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Originally Posted by CarylB
n the same way I think the phrase in California works perfectly too. It's vivid, basic, the kind of phrase I've heard men use when they're talking about their purely physical reaction of being turned on. The character isn't singing to a woman he loves deeply; it's not meant to be a FCOL to a woman who's meant the world to him .. he's singing to a hooker with all the raw sexuality that implies; not with love, reverence, appreciation of the woman as a person, but based purely on his basic sexual urge. Again, it works to me. As Gizmo said, acceptable, justified and fit in the context.
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OMG! I think the world just might end right here and now...but I could not agree with you more on this point. You hit the nail right on the head. The songs for Bat were meant to take the listener on a journey of passion and romance. The songs on Bat 2 were chosen to take the listener further on the journey of the songs from Bat 1. I would venture to say that the songs on Couldn't Have Said It Better were chosen to take the listener on an adventure of the end of a relationship for the most part. In the same realm, the songs on Hang Cool Teddy Bear are pieced together to not show romance or a typical high-functioning relationship - they are pieced together to show the life of a blue collar, hard working, plain spoken dude. The raw and piercing guitar work on this album would not have worked with soaring and epically proportioned lyrics found elsewhere in the Meat Loaf catalogue.