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Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 09, 2009, 11:53:13 pm ---For those who don't see threats in these lyrics:
"That shit ain't right" --creates a mood of hate/moral condemnation against homosexuals
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I hear: "I don't like it." A statement of his heterosexuality
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 09, 2009, 11:53:13 pm ---"Don't go reachin' for my rope" --implies a threat if an overture is made
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I hear: "keep your hands off me." A statement of his wish to avoid an unwanted advance
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 09, 2009, 11:53:13 pm ---"You can buy me a beer, then fuck off" --disrespectful and rude, as if it's OK to use a gay man for your own purposes, lead him on, then blow him off
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I hear: "let's keep it platonic." A statement that sets boundaries
Lynne:
--- Quote from: milomorris on November 10, 2009, 12:03:09 am ---I hear: "I don't like it." A statement of his heterosexuality
I hear: "keep your hands off me." A statement of his wish to avoid an unwanted advance
I hear: "let's keep it platonic." A statement that sets boundaries
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So be it.
Being from Tennessee, knowing what broken bottles in barrooms are for, and knowing how the average yahoo is going to 'hear' these lyrics, I just don't see it the same way.
I hope your rose-colored glasses never get cloudy.
bailey1205:
Well, the majority of people posting on this thread see it as what it is.
Stupid ass threats against gays. Maybe they are trying to prove something.
::)
We can't all be hysterical.
;)
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 10, 2009, 12:09:49 am ---So be it.
Being from Tennessee, knowing what broken bottles in barrooms are for, and knowing how the average yahoo is going to 'hear' these lyrics, I just don't see it the same way.
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People are listening to this song in more places than just Tennessee. No doubt, different people in different places, and in different circumstances will interpret the song differently. Living in Philadelphia, I know how the average city boy is going to hear these lyrics. To them, this song will have the effect of a Saturday Night Live skit.
The idea that this song (with or without the ketchup) will incite gay-bashing is about as valid an argument as the one that goes: gangsta rap makes poor, young, black men violent.
bailey1205:
LMAO at the idea of people listening to Willie in NYC.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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