One of my favorite Boss numbers. I lived in Philly in the 70s. Here's my take on some of the slang phrases.
--"trading hands" = some kind of transaction, probably a drug deal.
--"duded up for Saturday night" = dressed up for a party
--"slammed on his coaster brake" = old school pedal brake on a stingray-style bike. It was cool to slam on it and crank the handlebars and put the bike into a controlled sideways slide.
"Trust some of this. It'll show you where it's it." = Billie offering drugs
--"Janey's fingers were in the cake." = Janey was doing drugs in the car. Probably snorting coke or meth off a long fingernail.
--"I think I really dug her but I was too loose to fake it" = He was into her, but too high to play it cool.
--"Singing our birthday songs" = making sex noises
Very cool number with a strange chord progression. Is it in Em? G? C? Am? D? a little bit of all of them?
The lyric is really tough to learn. Even Springsteen screws it up from time to time. But it's a great tune.
One of my favorite Boss numbers. I lived in Philly in the 70s. Here's my take on some of the slang phrases.
--"trading hands" = some kind of transaction, probably a drug deal. --"duded up for Saturday night" = dressed up for a party --"slammed on his coaster brake" = old school pedal brake on a stingray-style bike. It was cool to slam on it and crank the handlebars and put the bike into a controlled sideways slide. "Trust some of this. It'll show you where it's it." = Billie offering drugs --"Janey's fingers were in the cake." = Janey was doing drugs in the car. Probably snorting coke or meth off a long fingernail. --"I think I really dug her but I was too loose to fake it" = He was into her, but too high to play it cool. --"Singing our birthday songs" = making sex noises
Very cool number with a strange chord progression. Is it in Em? G? C? Am? D? a little bit of all of them?
The lyric is really tough to learn. Even Springsteen screws it up from time to time. But it's a great tune.