tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post7120439408874444771..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Only Lovers Left AliveNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-36824233011724917202007-09-09T17:55:00.000-04:002007-09-09T17:55:00.000-04:00the boss sings about doin' the nasty-pink cadillac...the boss sings about doin' the nasty-<BR/><BR/>pink cadillac (one long double entendre - 'honey i just wonder what it feels like in the back of your pink cadillac')<BR/><BR/>leap of faith ('your legs were heaven, your --- were the altar')<BR/><BR/>all that heaven will allow ('i've got something in my mind that sets me straight and walking proud')<BR/><BR/>reno (tho reasonable people may differ on the comfort level of those lyrics)<BR/><BR/>... and about doin' the nasty, solo-<BR/><BR/>blinded by the light ('as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-40148987350162275432007-09-03T14:05:00.000-04:002007-09-03T14:05:00.000-04:00How about "Dancing in the Dark"? Always struck me ...How about "Dancing in the Dark"? Always struck me as a euphemism.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about this song ... lonely guy, late at night, longing for companionship ...<BR/><BR/>But generally, yeah, that's not his thing. I don't see him as a sexual performer. (Oh wait, that didn't come out quite right, did it?)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, maybe it's because he has a very public, and, by all appearances, very happy marriage. Maybe he feels respectful of Patty's privacy. And a lot of his songs about women seem sweet and protective.<BR/><BR/>"The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves ... "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43300036599190593392007-09-03T00:24:00.000-04:002007-09-03T00:24:00.000-04:00steves said... Huh? Sexual subtext? You mean...<I> steves said...<BR/><BR/> Huh? Sexual subtext?<BR/><BR/> You mean: "I just want to feel your rhythm"?</I><BR/><BR/>Yep.<BR/><BR/>And then he sez "I just want to feel your blues"..<BR/><BR/>Trust me -- the subtext of this song is boinking<BR/>:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67677731682480539122007-09-02T21:09:00.000-04:002007-09-02T21:09:00.000-04:00What about 'Prove it all night?'Isn't that about s...What about 'Prove it all night?'<BR/><BR/>Isn't that about sex? (it sure was when I sang it as a teen...)<BR/><BR/>But seriously, I think it's low self-esteem that keeps him from being able to admit that he enjoys things that he doesn't think he deserves...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22233142807594173072007-09-02T16:03:00.000-04:002007-09-02T16:03:00.000-04:00Huh? Sexual subtext? You mean: "I just want to fe...Huh? Sexual subtext? <BR/><BR/>You mean: "I just want to feel your rhythm"?<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...could be, I guess, but to paraphrase Groucho, sometimes a drum is just a drum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56690443952717262122007-09-02T13:06:00.000-04:002007-09-02T13:06:00.000-04:00"Spirit in the Night" for sure, but that's kind of..."Spirit in the Night" for sure, but that's kind of the exception that proves the rule.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59862724941401364112007-09-02T13:03:00.000-04:002007-09-02T13:03:00.000-04:00I dunno... "Spirit in the Night" was pretty much a...I dunno... "Spirit in the Night" was pretty much all about boinking!dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-24120639646185178152007-09-02T12:17:00.000-04:002007-09-02T12:17:00.000-04:00Duh, never mind, just got it!Thanks.(And to quote ...Duh, never mind, just got it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/><BR/>(And to quote Rebecca Howe, "I am too stupid to live!")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-78189546657774139982007-09-02T12:15:00.000-04:002007-09-02T12:15:00.000-04:00?MP3 of what??MP3 of what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-61149946911276751772007-09-02T11:46:00.000-04:002007-09-02T11:46:00.000-04:00Gummo -- sending you the MP3...Gummo -- sending you the MP3...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-26979782613630634642007-09-02T11:43:00.000-04:002007-09-02T11:43:00.000-04:00First time I've heard the song. Nice.Also some the...First time I've heard the song. Nice.<BR/><BR/>Also some thematic relation to Human Touch.<BR/><BR/>Bruce is just a big ol' squishy soft liberal humanist and as such, has no place in the hard masculine world of Hitler's Germany... er, I mean, Bush's America.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Godwin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com