buck was gently caress in this bit. I imagining gettjng some flower and goinf for a broncin gently caress
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Nov 22, 2015 08:31
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Isaac posted:Heres a real belly scratcher in my craw. What the hell is Rocket man about? It's about an astronaut, like Neil Armstrong or Michael Collins.
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Nov 22, 2015 08:36
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Do Junior's Farm and Maggie's Farm take place on the same farm?
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Nov 22, 2015 08:38
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Isaac posted:I dont have a songwriters commentary special edition which you seem to have. Its completely opaque. A nebulous mystery of meaning. Thats to a layman like me. Hmm, perhaps you require a dramatic interpretation of it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I&t=53s
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Nov 22, 2015 09:18
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Grody posted:"I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck wasn't he watching some couple dance in the gym sounds like cuck behavior to me 
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Nov 22, 2015 09:28
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the chevy hit the levy op! the chevy hit the loving levy!!
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Nov 22, 2015 09:53
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you know what i dont get? that horse with no name song. he could've given the horse a new name at any time. and it seems really unimportant that he give the horse a name anyway, since he cant even remember his own name, and that seems like it would be priority numero uno
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Nov 22, 2015 09:56
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wiffle ball bat posted:the chevy hit the levy op! the chevy hit the loving levy!! shut up idiot
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dont be mad at me duder, im sorry we got off to a bad start in the gawker thread. let's begin again.
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wiffle ball bat posted:dont be mad at me duder, im sorry we got off to a bad start in the gawker thread. let's begin again. no let's not
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now american pie is generally considered a very bad song, but is it as bad as brown eyed girl? hm. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 22, 2015 09:59
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it's about a dude who's so old and crotchety that he thinks the Beatles and Bob Dylan ruined music it's basically if some 30 year old wrote a song about how Kurt Cobain dying ruined music forever because it caused 9/11
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Nov 22, 2015 19:35
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Isaac posted:Heres a real belly scratcher in my craw. What the hell is Rocket man about? And another thing, the word is “astronaut.” When you run around Cape Canaveral saying “I’m a rocket man!” it’s embarrassing for everyone. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-letter-to-elton-john-from-the-office-of-the-nasa-administrator
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Nov 22, 2015 19:51
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american pie owns you fags (except during the late 90s and early 00s when me and friends would be at karaoke bars and some douche would decide he could sing it)
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Nov 22, 2015 19:54
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American Pie is a real crowdpleaser, you're bound to win a Battle of the Bands if you play it there. P.S. I think "Oven Wrangler" suits you well, gnarly 
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Leroy Dennui posted:P.S. I think "Oven Wrangler" suits you well, gnarly Thanks, I think it fits too, as every time I need to use the oven I have to turn on the gas with a wrench.
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Nov 23, 2015 05:14
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Isaac posted:I thought buck was gently caress in this bit. I imagining gettjng some flower and goinf for a broncin gently caress  Roof Koreans are Best Koreans (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 23, 2015 05:18
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Mr. Popo posted:
someone post that craigslist ad
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Nov 23, 2015 05:20
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etalian posted:someone post that craigslist ad  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 23, 2015 05:22
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It's about suicide and ugly cars. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aInne49-DcM
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Nov 23, 2015 05:24
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american pie by don mclean is ok but its no the joker by the steve miller band
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Nov 23, 2015 05:40
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Isaac posted:I thought buck was gently caress in this bit. I imagining gettjng some flower and goinf for a broncin gently caress Hrm my posting definitely deteriorates a bit in the evening.
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Nov 23, 2015 08:33
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I prefer Madonna's version
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Nov 23, 2015 17:49
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Isaac posted:Heres a real belly scratcher in my craw. What the hell is Rocket man about? I recently learned within the past year Bowie's Space Oddity is about a heroin junkie, so I just naturally assume Rocket Man is too
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RIP Mr La Bamba
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it's marvin. your cousin, marvin bopper!
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Nov 23, 2015 19:46
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Someone post that TFR fanfic about the plane crash that 'killed' Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.
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Nov 23, 2015 19:50
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Mister Speaker posted:Someone post that TFR fanfic about the plane crash that 'killed' Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. 9/11?
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I heard this thing on NPR about how the line is "whiskey IN Rye" as in Rye, NY and there's this whole explanation about how he's from New Rochelle and there was a bar there called The Levee and then later I looked into it on the internet and it turns out it's all a bunch of hooey.
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Nov 23, 2015 20:17
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Perhaps they were drinking whiskey with a Ry-Krisp garnish.
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Nov 23, 2015 20:26
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Like all songs, this is best sung by two severely drunk women in their 20's who know maybe five lines outside of the chorus at your local lovely bar.
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Nov 23, 2015 20:42
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The best version was the Brady Bunch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7peFHjFoblk Back when music was real, man. None of this autotune computer stuff
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Nov 23, 2015 23:09
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Isaac posted:Heres a real belly scratcher in my craw. What the hell is Rocket man about? Being gay, in the particular. Being queer, in the universal.
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'All this science I dont understand It's just my job five days a week' Yes here I am operating this incredibly complicated, expensive, high profile, dangerous flying machine that I know nothing about. Oh look at that 3:30 well see y'all Monday I'm off to hunt for some space whores in the cold vacuum of space.
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