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Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on November 10, 2009, 02:30:13 am ---The instrumentation doesn't sound any more cartoonish to me than any of a dozen other songs.
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Its arranged in an exaggerated style.
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on November 10, 2009, 02:30:13 am ---What's silly about the lyrics?
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The double-entendres are a major comical element:
"I ain't going down"
"but don't go reaching for my rope"
"that last note sounded a bit queer"
Lynne:
This marks the first time I (English minor, mind you) have ever heard double-entendre used in reference to country music lyrics. American Pie, i.e. folk, yes...country music, no. It's charm is in the fact that it's not that sophisticated.
Someone should write a thesis.
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: milomorris on November 10, 2009, 02:36:19 am ---Its arranged in an exaggerated style.
The double-entendres are a major comical element:
"I ain't going down"
"but don't go reaching for my rope"
"that last note sounded a bit queer"
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Yes, and they all make fun of homosexuals as being ridiculous and end by stating flatly, "That ain't right."
Not to mention, "you can buy me a beer and then, fuck off." as if to say, spend your money on me, but stay the hell out of my life.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on November 10, 2009, 02:41:01 am ---Yes, and they all make fun of homosexuals as being ridiculous and end by stating flatly, "That ain't right."
Not to mention, "you can buy me a beer and then, fuck off." as if to say, spend your money on me, but stay the hell out of my life.
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I gave my interpretation of those lines a few pages back:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,36828.msg547857.html#msg547857
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: milomorris on November 10, 2009, 02:43:37 am ---I gave my interpretation of those lines a few pages back:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,36828.msg547857.html#msg547857
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I'm looking for your evidence that the singer is being parodied, because it sure sounds like the subject of the song is being ridiculed to me.
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