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verse
g----------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1
e-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-6-6--------------------------------
chorus
g--------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------4-4-4-----------------------------4-4-4------
e-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------4-4-4-0-4-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4
bridge "gertrude stein said that's enough"
g------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------8-8-9-9-8-8-6-6----------------------------
a-6-6-6--6-6-6--6-----------------4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-
e------------------------------------------------------------
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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No Picture
A.K.A. Steven Average |
#1 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Oct 27, 1970 at 4:27 AM EST |
| i read an interview that said even the band didn't have a clue... he said that he didn't even know what the hell roseability meant | |
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Gallows Wanna Be |
#2 by Gallows Pole at Feb 12, 1974 at 12:40 PM EST |
| Both times I've seen Idlewild live Roddy has said this song is dedicated to his sister so it's probably also about her; how her looks don't show what she is like inside. | |
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Mauricio Average |
#3 by Mauricio Avendaņo at Oct 15, 1983 at 3:14 PM EST |
| I love this song. Gertrude Stein was a feminist, wasnt she? I wonder if that has any relevance to the song. | |
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Steve Average |
#4 by Steve at Apr 6, 1985 at 10:36 AM EST |
| Both times I've seen Idlewild live Roddy has said this song is dedicated to his sister so it's probably also about her; how her looks don't show what she is like inside. | |
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Smitty Lead Player |
#5 by Smitty Warknocks at Jul 28, 1992 at 11:12 AM EST |
| I think this is about how things are not as they appear always and appearance is deceptive. Gertrude Stein did say "a rose is a rose" and maybe they're disagreeing or maybe they are being critical of people that always try to read too much into things - perhaps Roddy is saying that sometimes things are what they are (although "I am what I am not" would then be a total contradiction of this song!). He says "you'll always be dissatisfied", so why force ourselves into that? Why not just learn to accept that some things are that black and white and things are easier to deal with when you raze it down to a more simplistic level? | |
