Wow, that's good -- like Revolver-era Fab Four but with French cabaret accordion. I should add that if I ever play live in a band again, I desperately want to cover this but with really loud guitars, just to make the song's provenance a little more explicit.
I should also add that although I've listened to it countless times since the album first came out, I'm still not sure if the titular girl of the song is in the casket or not.
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I think the line "She was colder than the stiff that we were passin' by ..." establishes that the "prettiest girl" is not the deceased. I look forward to hearing the rest of the album. But you're right that it could rock a little harder. Goldman had to sacrifice some oomph to keep the lyrics up front.
Well, that's certainly an indicator. But that begs the question of who she is -- the deceased's wife? The lover of the singer of the song? The funeral singer that the preacher has the woody for?
It's all a little ambiguous....
Great jangle.
Trey
I love the tune. Wouldn't change a thing.
Richard was part of the radio trio "Three guys from Hollywood" and wrote "Frozen embryos" among other satiric songs.
Alf in Oslo
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