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I think all of the brand names, proper names, and pop culture references scattered throughout the song are really interesting:
Krispy Kremes
Birkenstocks
Chig Champa (I cannot find anything on this. Seriously, try google.)
SunKist
Sudafed
X-Files
The Matrix
Jackie Chan
Isabella Rosselini
The Greatful Dead
Peanuts
L. Ron Hubbard
When authors create characters, they often search for "illuminating details" - little pieces of information that reveal deeper traits about that character. So what do all of these references tell us about Rosetta Stoned's narrator?
Mainly, that he's very superficial.
Just look at his diet - Krispy Kremes and SunKist - which is incredibly artificial. He wears Birkenstocks, perhaps to identify himself as a member of an outsider group like "hippies." However, those groups stand for something beyond just wearing sandals.
Also, look at the way he describes his experience: "X-Files being," "blue-green Jackie Chan," "Isabella Rosselini lips, "slo-mo Matrix descent," "Peanuts parents." Through drugs, the narrator is having a spiritual experience with an alien lifeform, and the only way he can describe it is by drawing on references to pop-culture.
Which finally brings us to the Greatful Dead. Why is the narrator taking drugs? The Dead, man, the Dead. He's not doing it to have a spiritual experience. He's doing it because of some band.
As such, he is not prepared to have a spiritual experience on hallucinogens...and as a result he forgets the "message of hope" and the "warning." So, what happens after all this? Who knows? With his "L. Ron Hubbard upper lip," the narrator may misinterpret his whole experience and start his own religion. Goddamn, shit the bed.
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Brand Names
I think all of the brand names, proper names, and pop culture references scattered throughout the song are really interesting:
Krispy Kremes
Birkenstocks
Chig Champa (I cannot find anything on this. Seriously, try google.)
SunKist
Sudafed
X-Files
The Matrix
Jackie Chan
Isabella Rosselini
The Greatful Dead
Peanuts
L. Ron Hubbard
When authors create characters, they often search for "illuminating details" - little pieces of information that reveal deeper traits about that character. So what do all of these references tell us about Rosetta Stoned's narrator?
Mainly, that he's very superficial.
Just look at his diet - Krispy Kremes and SunKist - which is incredibly artificial. He wears Birkenstocks, perhaps to identify himself as a member of an outsider group like "hippies." However, those groups stand for something beyond just wearing sandals.
Also, look at the way he describes his experience: "X-Files being," "blue-green Jackie Chan," "Isabella Rosselini lips, "slo-mo Matrix descent," "Peanuts parents." Through drugs, the narrator is having a spiritual experience with an alien lifeform, and the only way he can describe it is by drawing on references to pop-culture.
Which finally brings us to the Greatful Dead. Why is the narrator taking drugs? The Dead, man, the Dead. He's not doing it to have a spiritual experience. He's doing it because of some band.
As such, he is not prepared to have a spiritual experience on hallucinogens...and as a result he forgets the "message of hope" and the "warning." So, what happens after all this? Who knows? With his "L. Ron Hubbard upper lip," the narrator may misinterpret his whole experience and start his own religion. Goddamn, shit the bed.
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10-04-2006, 02:23 PM
I likes!
well done
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10-04-2006, 02:23 PM
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I likes!
well done
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10-04-2006, 02:46 PM
this is a nice fresh breathe of air to read this post. I just got done reading someone's post about "wings pt 1" being sarcastic. Dumbest thing ever. You are spot on my friend. Or atleast right on in my way of looking at it.
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this is a nice fresh breathe of air to read this post. I just got done reading someone's post about "wings pt 1" being sarcastic. Dumbest thing ever. You are spot on my friend. Or atleast right on in my way of looking at it.
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10-04-2006, 04:01 PM
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Glad to see my fancy pants college education is good for something.
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10-04-2006, 04:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Parabola
Chig Champa (I cannot find anything on this. Seriously, try google.)
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Try the forum: http://toolnavy.com/showthread.php?t=58384
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10-04-2006, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Parabola
Chig Champa (I cannot find anything on this. Seriously, try google.)
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10-19-2006, 02:55 PM
I mentioned it in another thread, but 'yogi DMT' might be another brand-name reference to Yogi Tea. Like 'Yogi d-m-tea' - or, it could just be a coincidence.
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I mentioned it in another thread, but 'yogi DMT' might be another brand-name reference to Yogi Tea. Like 'Yogi d-m-tea' - or, it could just be a coincidence.
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