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- From: dhubbell@cs.washington.edu (David Hubbell)
- Subject: Re: Song Meanings
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.192048.25022@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
- References: <1992Nov19.231452.2447@cnsvax.uwec.edu> <1eiiadINNcv9@news.aero.org>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:20:48 GMT
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- In article <1eiiadINNcv9@news.aero.org> clare@aero.org (Clare Waterson) writes:
- >First, aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey) wrote:
- >> ObTMBG: I think that "We Want A Rock" is about headbangers and their
- >> music, and "Pencil Rain" is about vicious bureaucracy. Anybody else?
- >
- >Then, kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) wrote:
- >>Pencil Rain seems to be about Vietnam (or some other war) in which
- >>the bullets were falling like rain. (They're made of ... lead! :-) )
- >
- >And then, mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) wrote:
- >> Hmm... then why were they "looking out for No. 2"? This would seem to
- >> indicate No. 2 pencils. I dunno. I think it's just about an army
- >> getting creamed by falling pencils. (Does anybody know if the Morse
- >> code in the background spells anything in particular?)
- >
- >PENCIL RAIN -- War with critics. My favorite part is "They look out
- > for #2", where the #2 refers to the pencils the critics use.
- > In addition the line can have an entirely different meaning
- > of watching out for those who could challenge you for your
- > #1 position.
-
- I haven't heard the song, buuuuut... steel darts that looked remarkably like
- pencils were dropped from airplanes onto troops during World War I. I saw
- a photo of one in National Geographic several years ago.
- --
- -- Dave "Paco" Hubbell Hustlers of the World:
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