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My little boy on the kitchen floor
(my little basquiat)
Stick men fighting stick dinosaurs
(my little basquiat)
Colours leaping all over the mat
(my little basquiat)
The kitchen floor is where it's at
For my little basquiat
One day
He'll be golden
Maybe chosen
Perhaps to lead
One day
He'll be shaken
Maybe taken
Perhaps to bleed
My big girl swinging from the bars
(my little comaniche)
Fist of stone flying above the yard.
(my little comaniche)
Halfway up is halfway down
(my little comaniche)
Or maybe it's the other way around
For my little comaniche
One day
She'll be moonlight
Maybe too bright
Perhaps, to shine
One day
She'll be found out
Maybe ground down
Perhaps she'll cry
My little girl on her mothers lap
(my little panchen lama)
Sucking on her fingers, surveying the roadmap
(my little panchen lama)
Seems to be the only one around
(my little panchen lama)
That sees the red lights at the end of town
(my little panchen lama)
One day
They'll be older
Maybe bolder
Perhaps, than me
One day
They'll be rising
Maybe living
Perhaps, in peace
| subgyro (Cowgary, AB) | Posted: May 08, 2013 - 16:23 With regards to people calling this song 'pretentious'... westslope wrote: annie_fannie wrote: It's a passive aggressive way of saying "if you like this song (or artist) you are pretentious because I don't like/understand this song (or artist)". Agreed. Seconded. And in shorter words, using the word pretentious means "It's too smart for me." (I personally knew the Basquiat name only before hearing the song, but that was it. I googled him and became wiser.) |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 00:40 It is always such a thrill to hear this brilliant song... love it... |
| Mayasha (The other north pole) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 08:40 Hannio wrote: Nice picture of an overhand knot, although I prefer the figure eight knot which is easier to undo, thus increasing its utility on board ship. Abecedarians invariably gravitate to the overhand, however. Did you notice the knot on the cover is in the form of a heart? |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 08:40 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 15:14 Everytime I hear this tune, I rate it a bit higher. Love the Junkies. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 20:18 love it... we be dancing...  |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: May 27, 2012 - 23:02 annie_fannie wrote: It's a passive aggressive way of saying "if you like this song (or artist) you are pretentious because I don't like/understand this song (or artist)". Agreed.
Nice song. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 27, 2012 - 23:00 wonderful song... love it... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 05:31 Sasha2001 wrote: Having pretention, or effecting an overly important sense of self is all too common an occurance with musicians/performers/artists/anyone. So I have to disagree. And I AM aware of the irony in my reply. But it is very true that people throw this term around far too often without knowing what it means, to try and sound intelligent, or as a label used to discredit music they don't like/get. And yet people get on to us who just say I think this song sucks, can't have it both ways or are we just supposed to fawn over the songs or be quiet?? Works in China like that and America is on its way.  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 19:33 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening... |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 09:03 Nice picture of an overhand knot, although I prefer the figure eight knot which is easier to undo, thus increasing its utility on board ship. Abecedarians invariably gravitate to the overhand, however. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 09:00 Beautiful song, and this whole album is great... |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 16:27 annie_fannie wrote: It's a passive aggressive way of saying "if you like this song (or artist) you are pretentious because I don't like/understand this song (or artist)". Having pretention, or effecting an overly important sense of self is all too common an occurance with musicians/performers/artists/anyone. So I have to disagree. And I AM aware of the irony in my reply. But it is very true that people throw this term around far too often without knowing what it means, to try and sound intelligent, or as a label used to discredit music they don't like/get. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 16:04 We be dancing... love it... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 14, 2011 - 09:15 sdn wrote: I have never understood what people mean when they say that a song (or artist) is "pretentious". Yea, me neither, I just think her voice sucks. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 14, 2011 - 09:14 Her voice is absolutely contraindicated to my auditory system.  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 19:00 Wow, when I first glanced at my last comment on this song, I thought it was last month... this song is soooo good... love it... |
| annie_fannie (Iowa) | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 07:28 sdn wrote: I have never understood what people mean when they say that a song (or artist) is "pretentious". It's a passive aggressive way of saying "if you like this song (or artist) you are pretentious because I don't like/understand this song (or artist)". |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 07, 2010 - 21:22 crockydile wrote: Love the lyrics. Yeah, this is a great song... |
| sdn (Philadelphia) | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 09:30 I have never understood what people mean when they say that a song (or artist) is "pretentious". |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 09:28 great song... love it... |
| CascadianPDX (Stumptown) | Posted: Nov 22, 2009 - 19:26 Just turned on RP at the end of this one... gf and me both thought that two different songs were playing from my laptop. Way to go CJs! |
| denmom (Connecticut) | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 09:45 I very much like the CJs, but this particular song is a miss for me — agree that it's pretentious. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Jul 30, 2009 - 14:14 Love the lyrics. |
| mooseisadick (Westland, Michigan) | Posted: Jul 30, 2009 - 14:12 Pretentious, artsy-fartsy, homage to Nico crap...hey, what's not to like? |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 20:12 thewiseking wrote: this is one godawful talentless amateurish act. they got away with it for a while with their ironic ennui shtick, mocking rock and roll. now it is they who is mocked. Of course you are saying that with a funny operatic voice, right? With a finger thrust into the air as you emphasize "they?" I just love irony. |
| alux (atop the pyramid) | Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 14:59 The simple quantity of CJs on RP leaves your argument gasping for relevance, WK. Try harder next time. thewiseking wrote: this is one godawful talentless amateurish act. they got away with it for a while with their ironic ennui shtick, mocking rock and roll. now it is they who is mocked. |
| PigLatin (They are pigs, these Romans) | Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 14:54 thewiseking wrote: this is one godawful talentless amateurish act. they got away with it for a while with their ironic ennui shtick, mocking rock and roll. now it is they who is mocked. No no! Now it is they who ARE mocked! |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Sep 17, 2008 - 09:41 this is one godawful talentless amateurish act. they got away with it for a while with their ironic ennui shtick, mocking rock and roll. now it is they who is mocked. |
| Droidac (4066 kms east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 10:02 gvan wrote: This song is like someone who name-drops just to sound smarter — a bit pretentious.
