what exactly means the sentence "the sunshine bores the daylights out of me".
i mean, i can translate it word by word, but since english is not my mothertongue i was wondering if this is a phrase or a saying....
thanks for your help

It just means that he's bored during the day. He gets more fun at night.

Maybe it has something to do with Ireland and Englands obsession with the weather

Pretty sure hes talking about the morning after , the sun bores a hole in his sore head

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ahh those hangover days

Nothing to do with hangovers!

In English, the expression/saying "to bore the daylights out of someone" means that the thing that is making that person bored is making him/her totally, extremely and utterly bored.

You could say of an extremely long and aimless guitar or drum solo that they are boring the daylights out of you. Or you could say that about a person whose only interest is the Rolling Stones and has no other topic of conversation than them.

Keith is just playing with the phrase, (whose literal interptretation would not occur to most native English speakers), by referring to the sunshine as his unbearably boring experience - in contrast to his merry nocturnal pursuits and moonlight capers.

Think Vampire! Then think Daylight.



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Pretty sure of yourself there Four Stone Walls, but whatever you say,its still about hangovers of the cocaine sort.

.... a more common old american phrase is 'SCARE the daylights out of me'

I'm with Gazza and Four Stone Walls on this one.
it has nothing to do with hangovers.

the 2nd line makes it clearer, imho.

The sunshine bores the daylights out of me
Chasing shadows, moonlight mystery

thanks alot!

A more common American phrase - scared the shit out of me!

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A more common American phrase - scared the shit out of me!

Kinda like those twisters huh Elmo?

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

There are more confusing lines that need explanation like this... Can't remember anything now, though...

SongMeanings.net helps, most of time. Discussions under Dylans songs are stunning sometimes

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Nothing to do with hangovers!

In English, the expression/saying "to bore the daylights out of someone" means that the thing that is making that person bored is making him/her totally, extremely, utterly bored.

You could say of an extremely long and aimless guitar or drum solo that they are boring the daylights out of you. Or you could say that about a person whose only interest is the Rolling Stones and has no other topic of conversation than them.

Keith is just playing with the phrase, (whose literal interptretation would not occur to most native English speaker), by using sunshine as the subject of the excruciating boredom. In contrast to his merry nocturnal pursuits and moonlight capers.

Think Vampire. Then think Daylight.

Exactly, just a play on words and an expression. Daylight and sunshine. It's one of my favourite Stones line.

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I'm with Gazza and Four Stone Walls on this one.
it has nothing to do with hangovers.

the 2nd line makes it clearer, imho.

The sunshine bores the daylights out of me
Chasing shadows, moonlight mystery

Aaah yes. But shadows appear most in the daytime right?
But no: Four Stone Walls and Gaz are right.

JumpingKentFlash

Like you said - most - but sometimes it's a good idea to chase the shadows, innit?

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A more common American phrase - scared the shit out of me!

Kinda like those twisters huh Elmo?

You got it!

"No Anchovies, Please"

There are plenty - TONS - of shadows thrown by/from the moon.

You see, what was happening a lot in the Nellcote area in 1971 was rather strange.

Mysterious cloaked figures with prominent fangs and English speach 'haunting' the area, visiting the dormitories of younger nuns, who would then disappear but later be seen doing the nocturnal rounds with these anglo-vamps.

Mick told Keith et al. to put a stop to such nonsense immediately - for fear that his career and future tour plans would be jeopardised.

It's easy to think that Rocks Off is about nocturnal activities inspired by partaking in too much speed. But think again.



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It's about shooting up heroin.....

"What's the matter with the boy?
He don't come around no more,
Is he checking out for sure?
Is he gonna close the door on me?" is about trying to score heroin on the street.

"Plug in, flush out and fire the @#$%&' feed" is shooting up.

"Feel so hypnotized, can't describe the scene.
Its all mesmerized all that inside me" "I can't even feel the pain now more" is about the buzz.

"I only get my rocks off when I dream / sleep" is when you are wasted/knocked out on heroin

No one mentioned a hallucinogenic drug reference? Whether that's what the line means is beside the point, but "sunshine" brings the reference to mind.

It is simply a nice, clever "play on words". No more

Gazza is right. But he doesn't drink beer or go out and @#$%& girls. He only gets his rocks off while he's dreaming. The 'day', actually meaning the time he's awake, is boring to him.

Beautiful lyrics!

Couldn't tell you. It's no longer there in LIVE LICKS!!!!!

I think we should leave all the speculation to the native speaker on board.

Although I am not one myself, I tend to go on this with Gazza, as usual.

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No one mentioned a hallucinogenic drug reference? Whether that's what the line means is beside the point, but "sunshine" brings the reference to mind.

.....real orange sunshine lsd shouldnt of scarc'd anyone, beautifullllllll,,,,,,,,

that was c. 1969, anyway...



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I think we should leave all the speculation to the native speaker on board.

Although I am not one myself, I tend to go on this with Gazza, as usual.

But I believe Gazza is native to Ireland, not England!
(Nothing wrong with that of course. Infact, a lot right with it).

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Couldn't tell you. It's no longer there in LIVE LICKS!!!!!

So you don't have Exile On Main Street in our collection? Get it. It's rather good.

JumpingKentFlash

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Couldn't tell you. It's no longer there in LIVE LICKS!!!!!

So you don't have Exile On Main Street in our collection? Get it. It's rather good.

LOL; I guess you don't know what a joke is. Losen up.

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Couldn't tell you. It's no longer there in LIVE LICKS!!!!!

So you don't have Exile On Main Street in our collection? Get it. It's rather good.

LOL; I guess you don't know what a joke is. Losen up.

I am loose. Mr. Fantastic doesn't have nothing on me.

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