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10.57pm
26 January 2017
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this is legendary
"The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles!"
-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
"We could ride and surf together while our love would grow"
-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
12.40am
11 April 2016
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I wonder if he (or whoever did create the sample, if it wasn’t him) knows that his work appears on a Beatles song? I know that I’d be incredibly honoured, no doubt!
"WeepyC came into the fray as the premier Jimmy Page fan, and will remain." - sir walter raleigh
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9.19am
4 September 2019
Offline vonbontee said
To the extent that I’ve thought about it, I’ve always assumed that CM was indeed Bill himself, that the narrator is being contemptuous about how the cowardly Bill feels like a big man when he’s got his gun, and so the “Captain Marvel” appellation is sarcasm.
I’ve read a lot of comic books, so it never even occurred to me that John wasn’t talking about the superhero character. But now that I hear your explanation, I agree with it.
By the way, I’ve never liked that line, I’ve always found it slightly embarrassing, thought it was kind of dumb that Captain Marvel would show up. But maybe I’ll start to appreciate it more with this new insight.
By the way, I always used to think it referred to the Fawcett hero Captain Marvel (now called Shazam because of licensing issues). Although the Marvel hero of that name (the original male version) had been introduced recently by that time, so it’s possible that version might have triggered John’s lyric.
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