Comments on: Exceptions for the likes of REO Speedwagon http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/ Busking this at Embankment Tube tomorrow Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dagenham davehttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-9358 dagenham dave Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:45:13 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-9358 'Mozzer' rather than 'Mozza' which sounds like some sort of cheese. ‘Mozzer’ rather than ‘Mozza’ which sounds like some sort of cheese.

]]> By: Matt Leehttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-9343 Matt Lee Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:17:20 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-9343 Mozza, surely? Mozza, surely?

]]> By: Chris The Siteownerhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 Chris The Siteowner Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:52:29 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1905 I'm tending (when I remember) to <i>not</i> put the singer's quotes or thoughts in speech marks, or else it's hard to know when to stop (in this case, we'd need to put the rest of the song in speech marks, probably). I’m tending (when I remember) to not put the singer’s quotes or thoughts in speech marks, or else it’s hard to know when to stop (in this case, we’d need to put the rest of the song in speech marks, probably).

]]> By: Pooliohttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1903 Poolio Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:55:31 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1903 Hmmm, I'm feeling grammatically inferior to one or two on here, so 'tis with trepidation I ask: should "Is that a stock reply" be in speech marks too? I know it's thought, but it feels like a spoken question to me... Hmmm,
I’m feeling grammatically inferior to one or two on here, so ’tis with trepidation I ask: should “Is that a stock reply” be in speech marks too?
I know it’s thought, but it feels like a spoken question to me…

]]> By: Bill Stowhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1896 Bill Stow Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:33:01 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1896 On a point of information - why the 'metal ten seconds' addition to the title of Numanoid Hang-glide? On a point of information – why the ‘metal ten seconds’ addition to the title of Numanoid Hang-glide?

]]> By: Charles Exfordhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Charles Exford Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:08:50 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1892 Oh by the way, the Jesus stock reply/REO Speedwagon thing seems a lot less random (nothing is random) when you know that they asked the same question, sort of, in the pathetic - in both senses of the word - lyrics to "I do Wanna Know": <em>You have said as much as you can say Your heart is just about to overflow Must be something more I can do Some new plateau I'm listening to you Dying to know Everything that you're feeling Every change you undergo Just don't tell me that you love me Because I do' wanna know I do' wanna know how much you love me I do' wanna know how much you care I do' wanna, I do' wanna, I do' wanna know I do' wanna do what I'm supposed to I do' wanna wear what I'm supposed to wear I do' wanna, I do' wanna, I do' wanna know You are gonna do what you must do You are gonna go where you want to go You are gonna hear what you hear Fear what you fear Don't say a word Don't let it show You will be what you will be You will reap everything you sow Just don't tell me that you love me Because I do' wanna know</em> To me it seems to fit in thematically with the image of the mother figure who has exhausted her ability to care and is now hanging with the least human cult imaginible - the Numanoids, the Replicants... nothing is random. Oh and if you've ever had cause to think about how much reference there is in the Collected Works of NB to emotional/developmental 'conditions' which medical professionals might locate somewhere on the Autistic Spectrum, it's a nice coincidence that in 2001, several years after this song of course, Gary Numan told the world he had Asperger's (Google it and you'll probably just find an article from the Independent mainly focusing on a suicide in the Bacharach family which mentions Numan further down). Oh by the way, the Jesus stock reply/REO Speedwagon thing seems a lot less random (nothing is random) when you know that they asked the same question, sort of, in the pathetic – in both senses of the word – lyrics to “I do Wanna Know”:

You have said as much as you can say
Your heart is just about to overflow
Must be something more I can do
Some new plateau
I’m listening to you
Dying to know
Everything that you’re feeling
Every change you undergo
Just don’t tell me that you love me
Because I do’ wanna know
I do’ wanna know how much you love me
I do’ wanna know how much you care
I do’ wanna, I do’ wanna, I do’ wanna know
I do’ wanna do what I’m supposed to
I do’ wanna wear what I’m supposed to wear
I do’ wanna, I do’ wanna, I do’ wanna know
You are gonna do what you must do
You are gonna go where you want to go
You are gonna hear what you hear
Fear what you fear
Don’t say a word
Don’t let it show
You will be what you will be
You will reap everything you sow
Just don’t tell me that you love me
Because I do’ wanna know

To me it seems to fit in thematically with the image of the mother figure who has exhausted her ability to care and is now hanging with the least human cult imaginible – the Numanoids, the Replicants… nothing is random.

Oh and if you’ve ever had cause to think about how much reference there is in the Collected Works of NB to emotional/developmental ‘conditions’ which medical professionals might locate somewhere on the Autistic Spectrum, it’s a nice coincidence that in 2001, several years after this song of course, Gary Numan told the world he had Asperger’s (Google it and you’ll probably just find an article from the Independent mainly focusing on a suicide in the Bacharach family which mentions Numan further down).

]]> By: Charles Exfordhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1887 Charles Exford Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:10:49 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1887 Agree with all of the above. As soon as I saw it I assumed that "job" was a typo as I notice "G" is right there by "B" on my keyboard. There isn't just a "Where", there's a magnificicent "Whe-e-ere" that owes debts of thanks to Lulu (and arguably those from Motown she was imitating, and those from Gospel that they were). Personally I'd spell Mozza as Mozza - maybe you've already applied the google test to that one, but it seems to be the standard spelling in the media and goes better with Gazza. Talking of Mozza, did you consider a rakishly-angled accent on "grazèd" in the manner of a self-consciously romantic sonnet ? Anyway it all makes perfect sense to me. Keep up the good work! Toodle-pip! Agree with all of the above. As soon as I saw it I assumed that “job” was a typo as I notice “G” is right there by “B” on my keyboard.

There isn’t just a “Where”, there’s a magnificicent “Whe-e-ere” that owes debts of thanks to Lulu (and arguably those from Motown she was imitating, and those from Gospel that they were).

Personally I’d spell Mozza as Mozza – maybe you’ve already applied the google test to that one, but it seems to be the standard spelling in the media and goes better with Gazza.

Talking of Mozza, did you consider a rakishly-angled accent on “grazèd” in the manner of a self-consciously romantic sonnet ?

Anyway it all makes perfect sense to me.

Keep up the good work! Toodle-pip!

]]> By: Petrovichttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Petrovic Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:01:11 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1883 I'm guessing that the title is a reference to <a href="http://www.iankitching.me.uk/music/bonzos/tracks/doughnut.htmlx#Humanoid" rel="nofollow">the Bonzos' track Humanoid Boogie</a>? I’m guessing that the title is a reference to the Bonzos’ track Humanoid Boogie?

]]> By: John Andersonhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 John Anderson Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:09:58 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1882 I have always heard it as jog rather than job. There's a greater irony and it fits in better with the previous line's references to "in our road" and "on the run." Maybe Nigel was alludiung to the fact that the man who popularised jogging in the 1970s died of a heart attack while out jogging. , I have always heard it as jog rather than job. There’s a greater irony and it fits in better with the previous line’s references to “in our road” and “on the run.”

Maybe Nigel was alludiung to the fact that the man who popularised jogging in the 1970s died of a heart attack while out jogging.

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]]> By: gary shttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/exceptions-for-the-likes-of-reo-speedwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 gary s Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:52:01 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=582#comment-1881 Agree with drawn out "where" and howay cemetery gates. Also i think it's dehydration on a long jog. Agree with drawn out “where” and howay cemetery gates. Also i think it’s dehydration on a long jog.

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