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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #80 on: November 10, 2009, 02:23:29 am »
There is a character singing this song. This character is a homophobic cowboy. That's the joke.

The character is indeed a homophobic cowboy.  What makes that a joke?

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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #81 on: November 10, 2009, 02:24:39 am »
The character is indeed a homophobic cowboy.  What makes that a joke?

Willie's making fun of him.
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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #82 on: November 10, 2009, 02:26:07 am »
Willie's making fun of him.

How can you tell?

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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #83 on: November 10, 2009, 02:27:25 am »
How can you tell?

The cartoonish instrumentation is one tip off. Its also the way I'm hearing the lyrics. They're silly.
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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #84 on: November 10, 2009, 02:30:13 am »
The cartoonish instrumentation is one tip off. Its also the way I'm hearing the lyrics. They're silly.

The instrumentation doesn't sound any more cartoonish to me than any of a dozen other songs.  What's silly about the lyrics?

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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #85 on: November 10, 2009, 02:36:19 am »
The instrumentation doesn't sound any more cartoonish to me than any of a dozen other songs. 

Its arranged in an exaggerated style.


What's silly about the lyrics?

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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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #86 on: November 10, 2009, 02:38:18 am »
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.

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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #87 on: November 10, 2009, 02:41:01 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"


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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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #88 on: November 10, 2009, 02:43:37 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.

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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Re: Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
« Reply #89 on: November 10, 2009, 02:45:18 am »
I gave my interpretation of those lines a few pages back:

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,36828.msg547857.html#msg547857

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.