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| From | thisispop@comcast.net |
| Subject | Monkees lyric interpretations |
| Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:29:37 +0000 |
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Steve Durben wrote:
>anyone want to share their thoughts about what "Goin' Down"
>by the Monkee's is about...I hear it as someone botching a
>suicide attempt but coming out on the other side full of renewed
>hope.
It's definitely a suicide song, but I don't think the narrator actually comes
out the other side. I think he questions what he's done (jumping in the river)
but at the end I'm pretty sure it's a corpse floating down to New Orleans.
Take a gander at the lyrics at: http://www.monkees.net/DOCS/LYRICS/GOINDOWN.htm
Sleep Cheap
Dale
PS - Anyone wanna debate whether "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" is about Jean-Paul
Sartre's questioning of his own socialist philosophy or a loose retelling of
the story of Ritchie's middle name on the Dick Van Dyke Show. I tend to favor
the latter theory although a few lines don't match up
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