The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #91040 Message #1732549
Posted By: John Hardly
02-May-06 - 09:38 PM
Thread Name: In Defence of 'Afternoon Delight'
Subject: RE: In Defence of 'Afternoon Delight'
Don't be too hard on yourself, LH. Writing about hamsters can be tricky. Muskrats may be even harder. I thinnk this is because muskrats, being dark, brooding, emotional animals full of animal angst, they seem to take more out of a writer. I've heard of writers who have tried to pen lyrics about muskrats being given to bouts of severe depression.
Hardest of ALL is superheroes. Almost no pop songs about superheroes. Oh sure, they're alluded to -- "....don't tug on superman's cape" comes to mind. And note: "Sunshine Superman" isn't really about the big guy. Again, just as with the muskrat, it is, like, symbolic.
And sure there's a theme to "Batman", but the lyrics are just so innane...
na na na na na na na na na na....Batman!..... na na na na na na na na na....and so on.