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Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - tootragic - 04-11-2009

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Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - Gusthepolarbear12 - 04-12-2009

fingernailsonhull Wrote:
50bones420 Wrote:watch the dvd that night in toronto befor he goes into fully. he does a little rant and it happens to be a verse from love is a first no bull shit listen real carefully

Yeah, it's common place for Gord to whip out stuff he's currently writing during other songs. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car, Nautical Disaster, Poets, No Threat, and Love Is A First, among others, have started that way.

While there jamming in Hundredth meridian he breaks out "Fly" before it was ever released. (in that night in tdot)

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - Stephen Dame - 04-12-2009

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.hipmuseum.com">www.hipmuseum.com</a>

She's done. About 350 references on the site in total now. I was happy to see Bill Reid make this album. Still no idea which Honey we're dealing with, but I Iean towards the child.

If you have anything else, shoot an e-mail my way: <a href="mailto Confused

tephendame@gmail.com">stephendame@gmail.com</a>

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - dirtyepic - 04-12-2009

Awesome as usual.

I'm guessing you grabbed the lyrics from lyricwiki? I recognize some of my flubs in there. :lol:

I updated most after getting my hands on the liner notes, but Coffee Girl, Country Day, and Queen of the Furrows are still the old best-guess versions.

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - MikeyD - 04-12-2009

fingernailsonhull Wrote:
50bones420 Wrote:watch the dvd that night in toronto befor he goes into fully. he does a little rant and it happens to be a verse from love is a first no bull shit listen real carefully

Yeah, it's common place for Gord to whip out stuff he's currently writing during other songs. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car, Nautical Disaster, Poets, No Threat, and Love Is A First, among others, have started that way.

Also Ahead By A Century, an earlier rendition of it was done in New Orleans is Sinking.

I wish Westwind was a song... Sad

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Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - Legalizeit - 04-12-2009

I hope I'm not being hopelessly stupid in pointing this out but one low-hanging reference fruit is Queen of the Furrows, which is a beauty pagent involving tractor-driving.

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - chris - 04-12-2009

Legalizeit Wrote:I hope I'm not being hopelessly stupid in pointing this out but one low-hanging reference fruit is Queen of the Furrows, which is a beauty pagent involving tractor-driving.

Not stupid, but a few others have mentioned it... however they referred to it as the "Bitch Of The Ditch!"

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - SoylentGreg - 04-12-2009

Stephen Dame Wrote:http://www.hipmuseum.com

She's done. About 350 references on the site in total now. I was happy to see Bill Reid make this album. Still no idea which Honey we're dealing with, but I Iean towards the child.

If you have anything else, shoot an e-mail my way: <a href="mailtotephendame@gmail.com">stephendame@gmail.com</a>

Awesome site, Steve. :thumb:

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - VioletLite - 04-12-2009

Thanks so much, Steve. This is AWESOME!!!! :thumb:

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - Gusthepolarbear12 - 04-12-2009

"Watch yourself, I said to my toasted Western"

I dont get it, someone want to esplain? Smile

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - laliber - 04-12-2009

so can we say it is the Speed River that makes its way through Guelph Ont....that Gord has made use of ?

- I thought there would be more Speed Rivers out there but in Canada the mighty Speed seems to be the only one -

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - chris - 04-12-2009

laliber Wrote:so can we say it is the Speed River that makes its way through Guelph Ont....that Gord has made use of ?

- I thought there would be more Speed Rivers out there but in Canada the mighty Speed seems to be the only one -

I think so. During the show in Stratford 2006, Gord mentioned the Speed River a few times - it cuts across the 401 between Stratford and Toronto...

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - laliber - 04-12-2009

chris Wrote:
laliber Wrote:so can we say it is the Speed River that makes its way through Guelph Ont....that Gord has made use of ?

- I thought there would be more Speed Rivers out there but in Canada the mighty Speed seems to be the only one -
I think so. During the show in Stratford 2006, Gord mentioned the Speed River a few times - it cuts across the 401 between Stratford and Toronto...

well it is offical now as someone has added it to da wiki
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_River">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_River</a>

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - Mooseheadbeer - 04-12-2009

Gusthepolarbear12 Wrote:"Watch yourself, I said to my toasted Western"

I dont get it, someone want to esplain?

Maybe warning a pig who is squealing too much or getting in the way on the farm? Smile

Re: WATS Lyric Analysis/Questions Thread - Legalizeit - 04-13-2009

A bit of a thought on this stanza from Depression Suite:

Working in the new NewOrleansWorld
I'm emptying slots, working like a ghost
I move through huge rooms with no windows
And no Gulf of Mexico

You can't really talk about New Orleans now without thinking of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf of Mexico, of course, is where the water which flooded and destroyed the city and all those lives came from.

My interpretation of this is that there's this expression of a fear that New Orleans, rebuilding, will become like a Disneyfied theme park "NewOrleansWorld", that its spirit will be replaced or supplanted with some artificial, commercial re-created version, like what Vegas has with its artificial Venice, New York, Paris and ancient Rome, all hosting giant rooms with slots and no windows, of course.