There's two lines that I don't understand:
"But I want to see your face when your knees and your legs
Are just going to break down and die "
(btw, isn't it "when I'm leaving your legs" ?=
&
"If you're in with the faces and their get-away places
'Cause they don't take no notice of you"

If someone could explain me, it would be kind

Thanks

Anyone have a mp3 link?

it doesn't seem like the most polished lyric the Glimmer Twins ever came up with, but:
okay, to me the concept of the chick's knees & legs breaking down fits in with
the context of "you can stand up if you try" - her legs are what she would stand on,
but he anticipates seeing her break down instead. then he turns it into a play on words (sort of):
"break down & cry" is the usual collocation, but he's in one of his nice moods. :E

the other bit: "in with" means "accepted by", and "the faces" would be the current crop of hip society -
The Beautiful People - whatever you want to call them. who go off to exclusive hip locales (their get-away places).
so to me it sounds like this chick is fairly desperate to be in with this hip crowd, but she isn't.

how's that?

>> Anyone have a mp3 link? <<

it's on the London Years singles collection. disk 2. b-side to HYSYMB.

Best to ask Chrissie Shrimpton, I'd imagine.

The song came out within a month or two of the Byrds' Small Faces referance in 8 miles High...I think it fits great as a companion to 'Mother, Baby' musically & lyrically...

>> the song came out within a month or two of the Byrds' Small Faces referance in 8 miles High <<

interesting! a month or two before or a month or two after?
i don't think that's a Small Faces reference in Who's Driving Your Plane - but then,
Mac didn't think that was a Small Faces reference in 8 Mile High until about 30 years later, did he



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Well the SF had their first hit August 1965, Byrds' Fifth Dimension lp charted August 27, 1966 w/ Eight Miles High (sorry can't put my hand on the Billboard singles book); the Stones Mother Baby/Plane charted October 8, 1966, probably slightly earlier in the UK

with sssoul Wrote:
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> it doesn't seem like the most polished lyric the
> Glimmer Twins ever came up with, but:
> okay, to me the concept of the chick's knees &
> legs breaking down fits in with
> the context of "you can stand up if you try" - her
> legs are what she would stand on,
> but he anticipates seeing her break down instead.
> then he turns it into a play on words (sort of):
> "break down & cry" is the usual collocation, but
> he's in one of his nice moods. :E
>
> the other bit: "in with" means "accepted by", and
> "the faces" would be the current crop of hip
> society -
> The Beautiful People - whatever you want to call
> them. who go off to exclusive hip locales (their
> get-away places).
> so to me it sounds like this chick is fairly
> desperate to be in with this hip crowd, but she
> isn't.
>
> how's that?


Many many thanks, with sssoul.
It's a little bit more understanding, now.
But the syntax (in this song) is sometimes weird:
"You could stand on your head or maybe sing in your bed
If I said it was the thing to do" -That's OK-

"If you're in with the faces and their get-away places
'Cause they don't take no notice of you"
-Where is the principal proposition?-

btw, Is "who's driving your plane" an idiom for "who manages your life"?

Christian Wrote:
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>
> btw, Is "who's driving your plane" an idiom for
> "who manages your life"?

In a blues book I'v read the following. The phrase refers to "Who's driving your Terraplane". A Terraplane was a lower priced car from the 30's. The manufacturers campagne slogan was "who's driving your Terraplane" as a question for "who is the boss at home", i.e. 'it is YOU who decide to buy this car'.

Terraplane Blues is also a Robert Johnson song, where Terraplane is a metaphore for sex.

Mathijs

>> But the syntax (in this song) is sometimes weird <<

yeah it is. but that's allowed in lyrics! and i think the "if you're in with the faces" bit
has the same main clause as "if i said it was the thing to do":
she can behave in these odd ways and the hip crowd doesn't pay any attention to her anyway.

>> "who's driving your plane" an idiom for "who manages your life"? <<

it's not a standard idiom, no.



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