Fugazi – Do You Like Me

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your eyes like crashing jets fixed in stained glass but not religious you should pay rent in my mind say like the french say bon soir regret a demain do you like me i guess white witness moves to petition the state of virginia for 27 prisons while in bethesda an office flaming youth group singing firemen calling in lockheed lockheed martin marietta do you like me i guess end of the lesson time for one question end of the lesson time for one more question do you like me

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    General Comment:Given the last few posts above this is my interpretation of the song:

    Part 1 documents a typical "crush" situatiion. the french bit means "good evening regret, i'll see you tomorrow" meaning we live with our regrets.

    The second part juxtaposes a popular media event (white witness moves to petition the state of virginia for 27 prisons*) with something that may not be as popular but have greater ramifications(ie the merger of lockheed & Martin Marietta)

    The final portion seems to link the two previous thoughts in saying; when we dont have much time we may focus on the popular/trivial issue (Ie the things that make 'you' like me) and ignore the things that have greater ramifications and will be regretted in the future (Ie the merger of two companies that ill go on to create war machines).

    i don't know just an idea.

    *A google search makes me think this relates to the allen proposal to abolish parole rather than deal with crime in a proactive way. See:
    encyclopedia.com/doc/…
    &
    litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/…)
    Flag tennnnnnnnnnon February 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Haiwan and Virescent are right.
    Flag kyeoon December 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I always took the line "bon soir regret, a demain" to mean "good night regret, until tomorrow," as to describe a feeling of no regret until the morning after
    Flag haiwanon September 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:it's about what you want it to be about. but while it's about on the surface some obsession or romance it is also, in parallel a mocking of the romance that is a merger between two companies that manufacture arms/profit from warfare. Their love made Lockheed Martin. They make warplanes among other things.
    Flag virescenton January 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Around the time Red Medicine was recorded, Lockheed and Martin Marietta began negotiating a merger, which was completed in 1995. Bethesda is where the Lockheed Martin headquarters are located.
    Flag yenpoxon August 31, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The schoolboy theory sounds about right to me, but I think there's a problem in how the lyrics are displayed, all paragraph-y. I think he asks her, "Do you like me?" and she says, "I guess" and it's like waah-waah-waaaaaah things were not as heated and passionate as I played them out to be in my mind. The middle part also needs to be more spaced out in lines to be clear. As he's frustrated and pubertytastic rednecks and soccer moms petition for more prisons. In Bethesda, an office is on fire. A church youth group is singing, maybe holding hands in a circle with their eyes closed. Firemen are calling in "Lockheed! Lockheed! Martin Marietta!" which may be a specific model they want, since I remember Amelia Earhart flew a Lockheed Electra airplane. Just scenes of random "Meanwhile..."s It would be groovy to see it in a film format. But yeah. Man, I like this song.
    Flag earthstar_puffballon April 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Lockheed Martin are a defence contractor for the US department of defense....other than that i have no idea what this song is about.
    Cool song tho.
    Flag been training dogson December 26, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I love how the title to this song sounds so childlike and teenagery (?) but then its something that people always want to ask. I totally understand the frustration in this song.
    Flag replica8715on October 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Ha, this song sums-up puberty for me completely.

    The song swings between unrequited high-school crushs (and the 'I guess' apathy) and teenage concern and anger over politics (Lockheed), but after all, like in high school.

    The tune, like a teenager, mood-swings between the two themes, but returns to the crush theme for the end. as ever, wanting affection is always, even if secretly, more important and desired in the end.
    Flag Omnicideon August 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i think pretty much everyone is off so far. Lockheed Martin is a nuclear arms manufacturing company (currently ran by dick cheney's wife). "do you like me" could be metaphorical, but i can only see "Lockheed Martin" being literal. other than that i cant make any sense of the lyrics. cause none of it seems parallel.
    Flag joshwasingeron May 03, 2006   Link

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