After almost eight years, President Bush has finally done something that I agree with. His speech last night to the American people regarding the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry was the kind of reassuring, plain-spoken explanation that this nation needed in order to understand the depth of this problem and help put us on the path to a solution.
Of course, I’m lying. His speech apparently messed up another ridiculous display of stupid David Blaine “magic”. How could I not approve of that? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, you suck, David Blaine.
Douchy
If per chance you have ingested some sort of poison or are interested in barfing up tonight’s dinner as part of some unhealthy-but-effective binge-and-purge weight-loss regimen, might I suggest this to help get the hurling started.
image credit: in picture, but I got this from SpinDoctors.com
We had dinner last night at Casa del Noped with Jigga, J-No, and the ever-cute baby Katherine. Somehow during dinner the Spin Doctors came up briefly, and I talked about how much I listened to their Pocket Full of Kryptonite album right around the time I was graduating from high school in 1993.
This morning J-No sent us this email after getting in to work.
As I was flipping XM channels on the way to work, I heard:
“if you want to buy me flowers, just go ahead now.
and if you, want to talk for hours, just go ahead now.” etc etc etc
What does the line at the end mean- where is says- Oh, your majesty…..forget the king and marry me…….. Who is he talking about?
After reading Jennifer’s email I realized that there are probably many of you out there who are not aware of the deep, multi-layered complexities of the Spin Doctors’ work. I sent J-No the following thoughtful, insightful, utterly deep, and - some might say - brilliant reply. After reading it, I knew I must share it with you, the gentle blizzog reader whose thirst for Spin Doctors wisdom and insight will never be fully quenched.
Man, do I love the Spin Doctors. The song you are referring to is called “Two Princes“, and was the Spin Doctors first big hit. With a light, upbeat, whimsical set of lyrics, the song depicts the classic love triangle between two men of very different means and a hottie.
The song’s title refers to the two princes that the hottie can choose between. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of the poor guy in this triangle, and he explains the difference between himself and the other “prince”. Lines like “One has diamonds in his pockets / This one, said he wants to buy you lockets” depict the great disparity in buying power between the two men.
The line you are referring to, “forget the king and marry me,” is the singer’s plea to the hottie (the princess) to ignore what her father (the king) would want her to do (marry the rich prince) and marry the poor prince instead.
The song never says if they ended up getting together, but I’m guessing they did. Why? The Spin Doctors’ next big hit was “Little Miss Can’t-Be-Wrong”, whose spiteful lyrics about a significant other who is always right shows that the group grasped the true meaning of marriage.
Deep stuff. Rich. And Compelling. The Spin Doctors, baby. Soak it in.
I need to give up this computer stuff and become a full-time pop culture maven. You’re welcome.
