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Post by tannis on Jul 22, 2008 19:31:17 GMT
Okay. Alright. Erm. What's going on here? Is this song supposed to be funny or not? Sometimes I hear it as serious, and sometimes it sounds like Dana Carvey's song "Chopping Broccoli" to me. There's a lady I know If I didn't know her She'd be the lady I didn't know. And my lady, she went downtown She bought some broccoli She brought it home. She's chopping broccoli Chopping broccoli Chopping broccoli Chopping broccoli She's chopping broccoli She's chopping broccoli She's chop.. ooh! She's chopping broccola-ah-ie! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WASHING MACHIIIIINNNNNEEEE (CHOPPING BROCCOLI) WASHING MACHIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNEEEEEE (CHOPPING BROCCOLIIIII) WWAAAAAASSSSHHHHING MACHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNE(SHE'S CHOP--OOH SHE'S CHOPPING BROCCOLA-AH-IE!!!) So which is it? Or a little bit of both? Dana Carvy Critics Choice Chopping Broccolli clipwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2Dpb1Sdik ;D ;D ;D
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Post by tannis on Sept 8, 2008 20:55:32 GMT
Many of KT's songs seem to use codified and metaphorical language; taking an idea, turning it inside out, and then adding distractive accessories to further disguise the intent. "Mrs. Bartolozzi" is a fine example. Another significant concern in Bush's work has been sexuality, both in codified, metaphorical form, and more explicitly in tracks like "Feel It ", "In The Warm Room" and most obviously "The Sensual World", where she emulates Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses (she had wanted to simply quote from Joyce's novel, but the publisher's demurral forced her to devise her own equivalent reverie). She's unafraid, too, of tackling more problematic areas of sexuality, as for instance when she dealt with cradle-snatching in "The Infant Kiss" and incest in "The Kick Inside". But not all that seems erotic in her music is about sex, as an EMI employee discovered when he found her working on the hypnotic "out-in-out-in" chant section of "Breathing" (from 1980's Never For Ever), and expressed outrage at EMI's young pop princess making such an overtly sexual record. The song is, of course, about breathing. Duhhh!Kate Bush: Finally, something for the grown-ups, The Independent, October 21, 2005 gaffa.org/reaching/rev_aer_UK3.htmlKate Bush still sells lots of records, but now it seems more like hard work promoting and explaining her increasingly difficult-to-grasp concepts. With each release, her albums become less of an entertainment and more of an adventure."The Story of A Musical Misfit" by Pat Thomas, Fall 1985gaffa.org/reaching/i85_pt.htmlKT: "Also, I need to take breaks to write lyrics, which I find impossible to do - so difficult. It's just a very long process of draft after draft, continually trying to tighten up the words."Music Express, "Woman's Work", Jan. 1990gaffa.org/reaching/i90_me.html
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Post by stufarq on Mar 2, 2010 22:06:32 GMT
Or it could just be a song about someone doing the washing and having deep thoughts about clothes and how much they say about people. As Kate said...
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Post by tannis on Mar 2, 2010 22:27:18 GMT
Yes, stufarq... Marcie in a coat of flowers Steps inside a candy store Reds are sweet and greens are sour Still no letter at her door So she'll wash her flower curtains Hang them in the wind to dry Dust her tables with his shirt and Wave another day goodbye
~ Marcie, Joni Mitchell (Song To A Seagull, 1968)
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Post by Al Truest on Mar 7, 2010 2:43:17 GMT
Or it could just be a song about someone doing the washing and having deep thoughts about clothes and how much they say about people. As Kate said... Or Kate may be totally disinterested in helping us interpret what she meant. It is likely more than just laundry. I prefer to see a swirling universe and a genesis of life unfolding from 'seed' or source energy. Then again, like with other good art, you can find what you wish...
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