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George42
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USA
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 Posted - 02/05/2004 : 14:30:38
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what in the world is this song about? am i crazy, or does this song not make any sense.
i like the song but would love to know what it is about....if anything. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 14:33:44
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About people only really using a small portion (10%) of their brain, I think.
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 14:41:17
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Yeah, something like that, that humans only use 10% of their brain. It's also about Iggy Pop ("Tryin to be a guy who's hailing from Ann Arbor")...who knows if Iggy was ever a soda jerk, heh.
 "Join the Cult of Brit / And let your oral hygiene go out the window." |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 15:00:00
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I've heard that the "humans only use 10% of their brain" thing is actually inaccurate, but a lot of people cite the flawed statistic anyway.
I'm not saying the song isn't about that statistic, by the way, just that it isn't entirely accurate as a statistic.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
http://vovat.blogspot.com/ |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 16:05:06
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I've always kinda held that it's about some music-business shark.
Someone who is "just another ten percenter" and contributes nothing to the music.
Manipulative, lazy and greedy fraud.
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Or not. I dunno.
*Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. |
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Conrad
- FB Fan -
Iceland
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 18:50:38
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Well, maybe you WOULD know, if you used the other 90% of your brain! <g>
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
http://vovat.blogspot.com/ |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 01:35:36
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I think it's mostly about Frank aspiring to be Iggy.
No man is an island, unless he is in the bath |
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Cartland
- FB Fan -
Iceland
78 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 02:14:55
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interloper
= Cult of Ray =
440 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 05:23:22
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It's got a couple of cute little references, but I don't think it has any real lyrical battle plan at all.
Hand held shower nozzles are the demon enemy of the patriarch and should be destroyed. |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 08:02:37
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I'll bet it refers to the standard royalty rate in most record deals....
The Cult of Frank: Currently freezing our collective @#%*#%@'s off. |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 09:02:58
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it's an iggy inspired song, obviously, yes.
ten percenter refers to the tips that the soda jerk lives on. i dunno if iggy was a soda jerk or not. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 10:00:27
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| I think it's just about Iggy and his crazy ways...perhaps Frank is identifying with his wackiness. Fu Manchu is supposedly a fictional tale about Lennon meeting Bowie in 60's London and telling him he resembles the 'criminal man of virtue', and that he should grow a cool Manchu moustache(occidentally tic-tac!) |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2004 : 15:35:30
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I've always thought that masturbation might play a part in this song's subject matter ("makin' jerk! And it's good!").
The song as a whole may not mean anything. The first few lines seem to go somwhere (clearly referencing the 10% brain usage theory -- 'my mind is like an ocean') and then it just starts to sound like wordplay. A lot of songs don't mean anything.
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