Since when did being well-read and educated become pretentious? I for one enjoy it when I learn something new from a song. |
| gvan (inside the house!) | Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 07:34 This song is like someone who name-drops just to sound smarter — a bit pretentious. |
| Droidac (4066 kms east of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 10:15 Daveinbawlmer wrote:  Correction,  |
| Koan (in or around Toronto) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 17:57 aeknust wrote: I'm confused... I agree that it does have a sinister feel, especially with the face-melting guitar sound, but from the lyrics, it sounds like she's singing about how proud she is of her children... Is that sinister?... This song has me puzzled. it seems all discombobulated. I get the picture that she is aware of how special and open and gifted her children are but knows that such people have a harder path ahead of them, so she is speculating on how the world may come down on them -- maybe, maybe. It ends on a hopeful note, but I do love the darker sound of this song and the complexity of both the music and lyrics. |
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 17:54 aeknust wrote: I'm confused... I agree that it does have a sinister feel, especially with the face-melting guitar sound, but from the lyrics, it sounds like she's singing about how proud she is of her children... Is that sinister?... This song has me puzzled. it seems all discombobulated. She's not singing about pride in her children; more like worrying about what they'll become. "One day he'll be shaken, maybe taken, Perhaps to bleed"I have a 2 year old, and I'm already worried about what trouble she's going to get herself into. I like to think I'm a bit more optimistic than this song, but I know where Margo's coming from. |
| aeknust | Posted: Jun 14, 2008 - 16:16 DoctorHooey wrote: Very different, more sinister mood than most CJ I've heard - I like this alot!
I'm confused... I agree that it does have a sinister feel, especially with the face-melting guitar sound, but from the lyrics, it sounds like she's singing about how proud she is of her children... Is that sinister?... This song has me puzzled. it seems all discombobulated. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 20:13 |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Mar 25, 2008 - 00:38 spraehbuer wrote: dann sind wir uns ja einig ...definitiv! 
Still impressed by this song, it's growing on me. |
| Beanie | Posted: Mar 18, 2008 - 10:10 "There was this little prince with a magic crown. An evil warlock kidnapped him, locked him in a cell in a huge tower and took away his voice. There was a window made of bars. The prince would smash his head against the bars hoping that someone would hear the sound and find him. The crown made the most beautiful sound that anyone ever heard. You could hear the ringing for miles. It was so beautiful, that people wanted to grab the air. They never found the prince. He never got out of the room. But the sound he made filled everything up with beauty." - Julian Schnabel from the movie Basquiat |
| hcaudill (Washington, DC) | Posted: Mar 17, 2008 - 08:17 Nice - I had this song stuck in my head for the last 24 hours, was hoping to hear it here. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Feb 22, 2008 - 13:02 . . it has taken a while for me to get hooked on the junkies, but the more I hear the more I like, . . . and Margo, what can I say about Margo?!?! |
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 07:56 lawman wrote: Cor -- cool distorted guitar!
I saw them at a free concert in a park a few years ago. This dude on stage right was ripping off solos on a bass guitar, and it sounded just like the solo stuff in this song. Didn't really fit in with the mellow vibe of their set, but I loved it. |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 07:53 Cool... I've been singing this song all day, anyway. ;) |
| tiare (St. Remy, Paris, Los Angeles, Hilo, Wailuku Manoa, are my main hangs) | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 19:37 It is a good song. But It seems that I hear it a lot. |
| spraehbuer (London, UK) | Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 04:56 mabra70 wrote: Jawohl!
dann sind wir uns ja einig |
| lawman (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 04:54 Cor -- cool distorted guitar! |
| mabra70 (Stuttgart, Germany) | Posted: Jan 09, 2008 - 07:10 Jawohl! prickelpit96 wrote: da mag ich zustimmen. |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 12:06 EssexTex wrote: Strange guitar like it belongs in another song
Reminded me immediately of the youtube classic "Steve Vai Shreds" but I like the song regardless |
| nelamvr6 (New London, CT USA) | Posted: Nov 09, 2007 - 17:05 Excellent! Bill, you are SMOKING tonight! |
| slartibart_O (N29°57'-W97°34') | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 12:34 junkman wrote: didn't like Basquiat, the artist, but this song isn't too bad
ditto |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Oct 27, 2007 - 13:55 Hmm, not so bad as to make me mute it, not so good as to keep me from going out and getting the mail. Guess that defines a 5. |