Wouldn’t it have been morning in Ireland?
Ever since the women’s acapella group at St. Olaf did this “song”, I’ve given them a hard time about being geographically challenged: “You do know South Detroit is Canada, right?”
“Well, maybe they just mean the southern suburbs.” But that’s no better. The protagonist is meant to be blue collar: “Just a ciiity boyyy…” Well. those southern suburbs are some of the ritziest in the land (Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Shores…).
In Avril Lavigne’s ‘Sk8er Boi’, a song I hate for a number of reasons, Avril sings “Five years from now, she sits at home”, implying that she, Avril, narrator of the song, is looking into the future from the present, seeing what one of the characters from the song will be doing in five years time.
Then, in the future, sk8er boi becomes famous, is on MTV, and then the big twist comes: Avril is now the girlfriend of the sk8er boi, inserting herself into the story, except… Avril is in the past. She can’t be his girlfriend because last we heard she was five years in the past looking into the future. She also says “that boy’s mine now”, when she said “five years from now” earlier. When is now, Avril? WHEN IS NOW?!
Yeah, the food’s good there, but that doesn’t make up for the total lack of atmosphere.
Actually, I always thought this was more descriptive of the evacuation of Dunkirk than anything else.
Yes, but that would make it April 5, not April 4. King was shot at 6 p.m. and died just after 7 p.m. Assuming nothing has changed with regard to time zones or daylight saving time, that means he was shot at midnight Dublin time. It was not morning in Memphis or Ireland at the time he was shot.
I know this was settled on page one, but the objection bothered me. This interpretation is correct. There’s nothing wrong with “it’s later than you realize.”
OK, Biffy, you got me there. I stand corrected.
I think you may have a point there, Treacherous. OK, I’ll stand down and agree that (perhaps :)) “naive” is more approropriate.
A bit off-topic, but all those Grosse Pointe suburbs are northeast of Detroit, not south.
“Correct British Pronunciation” is an oxymoron.
I love these threads! Watching people try to outpedant each other is hilarious!
You’re not watching people, you’re watching the pixels they’ve submitted as posts on the screen.
Just sayin’
The Final Coundown by Europe
Venus may be a fair distance away, but it’s not light years away. Plus it’s neither inhabited or habitable.
You’re not "sayin.’ "
You’re typin’.
Or “keying”…as the device being used is no longer a typewriter!
As pointed out, these areas are not south of Detroit. One could get River Rouge, Wyandotte, or Grosse Ile out of it, but that area is Down River and never referred to as South Detroit.
And I already posted that song on the first page, #46.
Your version, “If this ever-changing world in which we’re livin”, is how I choose to hear it.