[Mael-list] RE: Mael-list Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8
James Griffiths
lazylinepainterjames at hotmail.co.uk
Sun Jun 11 05:24:59 PDT 2006
This is a really interesting topic; I was mentioning to a like minded friend
a little while ago about drug references in Sparks songs and there are a
couple of noteworthy entries here for me, the first being the song The
Willys, which I believe to be a song about paranoia sustained through
smoking weed. Bit of a contraversial conclusion, you may think but it would
explain the line, 'morally he is lax' at the end of the song. Whether Ron
and/or Russell have ever tried mind bending drugs remains a mystery, but I
think their homeland and their slightly psychadelic musical past could
possibly mean they tried it in their youth (but did they inahale?)
Second drugs reference - the song Fill 'Er Up, but it's more observational
I feel.
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>Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:39:40 +1000 (EST)
>From: John Potter <fossilise_apostle at yahoo.com.au>
>Subject: [Mael-list] Re: Mael-list Digest, Vol 16, Issue 7
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>Ok, Sparks themselves don't drink or smoke.
>
>1. "what drugs are you on?" in Baby Baby is the only
>proper one
>
>although
>
>arts and crafts spectacular supposedly contains the
>line "you live for weed now" although that isn't
>confirmed.
>
>why the interest in drug references?
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> > 1. Sparks and chemistry (Craig Unkrich)
> > 2. RE: Sparks and chemistry (Ute Kassner)
> > 3. RE: Sparks and chemistry (Ola Martinsson
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> > Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:15:09 +0000
> > From: "Craig Unkrich" <cunk64 at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
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> > I remember hearing about the Mael brothers having a
> > distaste for alcohol. I
> > haven’t heard a lot of their recent material, and
> > never paid attention to
> > most of the dance stuff, but really like HYL. I did
> > shamelessly download
> > “Dick Around”, but I liked it so much I immediately
> > went to amazon and
> > ordered the album. During “Cathedral”, there’s the
> > bit about “finish up
> > your beer”. I started thinking: “Have Sparks ever
> > mentioned illegal drug
> > use in any song?”. Alcohol is rarely mentioned.
> > Anyone remember a drug
> > reference?
> >
> > I’m sure someone will come up with loads of
> > references, but I can’t think of
> > one. Oh well… a subject near and dear to my heart.
> >
> > Craig
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> > Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:44:40 +0200 (CEST)
> > From: Ute Kassner <utekass at yahoo.de>
> > Subject: RE: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
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> > >Anyone remember a drug reference?
> >
> > In "Kiss me quick":
> > Lips that taste of cigarettes...
> > -- oh sorry they are not illegal! ;-))
> >
> > Craig Unkrich <cunk64 at hotmail.com> schrieb:
> > I remember hearing about the Mael brothers having
> > a distaste for alcohol. I
> > haven’t heard a lot of their recent material, and
> > never paid attention to
> > most of the dance stuff, but really like HYL. I did
> > shamelessly download
> > “Dick Around”, but I liked it so much I immediately
> > went to amazon and
> > ordered the album. During “Cathedral”, there’s the
> > bit about “finish up
> > your beer”. I started thinking: “Have Sparks ever
> > mentioned illegal drug
> > use in any song?”. Alcohol is rarely mentioned.
> > Anyone remember a drug
> > reference?
> >
> > I’m sure someone will come up with loads of
> > references, but I can’t think of
> > one. Oh well… a subject near and dear to my heart.
> >
> > Craig
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> > Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:02:14 +0200
> > From: "Ola Martinsson (AS/EAB)"
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> > Subject: RE: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
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> > on the back-covers of the profile cd:s both of them
> > are drinking from beer bottles.
> >
> > Ola in semi-cloudy Stockholm +20
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> > From: mael-list-bounces at lists.kuci.org
> > [mailto:mael-list-bounces at lists.kuci.org] On Behalf
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> > Subject: RE: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
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> > >Anyone remember a drug reference?
> >
> > In "Kiss me quick":
> > Lips that taste of cigarettes...
> > -- oh sorry they are not illegal! ;-))
> >
> > Craig Unkrich <cunk64 at hotmail.com> schrieb:
> >
> > I remember hearing about the Mael brothers having
> > a distaste for alcohol. I
> > haven't heard a lot of their recent material, and
> > never paid attention to
> > most of the dance stuff, but really like HYL. I
> > did shamelessly download
> > "Dick Around", but I liked it so much I
> > immediately went to amazon and
> > ordered the album. During "Cathedral", there's the
> > bit about "finish up
> > your beer". I started thinking: "Have Sparks ever
> > mentioned illegal drug
> > use in any song?". Alcohol is rarely mentioned.
> > Anyone remember a drug
> > reference?
> >
> > I'm sure someone will come up with loads of
> > references, but I can't think of
> > one. Oh well... a subject near and dear to my
> > heart.
> >
> > Craig
> >
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