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eastmidswhizzkid Faster Than The Light Of Speed

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Post #1 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: You Could Be The One |
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the euphemism for getting a shag in the line
"i'm in a hurry to get my collar straight"
is a new one on me. does anyone here use/hear this expression down their way?
is it's origin anything to do with "getting your collar felt" (being arrested), in that -presumably- such an action would leave you with a bent collar, and the first thing one would want to do on gaining freedom would to get it straight (get a shag)? _________________ "A right hand is a horrible thing to lose..." |
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Pat Slight Overbomber

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Post #2 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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I thought the line meant getting dressed and out of there quick, similar to love is always over in the morning from TOL. _________________ flickr |
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adarkadaptedi Childlike Empress

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Post #3 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Seconded. _________________ I'm afraid of Americans.
[.the enigmatic, always-exhausted entity formerly known as SINsister.] |
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Ozpat From the Lowlands

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Post #4 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:07 am Post subject: |
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Thirded...  _________________ "as we walk on the floodland" |
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mh Underneath the Rock

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Post #5 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Funny one, irrespective of what's printed in the Vision Thing reissue (and elsewhere), I've always heard it as "get my Karma straight"... _________________ Trigonometry. It's a sin. |
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Dark Underneath the Rock
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Post #6 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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You mean it's not? Oh... _________________ Danse Macabre |
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James Blast Banned
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Post #7 Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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collar straight - "Get off that grizzly army looking s**t and stop smoking dope, you hear me"!?
straighten out, basically _________________ "And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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eastmidswhizzkid Faster Than The Light Of Speed

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Post #8 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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James Blast wrote: |
straighten out, basically |
as opposed to "get bent" ?  _________________ "A right hand is a horrible thing to lose..." |
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ozjohn1 Amphetamine Filth
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Post #9 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:27 am Post subject: |
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I always thought it was "get my karma straight" too, continuing te references to hippie chicks and all that. Haven't seen the reissues as they have not come out down here ( or they are just not stocked not sure which) _________________ smug as hell, they're coming... |
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ozjohn1 Amphetamine Filth
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Post #10 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:03 am Post subject: |
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Have just listened to it again and am more convinced that ever it is "karma" it makes much more sense to me. _________________ smug as hell, they're coming... |
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freshjewboy Road Kill

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Post #11 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: |
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mh wrote: | Funny one, irrespective of what's printed in the Vision Thing reissue (and elsewhere), I've always heard it as "get my Karma straight"... |
Same here. |
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MadameButterfly Mad Mental Bat

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Post #12 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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freshjewboy wrote: | mh wrote: | Funny one, irrespective of what's printed in the Vision Thing reissue (and elsewhere), I've always heard it as "get my Karma straight"... |
Same here. |
Yes I hear that too...karma. _________________ here we go again.... |
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Izzy HaveMercy The Worlds Greatest Living Belgian

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Post #13 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Now that we're at it, I am also sure Von sings 'Our Destination To The Bar' and ' Some gay, some gay dumb Indian'...
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MadameButterfly Mad Mental Bat

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Post #14 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: |
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote: | Now that we're at it, I am also sure Von sings 'Our Destination To The Bar' |
No man! "Destiny" is sung and nothing about the bar!
Izzy HaveMercy wrote: | and ' Some gay, some gay dumb Indian'...
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Yeah right again NO MAN!
You should wear your earplugs IZ but I think your hearing has gone already!
I always heard the first... "when you can give me head!" instead of "hair"..  _________________ here we go again.... |
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Quiff Boy Herr Administrator

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Post #15 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: |
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its karma! do the lyrics say something other than that? if so, they're lying
and its 'give me head / run your fingers through my hair' (apart from the instance when he changes it around)
these days 'give me hair' would be more appropriate anyway  _________________ the cake is a lie
the cake is a lie
the cake is a lie
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MadameButterfly Mad Mental Bat

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Post #16 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:18 am Post subject: |
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cheers boss!
so there's nothing wrong with my hearing after all these years of never wearing earplugs! i'm impressed.
these days i would agree with you boss, but don't rub it in.  _________________ here we go again.... |
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eastmidswhizzkid Faster Than The Light Of Speed

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Post #17 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Quiff Boy wrote: | its karma! do the lyrics say something other than that? if so, they're lying
and its 'give me head / run your fingers through my hair' (apart from the instance when he changes it around)
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many relistens later: aint no doubt about it. _________________ "A right hand is a horrible thing to lose..." |
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splintered thing Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth

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Post #18 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:09 am Post subject: |
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many relistens later: aint no doubt about it.[/quote]
Many re-listens.... Are you ok?  _________________ as the day is long,
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James Blast Banned
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Post #19 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:59 am Post subject: |
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more relistens (is that a real word?) than you part-timers, and the above is true but so what?
check out this place YC Bachman Turner Overdrive fans - http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17795
 _________________ "And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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markfiend goriller of form 3b

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Post #20 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
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Don't forget that they printed "VISIOIN THING" at first so a mistake in the lyrics is not beyond the realms. (He does sing "karma".) _________________ advanced, forthright, signifficant |
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stufarq Popweazle Piddlepoop

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Post #21 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Maybe the lyrics were transcribed by Linda Hennrick. _________________ Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey. |
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Being645 Above the Chemist

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Post #22 Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Took me some time, but now it's clear ... ...
This is Von's final resumee on the personality of Wayne ... ...
which I'd totally subscribed on the first listen of God's Own Medicine decades ago. Just never came to the idea to draw that line ... ... |
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markfiend goriller of form 3b

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Post #23 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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ageofmaya wrote: | The worst Sisters' song!! | Them's fighting words!  _________________ advanced, forthright, signifficant |
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eastmidswhizzkid Faster Than The Light Of Speed

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Post #24 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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ageofmaya wrote: | The worst Sisters' song!! |
ooh! ooh! quick! there's a topic for discussion that hasn't been covered yet (not this afternoon at any rate).  _________________ "A right hand is a horrible thing to lose..." |
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Being645 Above the Chemist

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Post #25 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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ageofmaya wrote: | You're right guys!
Why fight for the Sisters' songs or their causes; for better or for worse?!?
The point is here, that he sounds already disillusioned, and she is going to be disillusioned; so what's good about that!? He even didn't bother much with music, seems to me, like he wanted to underline that point of disillusionment. |
"She" ? I don't think it's necessarily a she on the other side, especially given recent revelations on Christian churches and their approach towards kids worldwide ... ...
Anyway, to me the song is all about luring someone into abuse ... and yes, underlined with appropriate music and singing ... ... |
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