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Dinger here in aus is slang for a condom

GODDAMMIT TUPONG DON'T CONFUSE HIM!! My naivety and chaste demeanor will not allow myself to say words like cock, dick, schlong, or meat missile, but that's what FZ was referring to.

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How about "burning phallus" and "muted member"?

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Stay with me flagrantly and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity.

- a penis with sound turned off?

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The more I learn, the less I know.

Sorry....I have a cold.

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Stay with me flagrantly and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity.

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hey, guys, thanks for all the help - I'm working on it!

I guess the meaning of the phrase is that in the old days, before the pill, heavy petting/mutual masturbation would be the way for the older generation to get their rocks off, when they were just having fun, not planning kids.

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We make a special art in an environment hostile to dreamers. Frank Zappa, 1971

My next turn is Tryin' To Grow A Chin:

- is it a normal phrase in english, or does it sound surprisingly?
- might "chin" be "adam's apple" here, as the simbol of growing up?

hm? thanks!

"Chin" would be more akin to "Balls", as in "growing a backbone".

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Broken Hearts Are For Assholes

Well, it's a bit disgusting one, not a favorite song of mine, but I started to deal with it's lyrics... Oh well!...

It's a really stupid tune, seems as if FZ would have a real story behind it, but it's only him who undestands it. Or - do you? What makes it a WHOLE, could you tell? What's the "message" here - could you tell?

I'm curious!! Thanks!

Pretty straight forward from my point of view, if you allow yourself to have a broken heart, your an asshole...

okay, but I'm curious: why? To me it's a bit of a mess: starts with "broken hearts", then goes to gays, then to women, and starts talking about "Dagmar" and all the other things, like if it was to be addressed to some certain person. But to me t epicture doesn't come together. And the end: "I'm gonna ram it up...." ?...

so you went to the grape just to give it a try
guy breaks up with his girl, decides to switch allegiances, checks out the gay s&m/leather scene, to his surprise, he digs it


in a way you can't explain
now, he doesn't know if he's a boy or a lady [he don't know which]


you say you can't live with what you've been through
well, ladies you can be an asshole too
implying a newly discovered bi-sexual preference to the back door

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I always thought he only meant some women can be idiots too...

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

FZ was still young at that time and he needed the money .

He had just broke with Warner Bros. and wrote songs like that to sell records and concert tickets. He too had to make a living and keep the business going. Don't over-interpret the lyrical content. They are just songs. Not everything is (or has to be) great ART.

Thinman

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I'm not "over-interpreting", just asking. And whether its "only a song", but FZ played all over in 77-78, and it's present on no less but 4 albums - so I'm just curious.

He released it on one album only. He is not responsible for what others do after his death.

Th.

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two, to be exact: he selected it for Läther.

But it still leaves 2 things the same:
- he played it constantly for 2 years - wrong: on 7 tours!
- I'm still interested in your thoughts on the lyrics.

I think it does mean simply that if you are prone to having you're heart broke, you're an asshole.

It's a statement about the futility of falling in love, but then he turns it into a crass sexual innuendo. Having a broken heart is like getting fucked in the ass. Some people like it, and ladies, so can you too...

Appalling for most folks, but who needs them?

Rope you need a steady girlfriend and a social calendar, if you focus on only the bad stuff you will feel bad, choose to focus on the good stuff and feel good...

Gee whiz, plooky, haven't you ever read my cable guy confessions? What kind of a fucking wimp do you think I am? Think about the good stuff? What kind of pussy positive think is that?

I'm a realist, man...ask my steady girlfriend. A social calender? What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you privledged or something?

...and I never " "

...so there!

You got to stick with the positive...the tragic figure is sooo 2010...go have some fun and forget about the fucking politics for at least 2 weeks...and eat some bananas, you sound like your potassium levels are low...