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In "All The Lovely Ladies", what does "goin round the bin" mean?

DMD3,
The lyric is actually "going 'round the bend". I have no great epiphany to share about what Gord means in this particular case but in general it refers to going off to some unpleasant destination in life. An emotional wasteland per se. Comparable to watching someone go "around the bend (corner)" in the road and having them disappear from sight.

Jack

[BILLW]

DMD3,

Jack is right of course. Similar to "going off the deep end". Gordon's songs are full of expressions and phrases that were in use or popular at the time he wrote them but if you didn't live through it you might not catch his meaning.
As an example, listen to the theme from the Flintstones some time. When they say "we'll have a gay old time" they are not referring to the common usage of the word in 2003,LOL.

Bill

[Oma]

I like how Gord uses some really off-beat words in his lyrics...my favorite one at the moment being "twain"! I just love hearing those "rarely-used-in-everyday-conversation" words in his songs! He sure has the most lyrical way with words and phrases! Oh, and I also love how he sings "half a hundred days" instead of simply singing "50" in "Is There Anyone Home"...how neat is that? There should be a high school or college lit. class that just focuses on GL and his wonderful "way with words"!

And they give you free GL cds just for taking that class.

[Oma]

Absolutely!

I tell ya, I have another question about the lyrics now of "Circle Of Steel". What do they mean? This was one of the few songs besides "The Wreck" that grabbed me and swept me away on my 1st time hearing it.

[SomewhereupinMichigan]

DMD: Look back through the postings to about January or February. There was a lengthy exchange on the real meaning of Circle...you'll find it interesting, I'm sure.

Could be wrong about this, but...
"To all you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains/who dread the thought of goin' 'round the bend..."

A "rounder" is a word (not commonly used) to mean "a dissolute person/a drunkard"; a "heavy rounder" would be a "heavy drinker"; the headache part then becomes obvious. As far as "going 'round the bend", to "go on a bender" is go out on a drunken spree, so "goin' 'round the bend" would be to lose oneself in another night of heavy drinking. Of course, my Ph.D. in literature and I could be mistaken!

quote:Originally posted by SomewhereupinMichigan:
DMD: Look back through the postings to about January or February. There was a lengthy exchange on the real meaning of Circle...you'll find it interesting, I'm sure.

I've looked, and I cain't find it

[Oma]

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001382.html

DMD3 I think this is the Circle of Steel thread.

I may not get to read the replies for awhile but I'll go ahead and ask another question, and about the same song.
What did he mean by being "2nd-guessed"? And what did he mean by "whose job it is to give more than to get"?