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Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 07:22 PM

I have some questions, they're about sex, and I would appreciate straightforward answers.

Do you know that song by the B-52s, "Love shack"? There is one line in the song that says "glitter on the mattress, glitter on the highway".

A) Is the mattress uncovered? Is there stained, exposed mattress in the shack? If it were covered, wouldn't she have said "bed" instead of "mattress"? This sounds very seedy and unromantic to me.

B) What does she mean by glitter? Is this some type of drug reference? PNP maybe?

residentEvil · Jun 13, 2008, 07:36 PM

actually...

Glitter on the mattress
Glitter on the highway
Glitter on the front porch
Glitter on the hallway

IMHO: glitter = love stains

Atheist · Jun 13, 2008, 07:39 PM

Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 07:40 PM

Hmm..

I wasn't interested in the front porch or hallway. I want to know if they are keeping an uncovered mattress in the "Love Shack". This seems very seedy.

Of course the fact that there is reproductive fluid sprayed everywhere is pretty gross too.

residentEvil · Jun 13, 2008, 07:42 PM

most shacks that i have been to weren't the cleanest to begin with so a mattress without sheets is the norm.

Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 07:50 PM

I think you're on to something.

I'm looking at that picture there of a man shoving a stained mattress into the back of his van; this was taken right after he and George Michael tried to have sex together on it.

Maybe Fred Schneider is alluding to this type of behavior when he sings "Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale"

hayesk · Jun 13, 2008, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Hmm..

I wasn't interested in the front porch or hallway. I want to know if they are keeping an uncovered mattress in the "Love Shack". This seems very seedy.

Nice pun.

Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 08:17 PM

Nice catch, as it was unintended

Shaddim · Jun 13, 2008, 08:21 PM

I thought "glitter" in that song meant cocaine.

starman · Jun 13, 2008, 08:29 PM

Your tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin roof's rusted.

Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 08:35 PM

I never understood what that tin roof scream was about. Did she cut herself having sex up there?

ghporter · Jun 13, 2008, 09:14 PM

I'm of the opinion that she means "mattress" when she says "mattress," not a bed, which implies covers. But I hadn't thought of the implications of "glitter" as residentEvil suggests—and which I now agree with. Yep, they're talking about getting it on everywhere.

d4nth3m4n · Jun 13, 2008, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I'm of the opinion that she means "mattress" when she says "mattress," not a bed, which implies covers. But I hadn't thought of the implications of "glitter" as residentEvil suggests—and which I now agree with. Yep, they're talking about getting it on everywhere.

baby batter?

OwlBoy · Jun 13, 2008, 09:56 PM

filthy song.

subego · Jun 13, 2008, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Shaddim

I thought "glitter" in that song meant cocaine.

That would make sense if the last line was "glitter in the hallway".

If your glitter is coke and you get it on the hallway...

Well, let's just say a professional like Fred would have put the straw down two verses ago. He knows how to pace himself.

Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 10:06 PM

People could be doing glitter in the hallway.

I've heard coke called "gutter glitter" so the connection makes some sense.

subego · Jun 13, 2008, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

People could be doing glitter in the hallway.

They could be, but that's not the lyric.

It's glitter on the hallway.

Kerrigan · Jun 13, 2008, 10:38 PM

Well, I still suspect it has something to do with the gay practice of PNP (party n play--using drugs before or during sex)

Railroader · Jun 13, 2008, 10:52 PM

I always viewed it as singing about this little old run-down country bar down in the deep south that for the moment is "cool". There are a few places like this in mid-Michigan. Little bars where there's not a lot nearby, but the music is loud and there's lots of people dancing.

subego · Jun 13, 2008, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Well, I still suspect it has something to do with the gay practice of PNP (party n play--using drugs before or during sex)

What a lame TLA.

Why isn't it FOD?

Luca Rescigno · Jun 14, 2008, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

I never understood what that tin roof scream was about. Did she cut herself having sex up there?

I never even knew what that she was saying until people mentioned it here.

I thought she said something like "hen row! rest."

analogika · Jun 14, 2008, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Well, I still suspect it has something to do with the gay practice of PNP (party n play--using drugs before or during sex)

argh.

andreas_g4 · Jun 14, 2008, 03:35 PM

Well, Kerrigan, please allow me to thank you for bringing up this very delicate topic. The very question pondered my mind for ages, and now, thank you, I can rest. Finally.

d4nth3m4n · Jun 14, 2008, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Well, I still suspect it has something to do with the gay practice of PNP (party n play--using drugs before or during sex)

really?

SpaceMonkey · Jun 14, 2008, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

I always viewed it as singing about this little old run-down country bar down in the deep south that for the moment is "cool". There are a few places like this in mid-Michigan. Little bars where there's not a lot nearby, but the music is loud and there's lots of people dancing.

