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[kim]
Dreaming, dreaming of a girl like me
Hey what are you waiting for - feeding, feeding me
I feel like I'm disappearing - getting smaller every day
But I look in the mirror - I'm bigger in every way
She said:
You aren't never going anywhere
You aren't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
I'm in heaven now - I can see you richard
Goodbye hollywood, goodbye downey - hello janis
Hello dennis, elvis - and all my brand new friends
I'm so glad you're all here with me, until the very end
Dreaming, dreaming of how it's supposed to be
But now this tunic's spinning - around my arms and knees
I feel like I'm disappearing - getting smaller every day
But when I open my mouth to sing - I'm bigger in every way
She said:
You aren't never going anywhere
You aren't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
Hey mom! look I'm up here - I finally made it
I'm playing the drums again too
Don't be sad - the band doesn't sound half bad
And I remember mom, what you said
You said honey - you look so under-fed
[background voices singing various covers]
[kim]
Another green salad, another ice tea
There's a tunic in the closet waiting just for me
I feel like I'm disappearing - getting smaller every day
But I look in your eyes - and I'm bigger in every way
She said:
You aren't never going anywhere
You aren't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
Goodbye richard - gotta go now
I'm finally on my own - but dan's got a gig
Keep the love lights glowing - little girl's got the blues
I can still hear momma say: "honey don't let it go to your head"
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"I play in a drumsband too"
Is actually:
"I'm playing drums again too"
Dennis is probably Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys (which would make sense in this context: because Karen going through a list of dead rock musicians, i.e. those in heaven, with whom she's now in "the band")
goodbye Hollywood, goodbye Danny / Downey
hello Janis, hello Dennis, Elvis
and all my brand new friends
i'm so glad you're all here with me
until the very end
but after watching the video just now on youtube, i got the impression that maybe karen had a rough relationship with her mother and her mother told her all her life that "you aren't never going anywhere" thus the basis of her anorexia.
which one is right?
little girl's got the blues"
Karen recorded a song called "Keep My Lovelight Burning" on her solo aulbum, the carpenters also so recorded "Little Girl Blue".
gosh this song has that something... it just feels desolate when you listen to it or soemthing but is a great great song, cant stop listeining to it
it was probably a classic case of maintaining control over the one thing you actually can control, when everything else in your life is controlled by others. the A&M label (and owner herb alpert) were notorious for not allowing them to make decisions about their career, esp. karen.
only occasionally were they allowed to choose the songs they recorded. karen loved playing the drums but their management insisted she needed to be more visible on stage (and they hardly let her play in the studio either). presumably so her cute wholesome face would help sell records (I'm sure it did), and also they probably believed the idiotic stereotype that drums aren't feminine.
i spoke with a european flautist who was stunned & appalled when i mentioned how a friend's nephew was getting beaten up for playing the flute (it's too "girly") and had to stop. there's nothing gendered about it. you don't play a musical instrument with THOSE parts of your body.
karen entered therapy and was getting better. unfortunately eating disorders were poorly understood at the time. we know how important it is to put the weight back on gradually. when karen recovered, she gained 20 pounds in a couple of weeks and her heart couldn't take it.
because of the ignorance at the time, her death was ruled to be not only from the complications of an eating disorder, but also a toxic reaction to abuse of syrup of ipecac. richard always firmly denied the latter.
he and karen lived in two apartments which they bought, and had them modified to be adjoining. he said if karen had been abusing ipecac, he'd have seen the empty bottles (he was aware of her laxative abuse; they lived too closely together for her to be able to keep too many secrets from him). also if she'd vomited repeatedly over a long period there would have been observable signs, which there weren't.
both were naive young people who overnight became among the most successful musicians ever (many of their recordings sold more than the beatles). richard had a problem with quaaludes, although in the '70s that wasn't too unusual.
i would sonic youth genuinely appreciate Carpenters songs on a musical level, simultaneous with the endless possibilities for ironic humor and social commentary of an odd pop cultural phenomenon.