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gotmeamovie
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 Posted - 12/22/2006 : 00:57:35
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this is a little gem
i started to download songs and i didnt know a the time what was what
so i missed this song.
When i bought the town and country dvd i heard it for the first time and i immediatley watched it agin cose i wanted to check tha ti had heard the lyrics that i thought i heard.
this is exactly what male songwriting is about
sex, lust, dont let me down!!!
the way the song flows is just genius- he bites in with the first lines then we hear this little back beat lick in and it just away
rather hardcore lyrics but it all sounds like a nice time
beer, a women, lust
every males idea of a good time
he is not sick. he is not a wierdo
he is just a regualr guy with heathly desires
i would put this in my top 5 pixies osngs
it is just so damn fucking honest
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 20:44:06
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On the money gotmeamovie. And the singing is incredibly subtle and shifting and precise. Masterful, like any good actor.
But I never got the I've been tired reference. Can someone explain?
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 02:15:32
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| I used to think he sang "She's a real left winger 'cause she bend down south and has presents in her arms", make of that what you will!! |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 14:54:22
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That reminds me of a Costello lyric about a stone-washed damsel on a junk food run.
'It's a ladder to heaven
From a battered stiletto
Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth
See her in silhouette goin' down south'
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trobrianders
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Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 15:04:06
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Wait a minute. Is the I've been tired reference something do with impotence? If so that's two songs I know about male impotence. The other is Nick Cave's 'Little Empty Boat'
Any budding songwriters out there looking for an untapped subject?
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 01/13/2007 : 18:12:39
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I wonder if the answer to this riddle is in this line: "Took my sleep after setting my loins on fire." As in, the desire to fall asleep after sex. Or maybe he has sex for so long that he gets tired. One thing's for sure: This song is about sex. No doubt in the world about that one.
I can never find the misheard-lyrics thread, so I'll just mention this here: I thought he was saying, "She'll make you feel like Solomon, BYO baby even if you have no one" (with BYO being the same as in the term BYOB -- Bring Your Own Baby). It's really like this: "She'll make you feel like Solomon be one of your babies even if you had no one."
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pixiestu
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Posted - 01/14/2007 : 03:49:57
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I thought it was "You don't wanna sleep after setting my loins on fire." It may be wrong, but that's what it sounds like to me.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/14/2007 : 05:24:44
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I like that the song sort of quotes from the Song of Solomon. But then, the fact that the Bible includes a book of crappy erotic poetry is amusing enough in and of itself.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 01/14/2007 : 07:37:00
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Originally posted by pixiestu
I thought it was "You don't wanna sleep after setting my loins on fire." It may be wrong, but that's what it sounds like to me.
"The arc of triumph"
Could be. My interpretation comes straight out of the frankblack.net Discopedia, which does have errors.
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gotmeamovie
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Posted - 10/19/2009 : 03:58:35
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i really dont understand why they havent played this song, not even once since re forming. They have played every other song off of come on pilgrim.
I would understand if it was like the surfer rosa stuff like "im amazed and oh my golly" whiuch are generally considered weaker than the others from that album, but this song is one of the strongest on that record
It is a real fan favourite too.
I saw a youtube clip where they were gonna play it but charles pulled out cose he couldnt remember the lyrics, so they played rock music instead.
That cant be the reason surely, he remembers other wordy songs
And they used to play the shit out of this back in the day , so it just seems strange
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"I've been tired" - song thoughts
