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Iko Iko in a metal tragedy

Nov 17, 2009 14:41

OK, the latest Rihanna discussion that people frustratingly put under flock regards the second line in verse two of "Fire Bomb." Candidates are ( Read more... )

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Context koganbot November 17 2009, 21:50:19 UTC

Seems cold but baby no, doesn't have to be
[Line in question]
Watching it burning, it's beautiful and it's blue
And it's pitiful when it's through
It's the other half of me

Intellectual dragon locked in time koganbot November 17 2009, 21:53:38 UTC

First time I heard Pere Ubu's "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" I heard "Intellectual dragon locked in time" (which is sort of what I am) rather than "In a metal dragon locked in time."

Re: Intellectual dragon locked in time edgeofwhatever November 17 2009, 21:54:32 UTC

You have a very high opinion of yourself.

Re: Intellectual dragon locked in time koganbot November 17 2009, 21:59:31 UTC

Or I have a high opinion of dragons.

katstevens November 17 2009, 22:22:22 UTC

Putting certain types of metal in a microwave may well result in said Fire Bomb if not a tragedy. Sodium, perhaps?

dubdobdee November 17 2009, 23:17:39 UTC

phosphorus! where's mogz? she probably already tested it!

alexmacpherson November 18 2009, 02:28:28 UTC

For some reason on headphones while walking home just now I heard "middle tragedy" (in the middle of a tragedy). I didn't skip back to relisten b/c it was cold.

What did you think of the "size 10" theories from Melissa and rtc?

koganbot November 18 2009, 05:19:38 UTC

I don't think anyone would say "size 10" if he or she meant "perfect 10," since the connotations are so different. As for the insult of "10," we don't know enough even to know it was an insult: maybe there was some women's apparel in Chris's apartment that obviously wasn't hers, maybe it's dress size, maybe it's shoe size, maybe he bought her a present in the wrong size....

"Metal" makes more sense than "middle" because she's in a car and what's burning in the next line isn't going to be "middle."

weasel_seeker November 18 2009, 08:50:06 UTC

I also can't decide if the line in Te Amo is "I tell I'm not gon' run away, but let me go" or "I tell her I not go 'round that way (i.e. lesbianism!), just let me go"

koganbot November 20 2009, 06:00:09 UTC

I hear, "I told her I never run away, but lemme go." Song is discussed at length here.