Frances
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Post by Frances on Jan 21, 2020 10:58:26 GMT -5
I’d have to go with “It only takes a little til you need a ton.”
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Post by anarkissed on Jan 21, 2020 16:19:43 GMT -5
"Pass the bill to Chris"...
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Post by teddinard on Jan 21, 2020 20:29:41 GMT -5
Love both of those.
You can back up a little from the above, too. I always thought "monkey on the mirror" was a quite brilliant way to refer to cocaine—playing, of course, on the "monkey on my back" of smack addiction.
It draws out the coke-narcissism connection with his usual witty economy.
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Frances
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Post by Frances on Jan 27, 2020 14:40:38 GMT -5
Love both of those. You can back up a little from the above, too. I always thought "monkey on the mirror" was a quite brilliant way to refer to cocaine—playing, of course, on the "monkey on my back" of smack addiction. It draws out the coke-narcissism connection with his usual witty economy. Love this! What do you mean by “coke-narcissism connection,” though? Is it a well known fact that narcissists are more prone to abuse cocaine? Or are you just saying cocaine makes you act narcissistically?
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Post by teddinard on Jan 27, 2020 19:02:34 GMT -5
Love both of those. You can back up a little from the above, too. I always thought "monkey on the mirror" was a quite brilliant way to refer to cocaine—playing, of course, on the "monkey on my back" of smack addiction. It draws out the coke-narcissism connection with his usual witty economy. Love this! What do you mean by “coke-narcissism connection,” though? Is it a well known fact that narcissists are more prone to abuse cocaine? Or are you just saying cocaine makes you act narcissistically? Yeah, it's been my experience that an effect of the drug is people getting an elevated opinion of themselves. Like "I'm so great, I'm so charming, I can do anything! I have PER-sonality!" You don't have to be a narcissist to do cocaine, but often you end up that way, for as long as it lasts!
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Frances
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Post by Frances on Jan 27, 2020 19:25:43 GMT -5
Love this! What do you mean by “coke-narcissism connection,” though? Is it a well known fact that narcissists are more prone to abuse cocaine? Or are you just saying cocaine makes you act narcissistically? Yeah, it's been my experience that an effect of the drug is people getting an elevated opinion of themselves. Like "I'm so great, I'm so charming, I can do anything! I have PER-sonality!" You don't have to be a narcissist to do cocaine, but often you end up that way, for as long as it lasts! Gotcha! And yeah, that’s been my experience too. That’s what makes it so damn appealing, for as long as it lasts. Then you have to deal not only with the crash but with the reality of your own averageness.
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Post by Veets on Jan 28, 2020 8:34:46 GMT -5
"If you were a pill, I'd take a handful at my will."
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Schecky
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Post by Schecky on Jan 29, 2020 14:30:55 GMT -5
Get up from a dream And I look for rain Take an amphetamine And a crushed rat's brain
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 29, 2020 20:49:04 GMT -5
I assume this fits:
See your slight body relax Soon your young veins will collapse
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Post by thematsarealive on Jan 30, 2020 23:12:31 GMT -5
It's either:
"Feeling good from the pills we took"
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"Take an amphetamine And a crushed rat's brain How am I feelin' Better I suppose"
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Post by Hide N Lurkin' on Jan 31, 2020 11:02:29 GMT -5
I always thought it was "a crushed right brain" - right brain being the creativity side. What is a crushed rat's brain?
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Jer
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Post by Jer on Feb 1, 2020 6:26:48 GMT -5
I always thought it was "a crushed right brain" - right brain being the creativity side. What is a crushed rat's brain? I love that line, and I always heard it as rat, and Google seems to confirm that.
I always interpreted it as a sort of voodoo/Pagan/witch-like concoction, just ingesting anything first thing in the day in an attempt to convince your self that you're "feeling better, I suppose." He may have been using it as a metaphor for the anti-depressants he was on at the time. But at the same time, maybe just an off-the-cuff random animal part that made for a cool lyric to demonstrate how we self-medicate and aren't even really sure sometimes if it helps. It ties right in to where his mental health was at the time and makes for the perfect opener to that record.
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Post by FreeRider on Feb 2, 2020 9:27:43 GMT -5
they miss her back down on the farm and the money goes straight to her arm... 49:00 of Your Life, untitled track 16 (i think?)
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Frances
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Post by Frances on Feb 2, 2020 12:28:20 GMT -5
they miss her back down on the farm and the money goes straight to her arm...49:00 of Your Life, untitled track 16 (i think?) That’s a great one! I forgot about it.
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Post by raccoon on Feb 9, 2020 12:08:21 GMT -5
Johnny always shoots more than he needs
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Post by raccoon on Feb 9, 2020 12:30:14 GMT -5
Some shit on the needle. Like your record.
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Post by Placemat on Feb 10, 2020 18:24:53 GMT -5
Some shit on the needle. Like your record. Ditto.
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Post by landshark on Feb 10, 2020 21:04:31 GMT -5
Believe these hills are starting to roll Believe these stars are starting to shoot
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Post by raccoon on Feb 11, 2020 10:20:55 GMT -5
"Hey Merle, got any ludes on ya?" "two left"
So take a another pill from your purse/take a little ride in a hearse
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Post by teddinard on Feb 11, 2020 16:18:36 GMT -5
Some shit on the needle. Like your record. I always thought that was phono needle i.e. stylus. Like the ball of dust/crap that gathers and makes the record sound like crap. Then I take him to be saying "but your record sounds crappy anyway." But maybe you're right, could be a hypo.
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