Things you learned through the Clash

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white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
My old man had to tell me; I had no idea.
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Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:30pm
white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
My old man had to tell me; I had no idea.
You'll be telling me you don't know what a jam sandwich is next.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:31pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:30pm
white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
My old man had to tell me; I had no idea.
You'll be telling me you don't know what a jam sandwich is next.
As in a police car? I sussed that through context clues in Stereotype by the Specials.
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Is ten times worse than prison


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white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
I found our about that from a Fall song, but I can't for the life of me remember which.

edit: "Carry Bag Man"
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Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:33pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:31pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:30pm
white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
My old man had to tell me; I had no idea.
You'll be telling me you don't know what a jam sandwich is next.
As in a police car? I sussed that through context clues in Stereotype by the Specials.
Yeah, or "Jam Sarnie", as they used to call them in these parts.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
The car? learned that from Tom Waits
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Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:44pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:33pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:31pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:30pm
white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
My old man had to tell me; I had no idea.
You'll be telling me you don't know what a jam sandwich is next.
As in a police car? I sussed that through context clues in Stereotype by the Specials.
Yeah, or "Jam Sarnie", as they used to call them in these parts.
Not to be confused with a ‘Jam Jar’ in London.

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eumaas wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 10:10pm
white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
The car? learned that from Tom Waits
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eumaas wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 10:10pm
white man wrote:
06 Mar 2018, 9:17pm
How many of our american friends now know what a Black Maria is ????
The car? learned that from Tom Waits
Yeah, that’s a term that I’ve heard in a lot of songs.
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The one I learned was “panda car.”
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"Combatitive" is not a word.

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Today I learned about the "black Maria" lyric. I always thought it was something like "no need to live like Maria" but I don't really listen to lyrics. And I know the Waits song well and that the song is called "Big Black Mariah", but it does sound like he's saying something like "biggest black rattle."

I'm an idiot.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
07 Mar 2018, 11:00am
Today I learned about the "black Maria" lyric. I always thought it was something like "no need to live like Maria" but I don't really listen to lyrics. And I know the Waits song well and that the song is called "Big Black Mariah", but it does sound like he's saying something like "biggest black rattle."

I'm an idiot.
The prisoner makes the busted eye boy, north of what the capture
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
07 Mar 2018, 11:06am
matedog wrote:
07 Mar 2018, 11:00am
Today I learned about the "black Maria" lyric. I always thought it was something like "no need to live like Maria" but I don't really listen to lyrics. And I know the Waits song well and that the song is called "Big Black Mariah", but it does sound like he's saying something like "biggest black rattle."

I'm an idiot.
The prisoner makes the busted eye boy, north of what the capture
:cool:

Just goes to show you that when I hear songs with vocals, it's basically just gibberish, melody, and rhythm that I hear.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
07 Mar 2018, 11:19am
Heston wrote:
07 Mar 2018, 11:06am
matedog wrote:
07 Mar 2018, 11:00am
Today I learned about the "black Maria" lyric. I always thought it was something like "no need to live like Maria" but I don't really listen to lyrics. And I know the Waits song well and that the song is called "Big Black Mariah", but it does sound like he's saying something like "biggest black rattle."

I'm an idiot.
The prisoner makes the busted eye boy, north of what the capture
:cool:

Just goes to show you that when I hear songs with vocals, it's basically just gibberish, melody, and rhythm that I hear.
If you like gibberish lyrics, then do I have a fin de siecle decade for you!
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson

"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"

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