1). Was listening to New Orleans is Beat yesterday. Never realized how cool that one line is, "When the river meets the end (?), it's still got a bit, of minnesota in it." Cool ref. to the missisip.
2). In "wheat kings" is the line: "Simple lottery chose the killer's fate" does that reference to the flannery o'connor short story "The Lottery"?
Thanks
Mick
The Wheat Kings line is actually, "In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face/Or maybe it's someone standing in the killer's place."
1) In NOIB, the line is "here where the Mississippi quits
where its still got a bit of Minnesota in it"
2) The lyric to which you refer is "In his Zippo lighter he see the killer's face".
Man. Do I feel like an idiot. Remember that thread about misquoted lyrics a few months back. I think that one was even on there. Thanks for the mississippi thing too.
Sorry guys, guess I'm a Hip rookie.
Mick
Heya Mick... Don't feel bad, dude... but you know, the lyrics are included with the CD's, right?
Rory
Halifax
wpghipfan Wrote:Heya Mick... Don't feel bad, dude... but you know, the lyrics are included with the CD's, right?
Rory
Halifax
I think we've all done it. Cordelia's "Traipsing the Boards" has to be the most common.
I've been a fan for more than a decade and a half, I've sung along to Nautical Disaster probably hundreds of times, and I've read the lyrics a bunch. But it wasn't until I started dissecting them for the book that I realized that the line: "We picked up our paddlin" is actually "kicked off our pantleg."
Hey, whatever floats yer boat.
chicagoblackhawks77 Wrote:Sorry guys, guess I'm a Hip rookie.
NEWB! You got teh pwned.
But seriously, I used to think Gord sang "Soda pop and little bones" as a refrain in Little Bones. Oh well! That first lyric you quoted was a gem, which I had missed until you pointed it out.
The guy on the left is getting near the end, and he's still got a little bit of Minnesota in him, too....
But I'm probably reading too much into it.
chicagoblackhawks77 Wrote:Sorry guys, guess I'm a Hip rookie.
It's all good, Mick! If it makes you fell better, there are times when I need to reference the official lyrics to discover what is being said, then, sometimes as shortly as a month later, I find I have to reference the same lyric
again because I forgot what I had discovered the first time! (I find it happens alot with Phantom Power and Music @ Work songs for some reason).
re Mississippi still havin' a bit of Minnesota in it ... to me, it harkens back to the "hey, north you're south" bit in the other New Orleans tune.
I've loved the Mississota/Minnesippi line since I first heard it, even though the song is not my favourite on the whole.
and re Wheat Kings, I used to think the line was "His Zippo Lighter receives the killer's fate" and I just figured it was something too deep for me to comprehend.
ct
'Zippo lighter receives the killer's face,' is how I always heard it.
Made sense to me---he's seeing his reflection in the Zippo.
Hey guys,
Thanks for your support. Feeling better now. Chris, excellent pic of Paul from M@W on your avatar. Such a classic video!
Mick
Don't feel badly. Before I ever owned an album I thought
"You're ahead by a century" was " you're a Heterocentric"
"courage" was "your age" or something like that.
Keep in mind I was at work and it was a noisy environment when I heard those songs :lol:
I most certainly have lyricitis. I started the original thread! :lol:
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btw. the Paul M@W avatar was courtesy of me. There's an entire thread with about 60 avatars. Search for "A hip base avatar for your every mood"
Reminds me of Soundgarden's best lyric:
"I'm lookin California, and feelin Minnesota"
I don't know if this even needs to be said, but there are probably a few on here who are younger than me, or maybe because they're newbies don't actually know what 'Wheat Kings' is about.
It's about David Millgarde, who was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 20 years in jail before they found out the witness who saw the killing didn't actually get a good look and the RCMP did the rest.
Cheers