Hey, new to the site. Alex Chilton's birthday is December 28, hence "December boy" -- though I agree with some of the other interpretations of the lyric too (cold, end of the year, etc). I think "Gurl" is a way of emphasizing the special feeling of hooking up with an amazing girl at the start of the school year -- and how it may not last too long (even to December).
Yep.... I agree with this as the interpretation of "December Boy..." I can't believe that nobody else picked up on what a September Gurl is though..... She's a pin-up girl for the month of September. You don't see calendars like this as much nowadays, but in the 1970's calendars like this were pretty common.... with women dressed suggestively (or not even at all sometimes). The line "when I get to bed, late at night, that's the time she makes things right...." It's a teenage boy fantasy. It's unrequited lust/love ala Pictures of Lily by The Who. "December boys got it...
Yep.... I agree with this as the interpretation of "December Boy..." I can't believe that nobody else picked up on what a September Gurl is though..... She's a pin-up girl for the month of September. You don't see calendars like this as much nowadays, but in the 1970's calendars like this were pretty common.... with women dressed suggestively (or not even at all sometimes). The line "when I get to bed, late at night, that's the time she makes things right...." It's a teenage boy fantasy. It's unrequited lust/love ala Pictures of Lily by The Who. "December boys got it bad" because they will never meet.
Hey, new to the site. Alex Chilton's birthday is December 28, hence "December boy" -- though I agree with some of the other interpretations of the lyric too (cold, end of the year, etc). I think "Gurl" is a way of emphasizing the special feeling of hooking up with an amazing girl at the start of the school year -- and how it may not last too long (even to December).
Yep.... I agree with this as the interpretation of "December Boy..." I can't believe that nobody else picked up on what a September Gurl is though..... She's a pin-up girl for the month of September. You don't see calendars like this as much nowadays, but in the 1970's calendars like this were pretty common.... with women dressed suggestively (or not even at all sometimes). The line "when I get to bed, late at night, that's the time she makes things right...." It's a teenage boy fantasy. It's unrequited lust/love ala Pictures of Lily by The Who. "December boys got it...
Yep.... I agree with this as the interpretation of "December Boy..." I can't believe that nobody else picked up on what a September Gurl is though..... She's a pin-up girl for the month of September. You don't see calendars like this as much nowadays, but in the 1970's calendars like this were pretty common.... with women dressed suggestively (or not even at all sometimes). The line "when I get to bed, late at night, that's the time she makes things right...." It's a teenage boy fantasy. It's unrequited lust/love ala Pictures of Lily by The Who. "December boys got it bad" because they will never meet.