@zx3 Are you up for a deep dive on "Clean, Clean," then, because I just ran into a lyrics interpretation that sounds bonkers to me and I need to unload on SOMEONE who will appreciate it!
the buggles and goddamned wikipedia :)
@zx3 I'm gonna assume the answer's "yes" while I have the relevant links in front of me. :)
So Wikipedia insists the song "follows the story of a gangster who, despite lacking the strength to leave entirely, does not wish to fight, so will at least try to keep the fighting clean."
It cites this old Montreal Gazette article as evidence: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jRQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1208,1916078&dq=bruce-woolley&hl=en (middle column about halfway down).
But I'm looking at the lyrics. They make reference to a "halftrack," a "jeep," a "chaplain," fighting "the war," a comrade with his "helmet open" "indicating that he's left the human race, a "squad," and "losing a million in our very first attack."
So to me this is clearly a song about conventional warfare of some sort, possible some sort of WW3+ scenario. How the FUCK did this guy get the impression it was about a "young punk who gets the first inklings that he's growing out of being in a gang?"
I don't actually have a point here, I'm just yelling. :) I know, I know: forget it, Jake, it's Wikitown. :)
re: the buggles and goddamned wikipedia :)
@zx3 my lead theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbi2wwVB7i4
re: the buggles and goddamned wikipedia :)
@zx3 While I'm dispensing semi-random quasi-appropos media, that reminded me of one of my favorite prank calls of all time (a genre I normally have very mixed feelings about)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-Csqy7AkM
It's the happiest I've ever heard a phone prank "victim" walk away from their experience. He's so HAPPY about those movie tickets. :D
