Best 'English as a Fourth Language' Comment About a Woman Who Has 'The Look' from the Roxette Song 'The Look'

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I don't know how I'd failed to notice that this song was a lost William Burroughs cut-up novel.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Naked to the t-bone	14
She's a juvenile scam	4
Tasty like a raindrop	4
Moving like a hammer	3
Kissing is the wet sand	3
Banging on the head drum	2
When she's spinning me around/Kissing is a color	2
Her loving is a wild dog	2
She's a miracle man	2
Shaking like a mad bull	2
Is a lover's disguise	1
Loving is the ocean	0
Hitting like a hammer	0
Swaying to the band	0
Heavenly bound/Cause heaven's got a number	0
Never was a quitter	0
Fire in the ice	0
Walking like a man	0

― There must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls (Old Lunch), Monday, 27 June 2016 17:41 (nine years ago)

I vote for "Chica Cherry Cola"

― MarkoP, Monday, 27 June 2016 17:55 (nine years ago)

I've marvelled over these lyrics for a while.

― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:25 (nine years ago)

Naked to the t-bone

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:37 (nine years ago)

I guess 'flayed' is technically a look, if not THE Look.

― There must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls (Old Lunch), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:10 (nine years ago)

"Shaking like a mad bull" for the pawing the ground & snorting imagery.

― gyac, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:21 (nine years ago)

I half wonder if the woman he's observing isn't actually a blighted mannequin being chewed to pieces in a wood chipper or something.

― There must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls (Old Lunch), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:29 (nine years ago)

these lyrics are amazing

probably going with "Her loving is a wild dog"

― silverfish, Monday, 27 June 2016 21:06 (nine years ago)

although if "Naked to the t-bone is a lover's disguise" counted as one line, I would probably vote for that

― silverfish, Monday, 27 June 2016 21:08 (nine years ago)

Lots of defiance of the communicational impetus of language here, but "when she's spinning me around/Kussing is a color" might be the most un-evocative image here

― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 3 July 2016 21:28 (nine years ago)

The complete randomness of the lyrics is probably my favorite thing about this song.

― volumetric god rays (DJP), Sunday, 3 July 2016 22:51 (nine years ago)

I might vote for "she's a juvenile scam" because I both actually like the way it sounds and have no idea what it would mean.

― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 4 July 2016 01:11 (nine years ago)

I really enjoy the impassioned delivery of "banging on the head drum", though. Hm.

― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 4 July 2016 01:20 (nine years ago)

heaven has *her* number

― Mark G, Monday, 4 July 2016 07:33 (nine years ago)

naked to the t-bone

― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Monday, 4 July 2016 08:01 (nine years ago)

Either of the options that suggest the observer is actually looking for a man. Brings a level of pathos to it

― albvivertine, Monday, 4 July 2016 11:16 (nine years ago)

Actually the "hammer" options p much suggest the same thing, so those too. Chose "She's a miracle man" tho I guess there's meant to be a comma in there.

― albvivertine, Monday, 4 July 2016 11:20 (nine years ago)

yesterday i read this thread and then went and saw stations of the cross (2015) in which this was the only piece of music in it

― linee, Monday, 4 July 2016 23:46 (nine years ago)

three weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 31 July 2016 00:01 (nine years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 1 August 2016 00:01 (nine years ago)

wow, a landslide among so many good options

― intheblanks, Monday, 1 August 2016 00:15 (nine years ago)

four years pass...

Truly, this is the 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' of the '80s.

― Meat Chew All the Way (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:20 (four years ago)

At the time, this reminded me of T. Rex. Never liked anything else they did, especially the insipid ballads.

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 8 January 2021 14:59 (four years ago)

This song is entirely unannotated on genius.com

― peace, man, Friday, 8 January 2021 16:44 (four years ago)

From songfacts though:

Per Gessle: "'Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer'... the first two verses are guide lyrics, words just scribbled down to have something to sing. Couldn't come up with anything better, so we kept them. Everybody gets lucky sometimes."

You don't say!

― peace, man, Friday, 8 January 2021 16:46 (four years ago)

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