well of course he does. that's why the song says so.
the question with the pixies' song is...what are they trying to say? rumor on the web is..."here comes your man" is about either the big SF earthquake from way back (during which the hobos, who were legendarily on their way to california--"the land that's falling down" of another line from the song--and felt the "big shake" while they rode in boxcars); or the A-bombing of nagasaki and hiroshima ("here comes your MAN" thus refers to "fat man," the name of one of the bombs, but where's "little boy" in the song?--in this case i have no idea what the boxcar represents). in my opinion, there's more to support the earthquake interpretation--the "fire breathing," i.e. the fire that followed the big quake; the "wind makes a palm stop blowing," and "i wait so long (so long, so long)", i.e. the eerie stillness before a quake that seems to last forever, and also the wait between the first wave and the aftershocks. in either case, i have no idea what the "family stew" is supposed to be.
if, hypothetically speaking, i were going to entertain myself by watching either firefly or babylon 5, which would you recommend?
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Date: 2007-01-14 05:35 pm (UTC)the question with the pixies' song is...what are they trying to say? rumor on the web is..."here comes your man" is about either the big SF earthquake from way back (during which the hobos, who were legendarily on their way to california--"the land that's falling down" of another line from the song--and felt the "big shake" while they rode in boxcars); or the A-bombing of nagasaki and hiroshima ("here comes your MAN" thus refers to "fat man," the name of one of the bombs, but where's "little boy" in the song?--in this case i have no idea what the boxcar represents). in my opinion, there's more to support the earthquake interpretation--the "fire breathing," i.e. the fire that followed the big quake; the "wind makes a palm stop blowing," and "i wait so long (so long, so long)", i.e. the eerie stillness before a quake that seems to last forever, and also the wait between the first wave and the aftershocks. in either case, i have no idea what the "family stew" is supposed to be.
if, hypothetically speaking, i were going to entertain myself by watching either firefly or babylon 5, which would you recommend?