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Been Thinkin' About You

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We all know at least one of the 'great stories' behind songs in rock/pop music. I'm thinking particularly of "Layla," which Eric Clapton wrote about Pattie Harrison, George's wife at the time. They're controversial, they're gossipy, they intrigue ..

but I happened to catch P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" on the radio the other day, and I was struck by how odd the Christina Applegate reference in the lyrics was. Prince Be sings:

"Christina Applegate, you gotta put me on./Guess who's piece of the cake was Jacc Bond?/She broke her wishbone and wished for a sign./I told her whispers in my heart were fine./what did she think she could do?/I feel for her, I really do./And I stared at the ring finger on her hand,/I wanted her to be a big PM Dawn fan,/but I had to put her right back with the rest./That's the way it goes, I guess.

I searched the net and couldn't find any information on exactly what's happening in these lyrics. but I'm curious .. anyone know of any interesting/gossip-ridden references like this within a song? two caveats: the first -- that it be a lyric within a song, not an entire song itself about someone a la "Layla," and second -- since there are entire active threads about hip-hop battles elsewhere, we should avoid that for the most part. but any genre will do ..

― Dare, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I always wondered about that myself, it seemed so random...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He probably overdosed on Poptarts and the words came to him in the form of neon strobe lights.

― helenfordsdale, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Timex Social Club, "Rumours" - re Michael Jackson, "They say he must be gay, if he was straight he wouldn't walk that way"

― dave q, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Could the "Christina Applegate" bit be a reference to Tribe Called Quest ("Bonita Applebaum")?

― David Raposa, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If only PM Dawn had kept their cupboard stocked with Pop Tarts.....

― baboon, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)


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