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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Stacy's Mom |
| Date | Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:40:28 -0500 |
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At 07:08 AM 12/19/2003 -0700, Will Harris wrote:
>> I'm confused by what you're saying here, regardless. Are you saying that
>> the early Barenaked Ladies records, the ones with songs like "The King of
>> Bedside Manor," "Grade Nine" and "Alternative Girlfriend," are LESS goofy
>> than the last three?
>
>I'm not talking about the albums as a whole or even all of the
>singles...just the initial singles. If the lyrics to "Pinch Me" as a whole
>are not particularly goofy, then I stand corrected...but I was, in fact,
>thinking specifically of the "under there" / "underwear" rhyme.
That's one line is what's actually one of the most depressing songs in
their entire oeuvre. I always think of "Pinch Me" alongside Aimee Mann's
"Ghost World," both of them songs about feeling stranded and emotionally
bereft. It's not really goofy at all.
S
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