| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Mac E. Doobage
= Cult of Ray =
503 Posts |
 Posted - 04/24/2006 : 17:58:09
|
| Can someone (possibibly Franki B) shed some light on the meaning of this song and/or who Adda Lee is? Thanks. |
|
|
Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 18:15:13
|
Check out the discopedia.... here's what it had to say....
It didn't have any quotes as to the meaning though.
Available on:
Frank Black [Album - March 9, 1993]
Live Thursday June 24, 1993 10PM Eastern [Promo - June 24, 1993]
Guitar Tab: http://www.frankblack.net/tabs/song.asp?song=fb-addalee
Lyrics:
I'm a wishbone
And I'm breaking
Yeah, I'm wishing for Adda Lee
And the lake sings
And the dogs don't
They are quiet for Adda Lee
Adda Lee
I`m sorry and I miss you
And away, I went away
Cause I wished I was away
I wished I was away
A wishing well, of well wishing
And Adda waves away
Adda waves away
Heroine of the stars
I don't know where I am
But I know who you are
Adda Lee
Whaaaa-oh
Adda Lee
And she whispered
And she left me a man
For the world
Oh Adda Lee (x3)
|
 |
|
|
floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 18:17:57
|
i remember readin' an interview (circa Yellow album) in some British magazine where he said it was about a "relative that died". and when pressed with more questions about it he got upset and wanted to change the subject
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
|
|
|
Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 18:20:56
|
| that's sad, Floop. |
|
|
|
Mac E. Doobage
= Cult of Ray =
503 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 20:23:29
|
| Hmmm. Thanks. |
|
|
|
Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 20:31:56
|
Wow, didn't know that. Thanks.
 "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
|
|
|
spunXtain
= Cult of Ray =
USA
377 Posts |
|
|
IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
|
|
Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 01:55:02
|
| Yeah, I guess that meaning ties in with the lyrics. Sad. Marvellous song, nonetheless. |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 18:37:42
|
quote:
Originally posted by floop
i remember readin' an interview (circa Yellow album) in some British magazine where he said it was about a "relative that died". and when pressed with more questions about it he got upset and wanted to change the subject
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur
Select, which went bust in 2000. I have that issue and a cassette that came free with another issue that has Freedom Rock on it, I think that was the first time I heard anything from TOTY. I can't find the article transcibed online.
 |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 18:38:56
|
Carl, is the article terribly long? Could you type it out? Would that be too much trouble?
I知 the only one who can say that this light is mine
|
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 18:42:20
|
No, I'm quick enough on the keyboard, but I'd have to root it out. Tell you what, I'll go and have a quick look....
|
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 18:43:59
|
Rock!
I知 the only one who can say that this light is mine
|
|
|
|
IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 18:51:31
|
| I agree with Kathryn. Rock! |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 19:14:58
|
I can't find it right now. It is somewhere in the house, though, I'll try digging it out tomorrow. I did manage to dig out some other old article and interviews with Frank...maybe this calls for a new thread for an articles database?! I'm hopeless at resizing with the scanner, but maybe scans of reasonably-sized pictures might be manageable. I could type those up at some stage...
|
|
|
|
floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 19:26:49
|
my copy is probably packed away in a box somewhere in a faraway place.
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 19:31:39
|
your life is in storage
I知 the only one who can say that this light is mine
|
|
|
|
floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 19:48:04
|
i could recite the interview from memory, but don't feel like it
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 19:58:09
|
don't be a tease
I知 the only one who can say that this light is mine
|
|
|
|
floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 20:38:19
|
i have a photographic memory. i remember he was drinking orange juice in the interview (which took place at a train station in England). there was a picture of him with his guitar and a bunch of luggage
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 20:39:29
|
No, no, it was Budweiser! And he was at Heathrow airport!
|
|
|
|
floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 20:42:08
|
that's what i meant
really though? i must be thinking of a different one. i remember they talked about how the press always insist on mentioning his weight.
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
Edited by - floop on 04/25/2006 20:43:43 |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 21:13:07
|
There was an interview with NME, it may have been his first as FB, where he was having breakfast and I think he was drinking orange juice. There's also a COR-era one, where he's interviewed in his temporary house while his LA place is undegoing earthquake repairs, I remember he was drinking orange juice in that one!
I'm crazy, remembering shit like this!!
|
Edited by - Carl on 04/25/2006 21:23:11 |
|
|
|
floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 21:17:45
|
i'm crazy period. but yeah, i remember the earthquake one too.
i miss the days when Frank would actually get covers on magazines. When i was in France in 93 he was on the cover of some French magazine and i bought it, of course, even though i didn't understand a word of the interview
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 21:23:43
|
I have a load of old magazines that I'll have to sift through.
|
|
|
|
mcil
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
148 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2006 : 08:54:48
|
He was on the cover of the NME last August, it was the only British Pixies interviewat the time they were playing here. Unless this doesn't count because it was Pixies, but it was only Frank on the cover, and only him interviewed.
"Your Bone's Got a Little Machine..." |
|
|
|
Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2006 : 22:53:29
|
quote:
Originally posted by floop
i remember he was drinking orange juice in the interview
Yeah, now I do remember a glass of orange juice mentioned in that interview! I'm sure it's around somewhere...I wouldn't have thrown it out.
Anyway, Frank speaks about Adda Lee in an interview I posted here:
http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15926
"'Adda Lee is a fictitious name, but it's a real person. A person I loved very much and who is dead. Normally, I wouldn't write about a topic quite so personal, but it was a short song and it was a nice song and, for whatever reason, Adda Lee crept into it; it became a lyric and felt right at the time. It's a little ditty about a very big thing. I con't think I could ever write an epic called 'Adda Lee'. |
Edited by - Carl on 04/27/2006 22:58:32 |
|
|
|
Mac E. Doobage
= Cult of Ray =
503 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2006 : 07:05:50
|
Thanks.
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
quote:
Originally posted by floop
i remember he was drinking orange juice in the interview
Yeah, now I do remember a glass of orange juice mentioned in that interview! I'm sure it's around somewhere...I wouldn't have thrown it out.
Anyway, Frank speaks about Adda Lee in an interview I posted here:
http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15926
"'Adda Lee is a fictitious name, but it's a real person. A person I loved very much and who is dead. Normally, I wouldn't write about a topic quite so personal, but it was a short song and it was a nice song and, for whatever reason, Adda Lee crept into it; it became a lyric and felt right at the time. It's a little ditty about a very big thing. I con't think I could ever write an epic called 'Adda Lee'.
|
|
|
|
Douglas
= Cult of Ray =
Sweden
308 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2006 : 14:00:21
|
quote:
Originally posted by Daisy Girl
Heroine of the stars
I don't know where I am
But I know who you are
I don't want to be one of those persons, but I know it matters to some of you.... I'm pretty sure he sings "heroine from the stars". |
|
|
|
kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2006 : 15:26:55
|
quote:
Originally posted by Douglas
[quote]Originally posted by Daisy Girl
I don't know where I am
But I know who you are
Few lyrics describe a thing so perfectly. It's lines like these that make me adore and respect The Frank.
I知 the only one who can say that this light is mine
|
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Adda Lee
