Lard music meanings?

[W. Joseph Gibson]

I have the Lard cd 'The Last Temptation of Reid' and was wondering:can
_ANYONE_ get any meaning out of the songs on it? I love the music (it's
nice to hear Al actually playing the guitar instead of just hitting it
every once in a while ala RevCo), but the ongs seem to be just Jello's
rambling. Drug Raid at 4am is pretty self-explanatory, but 'ForkBoy',
'Pineapple Face', 'Bozo Skeleton"? ANyone have any ideas?

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[Brendan P. McFeely]

On 27-Jan-92 in Lard music meanings?

user W. Joseph Gibson@netcom. writes:
>I have the Lard cd 'The Last Temptation of Reid' and was wondering:can
>_ANYONE_ get any meaning out of the songs on it? I love the music (it's
>nice to hear Al actually playing the guitar instead of just hitting it
>every once in a while ala RevCo), but the ongs seem to be just Jello's
>rambling. Drug Raid at 4am is pretty self-explanatory, but 'ForkBoy',
>'Pineapple Face', 'Bozo Skeleton"? ANyone have any ideas?
>

Forkboy: I have no clue. The line about "Picked by the FBI/To be the
black pied piper/After Dr. King died" calls to mind the Rev. Al
Sharpton, but that's probably just because I'm from Noo Yawk.

Pineapple Face: NO question in my mind about this one. The title
refers to everybody's favorite Central American dictator, Manuel
Noriega. The song chronicles the actions of both Noriega (hiding in the
Vatican embassy "Calling Pope John Paul, ole buddy, ole pal/Hey -- lemme
crash at your place for a while") and the American troops used in the
illegal invasion of Panama (ie playing loud music outside the embassy,
trying to drive Noriega out: "Save me Tipper/They're blasting Bon
Jovi/At me")

Bozo Skeleton: seems to be Jello's lament that he is such a public
figure now (is he? hmmm...) that he can't seem to find anyplace where he
"can go to be me."

Any other questions? Anybody disagree with me?

>W. Joseph Gibson <e...@netcom.com>

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