RE: Things re: My Size

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"Martin Bailey" <mobailey@cwcom.net> wrote:
>It's been a long time since I've written to this list - but I'm still here.
I>'ve now saved up a few topics worth posting about:
I'>ve just read this, from the liner notes of JAE's Anthology CD:>
>My Size:
>"After deciding not to include Neil Young's 'Cinnamon Girl' on the first
>album, we were a song short.  I made this one up in the studio, then went
>home and wrote the words.  It ended up as a sequel to 'Boris the Spider' ...
>but you can't tell until the ending which is the Boris riff.  Until then it
>sounds like I'm singing about a person - not a spider."
>I'm shocked!  I've noticed the Boris riff at the end of the song before, but
>I never guessed that the whole song is about Boris.  This has totally
>changed the meaning of a song I already liked.  Did anyone else get miss
>this reference, or is it just me being thick?
Wow! Thanks for that insight. I didnt know it but it sure makes a bit more 
sense.  That is one of my favorite JAE songs because of the driving 
beat/bassline but the words kinda threw me since I thought it was about a 
girl too.  My daughter and I used to listen and I'd tickle her to it but I 
was a bit put off about the "smash your head against the wall " line!
Thanks!
LLR!!
L