[Ballgame]

Sherpa I followed your Rheostatics live link and DLd their last show. Ive never heard them before

[sherpa]

If you really want to learn about them you should download my 250 track 14 hour retrospective on the band - it is 9 parts and you can find it at http://www.rheostaticslive.com/staticjourney.shtml

[emperor penguin]

So theres a line in 'Coconut Cream' that I absolutely love. But I just can't get to the bottom of its meaning. I actually emailed the band about this, but what better way then to ask you guys your thoughts.

There's a cannon shooting coconut cream 40 gallons in a steady stream

At the surface of it lies the implication that a giant cannon is literally shooting coconut cream, but my mind can't comprehend the immensity of it all. It must have been something personal to Gord I think.

...but please, no retarded responses. Like I don't want to hear "yo..it's about a giant penis" or something like that.

NB: The above post was written in jest and does not imply that I am (a) mocking the OP or (b) attempting to start a debate about how underrated 'Coconut Cream' is.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Post of the year!

[emperor penguin]

The lyrics seem literal to me. Very specific, possibly even down to a single conversation on a single night.

I think the lyrics were written looking back to that specific night and remembering the freedom of the conversation as it ranged from the trivial to deep. I see the line ..."and we've died a thousand times since then" as a realization of an accumulation of experience and wisdom over the years since that memorable night.

This is the way I relate to those lyrics from the perspective of my experience.

Jerry

I agree with your take, but I see it as a recollection of one night and realization that they've drifted apart over the years since that time when they were close friends.

[sean.bonner]

I think Coconut Cream is really underrated.

[Ballgame]

yeah its a cool. They never play it. Wonder why. Membership too

[Chris Tanz]

Wow guys, thanks for some great posts! This has helped me. I am particularily intrigued by your post Chris. Please explain further with this if you wish. The way you structured this even sounds Gord Downie-ish to me. But what I'm taking from it is that dying a thousand times is actually our failed attempts at maintaining "being true to eachother", even our desperate attempts. Nevertheless still attempts which indicates good and human intentions. And this sheds a dark but also hopeful and optimistic light on the sentence, and I must admit I wanted it to mean something like this.
Am I hitting on your thoughts, or no?

See my Athabasca Depends post -- I think I'm stuck on a theme. Definitely I think there is optimism ("good and human intentions") in the "we've died a thousand times since then" part. If there was no optimism, nothing positive, we would have died once and not been friends. We wouldn't have bothered trying the other 999 times.

ct

[Dark Canuck17]

I think Coconut Cream is really underrated.

Oh god here we go again Coconut Cream talk please stop :nooooo