Comments on: 49 thoughts on 49:00

By: MattDW

MattDW — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:54:18 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s money going straight to her arm, not straight to her heart, especially since the next line ends with the word “farm”, which would rhyme. No feminist diatribe necessary.

That Davy Crockett line, on the other hand…

By: Jimdracula

Jimdracula — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:56:31 +0000

it’s no accident, trust.

By: blasty

blasty — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:55:49 +0000

Concerning no. 17, he mentions “Actor in the Street” in the song that plays along with Goodnight Sweet Prince” after the bottle of brandy line.
Here’s my best stab at the lyrics to that song:

it is a rough night my head hurt so deep
Do me a favor don’t fall asleep
and when they woke the ________ ______
and the actor in the street
he said rise
then they rose
and tried to hide by the stone
a rat on a sinking ship
they left him all alone

His character said
magician
you still mean ____________
and he’s too excited
his carpenter’s hands
he was born in a barn
and he stood quiet with his carpenter’s hands
he was born in a barn
and he stood like a man
with his carpenter’s hands
he was born in a barn

I don’t think it’s any accident that PW put a song about Jesus in the middle of a song about his Catholic father dying. (I think I read somewhere that his father was catholic. I could be wrong). It’s obvious that he put a lot of thought into 49:00, and that it’s not just a bunch of song snippets thrown together haphazardly.

By: zook

zook — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:39:14 +0000

Jodi – concerning #17, I think it is Goodnight Sweet Prince you might be thinking of. In the opening notes and lyrics it reminds me a lot of A Star Is Bored before becoming it’s own.

By: karen ripington

karen ripington — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:16:41 +0000

I keep hearin’ Friday Davy Crockett too. And I do not even begin to know what it might mean. Zook seems to have a reasonable explanation.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:27:26 +0000

I heard it as a Friday Davy Crockett too! But then someone or two said it was faggot Davy Crockett. I am going back to Friday.

By: zook

zook — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:24:54 +0000

I have no idea what a faggot Davy Crockett but I think Pdub refers to him as a Friday Davy Crockett. I don’t know what that means either except that I picture the men of yore dressing up in their best clothes on a Friday night for some reason.

By: blasty

blasty — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:16:48 +0000

Here’s the song that plays during Goodnight Sweet Prince, starting at the “brandy” lyric:

http://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01Ic0x6aytwcFUwTVE9PQ

It’s pretty much a fully formed song, clocking in at 1:26.

By: lee

lee — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:31:30 +0000

I’m am so with you on Paul releasing an album of covers—must include MTM theme and Don’t Cry No Tears. Can’t listen to Goodnight Sweet Prince without crying…or is it just me???

By: Jimdracula

Jimdracula — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:02:57 +0000

Be My Darlin’…”bite your lips, pull your hair.”