tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post181797610473516437..comments2023-10-04T12:25:00.197-04:00Comments on Debris Slide: (Hey Won't You Play) Another B.J. Thomas SongTom Nawrockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766845038505392731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post-18323038685946516272010-11-20T13:03:52.672-05:002010-11-20T13:03:52.672-05:00I'm pretty sure the literalist here is me. You...I'm pretty sure the literalist here is me. You're getting more psychoanalytic -- the car isn't a car, it's a girl, and the race is his relationship with his girl. Or something.Joe Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060317452146257550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post-81406721845787186542010-11-19T13:34:27.840-05:002010-11-19T13:34:27.840-05:00Well, I tend to be more of a literalist about thes...Well, I tend to be more of a literalist about these things, which is not to say I'm right. My sense was that his claimed anxiety over the drag race was really rooted in his lack of confidence in being worthy of his girl's love - she's the one who provides him succor, rather than his winning the race. How can she know that "everything will turn out all right" unless she's the everything that really matters? And his bragging about the car is a sign of his overall insecurity. Perhaps "Don't Worry Baby" has yet to yield up all its secrets.<br /><br />It really chaps my hide when people dismiss the Beach Boys' lyrics as fluff, because they're often so multilayered and incisive. "I Get Around" is another great one.Tom Nawrockihttp://www.debris-slide.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post-38170972234165641512010-11-19T10:32:56.159-05:002010-11-19T10:32:56.159-05:00Wait -- isn't the point of "Don't Wor...Wait -- isn't the point of "Don't Worry Baby" that he's afraid of drag racing the other guy, and she tells him not worry, it'll be fine? The genius of the song is the way it takes the specifics of those death-on-the-highway teen sob songs and turns it into generalized anxiety ("it's been up building up inside of me for oh I don't know how long/I don't know why, but I keep thinking something's bound to go wrong"). He's not worried about his car or his girl. He's a depressive. She's the solution. The vibe is the same as the Stones' "She Smiled Sweetly."Joe Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060317452146257550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461510719135754735.post-26359694333211808582010-11-17T19:09:12.588-05:002010-11-17T19:09:12.588-05:00That is quite a clip. It's still not as bad as...That is quite a clip. It's still not as bad as the dancing strawberries, though.Kinky Paprikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671644487825647000noreply@blogger.com