Scylla
December 14, 2016, 9:02pm
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Don_Draper:
I never paid much attention to the lyrics to this song. But this couplet stands out as a bit creepy. I know that adult females were often referred to as ‘girls’ a lot back then, but Bob actually goes out of his way to distinguish ‘woman’ from ‘girl’, implying that he’s had adult AND underage sex partners.
I hadn’t thought of that. That’s really creepy.
Scylla:
I am trying to be modest, because this really isn’t about me. The fact of the matter is that I make stands with the best of them. One of them holds my lamp. I use another for knickknacks. I once repelled a mob by making a folding a TV tray, using only my pocketknife and some scrap wood.
Lee Child based the Jack Reacher character on me. If you remember the scene in the movie where he takes on the 5 guys outside the bar, that was also based on me.
I am so badass that when I take on 5 people by myself it’s actually the 5 people who are making a stand.
The Sam Eliot character in Roadhouse is also based on me (in truth Swayze and Eliot play separate characters which in composite are based on me. The writers decided to split the part into two people because I was so awesome that it was thought a movie about me would be too unbelievable, and they wanted to keep the realism as high as possible while making Roadhouse.)
It’s a little known fact that Homer did the same thing when portraying me by splitting me into two characters, Achilles and Patroclus to further aide credibility.
I think you might prefer George Thorogood over Bob Seger.
This reminds of the current hit by The Weeknd, “Star Boy”, where he whines about being an asshole because his fans made him one.
Don_Draper:
I never paid much attention to the lyrics to this song. But this couplet stands out as a bit creepy. I know that adult females were often referred to as ‘girls’ a lot back then, but Bob actually goes out of his way to distinguish ‘woman’ from ‘girl’, implying that he’s had adult AND underage sex partners.
I think it’s just the words chosen to fit the cadence of the verse. I don’t hear any pedophilia.
I hear crap though; that is clear.
If you were being truthful and accurate in part 1, you were 4 in 1972. I don’t find it plausible that your hair was particular long at the time.
No love for the sweet sax in the song?
I am always a* little* bit annoyed at the ‘gee, the road is sooooo tough’ whinefests.
Yes, an aspect of your chosen profession can be difficult. So go get a regular job. What? Regular jobs are not for you? Can’t give up the R&R lifestyle, with the sex and the drugs and the sleeping till noon? Fine, but shut up already. This is what you signed up for.