2vn - Cousin Dupree
David
and yet they were three together ??
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David
Tim Shoppa
>
> Great track, however he seems to be a lot older than his cousin in the song
> and yet they were three together ??
Relativity, man. Twin Paradox. Mizar 5. Time dilation!
Tim.
Robert Bryant
>and yet they were three together ??
>David
The use of the term "we" when one really means only one is sometimes
referred to as the "royal we". On another note, I suspect that the lyrics
may have been changed from the way they were written initially.
Honey how you've grown...like a rose
Well we used to play when we were three
How about a kiss for your Cousin Dupree.
Does anyone else feel that instead of the word rose, it may originally have
been weed? It makes more sense and is a better rhyme, but perhaps was
nixed as it is a less-than-flattering term to describe a pretty girl.
ti bon ange
thought, too, based on "my LITTLE cousin Janine." But I think he
means 'petite,' not 'younger.' I think Dupree and Janine are the
same age, and what they played 'when we were three' was 'you
show me yours, i'll show you mine,' if you take my meaning.
Robert wrote:
>On another note, I suspect that the lyrics may have been
>changed from the way they were written initially.
>Honey how you've grown...like a rose
>Does anyone else feel that instead of the word rose, it may
>originally have been weed? It makes more sense and is a better
>rhyme, but perhaps was nixed as it is a less-than-flattering
>term to describe a pretty girl.
This is certainly possible. I saw one article somewhere--might
have been JAM!--where they discussed rejected lyrics.
But I don't think so--gut feeling. I believe 'like a rose'
conveys a number of images, including the beauty of a rose, the
fact that roses are buds and then burst into full, glorious
bloom, and the Georgia O'Keeffe imagery of flowers as female
sexual goodies.
It's a rather classy thing for such a hillbilly to say, so maybe
you're right; maybe he would have said, 'you done growed up like
a weed, lil cuz...' But I'll stick with the rose image, giving
Dupree a little credit (after all, he also said 'quid pro
quo...' how often do you hear an incestuous hick using that
argument to get laid?).
love and kisses
diane <-- loves the rural narratives
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Kathryn Ballard
would have been more befitting of a guy who played rockin' gigs and drove
trucks in a former life! (no offense, folks, but I rarely hear truckers
talking about roses!)
Although I love the song, there are places where I find the lyrics slightly
awkward, but then I wonder if that isn't the point, being that the situation
itself IS extremely awkward!
For example, when he sings:
"On Saturday night she walked in with her date
And backs him up against the wall
I tumbled off the couch and heard myself sing
In a voice I never knew I had before ..."
... doesn't roll as well as "in a voice I never knew I had at *all*" (to
rhyme with 'wall' - however, perhaps the lack of cliché is the point? You
never know.)
Yours,
Kathryn Ballard
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steve_cobham
wrote:
>Hi David -- yes, I think the lyrics would have been great as "a weed" ... it
>would have been more befitting of a guy who played rockin' gigs and drove
>trucks in a former life! (no offense, folks, but I rarely hear truckers
>talking about roses!)
>
>Although I love the song, there are places where I find the lyrics slightly
>awkward, but then I wonder if that isn't the point, being that the situation
>itself IS extremely awkward!
>
>For example, when he sings:
>
>"On Saturday night she walked in with her date
> And backs him up against the wall
> I tumbled off the couch and heard myself sing
> In a voice I never knew I had before ..."
>
>... doesn't roll as well as "in a voice I never knew I had at *all*" (to
>rhyme with 'wall' - however, perhaps the lack of cliché is the point? You
>never know.)
It's a long time since I did English Lit, but there is a poetic device
- the name of which escapes me (I passed, but that doesn't necessarily
mean that the stuff stayed in my head after the exams!) - in which
words having a similar sound can be used as "quasi-rhymes".
Both "wall" and "before" have the same long vowel sound.
Personally, I like it. It avoids the cliched "moon and June" trap.
Steve.
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