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I'm still trying to figure out what summerteeth means.

 

OOH! OOH! I know this one!!! :thumbup It's from some joke Jeff & Jay used to banter back & forth about, "Some are teeth and some ain't"......which evolved into "Summerteeth".

 

What do I win??? :hyper

 

 

Somebody probably knows the story a bit better than my version...

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I forgot to mention Boo-Berry. :yay

That cereal RULED!!!!

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OOH! OOH! I know this one!!! :thumbup It's from some joke Jeff & Jay used to banter back & forth about, "Some are teeth and some ain't"......which evolved into "Summerteeth".

 

What do I win??? :hyper

Somebody probably knows the story a bit better than my version...

My cousin, who grew up in the Midwest, says it's an old expression making fun of someone with poor oral hygiene that goes like, "He's got summerteeeth. Summer over here, and summer over there."

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Here's an interview from salon that explains the meaning of summerteeth

 

One more thing -- what's a summer tooth?

 

It was just a phrase that we thought fit the record. It's hard to name something these days without there being a direct connotation that immediately comes to mind.

 

Is there?

 

Actually, yeah, there is. "Summer Teeth" comes from a bad joke. Like "I've got summer teeth -- some are, some aren't."

 

Huh?

 

See, it's not even funny. You say, "I've got summer teeth." The other person says, "What do you mean?" And you're like, "Well, some are teeth, some aren't." There you go.

 

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As for an Aquarium drunkard... its someone who drinks in large amounts, an aquarium full... songmeanings.net answers a lot of these kind of whats a cherry ghost questions but theres also a lot of fly by night fans who dont know what theyre talking about.

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I think I'll open a bar where all the drinks are served in aquariums.

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Cheers Aquarium Bar-

 

Woody: Hey Mr. Peterson, hows the world treating you?

 

Norm: Eh, it was a fishy day. My boss is a real shark and I've been floundering around looking for another job but it's a whale of a task.

 

If Cheers is an aquarium bar, is there still a seafood resturaunt above it?

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An even more curious inquiry: Does anyone know the definition of "an American Aquarium Drinker"?

How about "Ob-le-de Ob-la-di", Shamalama ding dong, who is the walrus? what's in the bowl behind the bank?

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So, I checked and can't find one, but does anybody know if there is a thread about song meanings? This thread wanted me to talk about "Theologians". When I hear, "No one's ever gonna take my life from me. I lay it down. A ghost is born", I think he is talking about suicide. Does anybody else think this?

 

Uh, am I just being stupid by stating what I think is the meaning of this song?

Jeff Tweedy is singing from the point of view of Christ:

Theologians don't know nuthin 'bout my soul (conventional religion)

No one's ever gonna take my life from me - I lay it down (death on a cross)

A ghost is born (holy spirit / Easter)

 

Maybe its just my Catholic upbringing and my take on the song is too simplistic.

But it puts the song in a whole diiferent light.

 

I also have been thinking that Tweedy is talking from the perspective of his mother on "Please Be Patient With Me' and "On and On" from the new album. Or maybe those two songs just remind me of my mother. But again, it makes you listen to these songs differently.

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> An even more curious inquiry: Does anyone know the definition of "an American Aquarium Drinker"?

 

i'm an australian aquarium drinker

i assassin down the oxford pub

where i meet sophie and she pours me a beer or 2

and i keep thinking how i could take her home

 

 

 

You ,me and Mtn bed need to hang in this lifetime.........

 

 

-Robet.

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