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dead.flowers
What about politesse? A word that no dictionary knows. Does he mean politeness or what? Was it ever questioned or explained?
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DGA35
Sharks will cry from Sparks Will Fly.
That's just poor writing.
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Elmo Lewis
Give me the truth now
Don't want no shame
I'd be hung drawn and quartered for a sheep
Just as a well as a lamb
WTF?
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Elmo Lewis
I've always taken "fever in the funkhouse now" to be about a horny chick ala "She Was Hot".
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Elmo Lewis
Give me the truth now
Don't want no shame
I'd be hung drawn and quartered for a sheep
Just as a well as a lamb
WTF?
In England a few hundred years ago punishment for minor crimes was severe - ie. Deported to Australia for stealing a loaf of bread.
Hung, drawn and quartered was usually reserved for heresy, treason or witchcraft.
Mick probably used it because it's England's most notorious punishment assimilated into everyday usage - ie. Oh, I'm late home from the pub, the wife is going to hang, draw and quarter me.
Hanging was as you expect, but not 'til death, then drawn which meant having your stomach opened with a sword, drawn from your solar plexus down to your groin, so your inardds fell out, then quartered, pull apart by a horse on each limb, or all four limbs chopped off. (all while still alive - harsh)
What Mick means is if you are going to be punished like that, it may as well be for a stealing a sheep rather than something smaller, like a lamb.
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wupperstein
I'm a cold italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer, that'ts not really true.
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bakersfield
I ain’t signifying’
I hear the word ‘signifying’ in a lot of blues songs but I have no idea what it means
That's not poor writing, it is just not supposed to be taken too seriously. Just as you should not take anything of for example 'Shattered' seriously. It's only rock'n'roll, it's supposed to be fun.Quote
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DGA35
Sharks will cry from Sparks Will Fly.
That's just poor writing.
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bakersfield
I ain’t signifying’
I hear the word ‘signifying’ in a lot of blues songs but I have no idea what it means
hard to explain but this should help though
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Thanks Professor. You have earned your nickname!
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MizzAmandaJonez
"Bainbelled Jangler" ?
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Rockman
I love Jigsaw Puzzle but....
“With his methylated sandwich, he's a walking clothesline” - Wtf?
Alcoholics/tramps would often use bread to dip into
such things as warmed up boot polish or Metho as a way of consuming the alcohol
Walking clothes line -- slang for wearing clothes
straight off clothes line ... not ironed -- clumbled ...
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astmalia
I didn't understand the lyrics of "2120 South Michigan Avenue"
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Elmo Lewis
Give me the truth now
Don't want no shame
I'd be hung drawn and quartered for a sheep
Just as a well as a lamb
WTF?
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Elmo Lewis
Give me the truth now
Don't want no shame
I'd be hung drawn and quartered for a sheep
Just as a well as a lamb
WTF?
Actually... as bad as that is, Mick could've said 'cow as well as veal', it really could kinda made sense more so in the 2020-2021... uh, differences in how the older are not necessarily lambs (young sheep) but, well... a kind of equivalent to people on horseback in England kind of not lamb but... chasing after something... while acting like sheep? Kinda "Once upon a time you were my baby chicken..." trip.