[Mael-list] In the backyard climing trees....

[Derek Paice]

Sorry, James, but I disagree.  "Ladies" is much, much more than Ron just
thinking up rhymes.  It's a complete yet bizarre story of someone,
presumably a man, who (when left on his own) experiences a range of peculiar
visions of his "ladies".  He is clearly suffering from mental ill-health.
As you mentioned, Margaret Mead the anthropologist is in the garden climbing
trees, while Betty Crocker is in the kitchen.  One of my five favourite
Sparks' couplets can be found in this song - "Ava Braun is cracking jokes
while Joan of Arc just sits and smokes" - that's clever and very dark ;-)
The ladies always fade away when the wife (presumably) returns from a
shopping trip in the car.  I stand by my contention that the protagonist in
the song is probably having an acid flashback!!!

Regards,

derek

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mael-list-bounces at core.kuci.org
> [mailto:mael-list-bounces at core.kuci.org]On Behalf Of James Griffiths
> Sent: 25 June 2006 21:21
> To: mael-list at core.kuci.org
> Subject: [Mael-list] In the backyard climing trees....
>
>
> Ladies is purely Ron racking his huge brains trying to find
> things to rhyme!
>
> Normal bands use words love 'love' and rhyme it with 'dove' or
> 'above'. Ron
> goes one further and comes out even more the genius. No drugs
> involved. Or
> are there..?
>


> >Message: 1
> >Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:47:13 +0100
> >From: "Derek Paice" <derek at deepmusic.co.uk>
> >Subject: RE: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
> >To: <mael-list at core.kuci.org>
> >
> >Slightly obliquely, perhaps, but I always thought the psychotic
> fantasies
> >in
> >"Ladies" had to be fuelled by something stronger than cous-cous.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >derek
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mael-list-bounces at core.kuci.org
> > > [mailto:mael-list-bounces at core.kuci.org]On Behalf Of Craig Unkrich
> > > Sent: 24 June 2006 17:26
> > > To: mael-list at core.kuci.org
> > > Subject: RE: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
> > >
> > >
> > > Not yet.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Ute Kassner <utekass at yahoo.de>
> > > >Reply-To: mael-list at lists.kuci.org
> > > >To: mael-list at lists.kuci.org
> > > >Subject: RE: [Mael-list] Sparks and chemistry
> > > >Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:44:40 +0200 (CEST)
> > > >
> > > > >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
>