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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Troubles A Foot[/i] [br]I was thinking about a few things recently. This is all just an interpretation and I have no inside knowledge of Charles's dreams and desires or issues or anything. I'm also not sure if this has been talked about here. I was listening to The Golem a lot last week and it sort of hit me...Frank is the Golem. That's why he did this project. Perhaps subconsciously. I think The Golem story/character is capturing his feelings on being resurrected to perform Pixies reunions (and at the time no new material allowed.) A big chunk of rock, brought to life by the powers that be. I'll be your servant... I think the reference to Pixies lyrics in You're Gonna Pay furthers this idea, and there's little tidbits in the lyrics of the album that jumped out at me. Now of course a lot of lyrics feel disconnected from this idea to too, I'm not saying it is all 100% exactly this, but I think elements of this were rattling around in Frank's head. Pixies reunion, Kim Deal, wanting to play new songs, feeling like you don't have autonomy, your solo career not appreciated or financially rewarding enough, etc, etc. My coat is long and black Like dreams collapsed with Things I want but can't get back I ain't got jack And all of this for nothing After all my huffing and puffing I'm back and forth And back and forth, To prove that I am not bluffing ---- (back and forth, pixies --> solo --> pixies --> etc) ----- Till I saw my star of doom Now I got no choice Well, we almost got to Rithma But it was too far down the line So I'm stepping into darkness On the other side of time It's no good stuck in the ghetto Laying around in bed Lest I forget about those twinkles Twinkling above my head ------ "Other side of time" is an evocative phrase, but in this context, it must feel like being in the Pixies again is like time traveling backwards. It's no good stuck in the ghetto, he's gotta put food on the table. Lest he forgets all those fans and etc, etc. Now I got no choice. Having no choice + Black Francis reanimated from the dead, Charles = Golem. We frightened all the people And we freaked 'em all at court ---- Reactions to the early scary Pixies music. "We" being the band. Any song You can sing along In your youth, in your youth ----- The other thought I was having was elements of Bluefinger being similar. It hit me the other day that She Took All The Money could be about Kim Deal. This was around the time (if I'm not mistaken) that Frank was trying to get new Pixies songs going and Kim said no, leading to him changing his name back to Black Francis and releasing Bluefinger. She Took All The Money may have ties to Herman Brood, who the entire concept album is about, but I also think there's his issues with Deal and her jumping on the reunion thing but not wanting to commit to new material or basically being an active band and not just a circus act. Shama-lama-ding-dang, oh me, oh my She took all the money and left me here to cry On my way to Hamburg and we had a little booze Now I'm stuck in Dresden with the solitary blues --- The shama-lama-ding-dang evokes singing and pop music. Solitary blues being a wordplay referencing his solo career. This album was not a Pixies album but a solo Black Francis album. (I'm aware Brood was also a rock star, I think he's connecting himself and Brood and all these things as metaphors for each other.) I had my habits, I cannot lie But I don't want to go through this again --- He's gone through the Pixies and the end of the Pixies and acrimony with Deal already. Here we go again. On my way to Central Station, there my train departs Why she'd have to go and break our hearts? --- This was the big clue for me. "Our hearts." Our being plural. The whole band? The fans? Shama-lama-ding-dang, oh me, oh my She took all the money and left me here to die ---- "No Kim, no deal." [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.