Are you sure you're not thinking of "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"

@pplejaxkz · Jun 14, 2008, 05:03 PM

I am going to make the assumption that glitter means cocaine.

Kerrigan · Jun 14, 2008, 07:34 PM

Look, I know all about gays and the types of "naughty" things that go on in their love shacks. I am almost positive that Fred Schneider has laced this song with all sorts of secret gay innuendo, much in the same way the coke in the song is laced with toxic substances.

And as a matter of fact I actually know what it means to have a "rusty tin roof" but it is too vulgar to explain here.

Railroader · Jun 14, 2008, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey

Are you sure you're not thinking of "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"

No... no I don't think I am.

ghporter · Jun 14, 2008, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

And as a matter of fact I actually know what it means to have a "rusty tin roof" but it is too vulgar to explain here.

Eeeeewwwwwwww! If a veteran poster like you can't find a way to talk around something "awkward" here, it's got to be REALLY vulgar. Eeeewwwwwww!

iM@k · Jun 14, 2008, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Eeeeewwwwwwww! If a veteran poster like you can't find a way to talk around something "awkward" here, it's got to be REALLY vulgar. Eeeewwwwwww!

Oh Bloody hell, let me do the Google search for you. Yes the answer is from a blog called 'Three toed sloth' which in no way relates to the meaning. However, the original meaning of the phrase on this posts opening does!

Linky (See second entry down)

d4nth3m4n · Jun 14, 2008, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Look, I know all about gays and the types of "naughty" things that go on in their love shacks. I am almost positive that Fred Schneider has laced this song with all sorts of secret gay innuendo, much in the same way the coke in the song is laced with toxic substances.

And as a matter of fact I actually know what it means to have a "rusty tin roof" but it is too vulgar to explain here.

jesus, get some fresh air or something. you're not thinking properly.

Kerrigan · Jun 14, 2008, 10:28 PM

I'm growing weary of your dark, anti-gay sarcasm.

Kerrigan · Jun 14, 2008, 10:29 PM

Anyways, has anybody heard the new B52s song "Funplex"?

YouTube - The B-52's - Funplex

Oisín · Jun 15, 2008, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

I'm growing weary of your dark, anti-gay sarcasm.

Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you.

analogika · Jun 15, 2008, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Look, I know all about gays and the types of "naughty" things that go on in their love shacks.

How would you know all about these things, Kerrigan?

wallinbl · Jun 15, 2008, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Anyways, has anybody heard the new B52s song "Funplex"?

YouTube - The B-52's - Funplex

What the hell was that?

ghporter · Jun 15, 2008, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by iM@k

Oh Bloody hell, let me do the Google search for you. Yes the answer is from a blog called 'Three toed sloth' which in no way relates to the meaning. However, the original meaning of the phrase on this posts opening does!

Linky (See second entry down)

I saw something similar to that, but it was so non-vulgar that I figured I hadn't looked hard enough. I even thought of one of the theories on the sloth's page myself, but figured it wasn't right because she refers to "Henry"...and unless I'm misconstruing something very badly HE can't suffer from that problem.

I was more commenting on how our wonderfully cultured group of members is always ready to provide information, even "unpleasant" information, one way or another, and if Kerrigan though it was "vulgar" it was probably really nasty.

Kerrigan · Jun 15, 2008, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by analogika

How would you know all about these things, Kerrigan?

It's something of a specialty for me. I'm a legal consultant for an Ex-Gay group outside of Chicago, and I do lots of hands-on work in the field, as well as internet research so that I can be "on their level" whenever I approach gay men in order to treat them. I know so much about the subject that even in the most casual of circumstances I would easily and quickly blow any gay man away with knowledge of their lifestyle.

iM@k · Jun 15, 2008, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I saw something similar to that, but it was so non-vulgar that I figured I hadn't looked hard enough. I even thought of one of the theories on the sloth's page myself, but figured it wasn't right because she refers to "Henry"...and unless I'm misconstruing something very badly HE can't suffer from that problem.

I was more commenting on how our wonderfully cultured group of members is always ready to provide information, even "unpleasant" information, one way or another, and if Kerrigan though it was "vulgar" it was probably really nasty.

That's where the phrase "bloody hell" comes in. The original meaning of the phrase 'bloody hell' means to be having intercourse with a girl who IS in said condition (Nice mental image eh!).

ghporter · Jun 15, 2008, 08:37 PM

And again, that didn't sound so vulgar as to not be able to "talk around" the subject—as you just did. I assumed (and probably rightly, given Kerrigan's recent post about his work with the gay community) that this was about something more than just messiness between heteros.

turtle777 · Jun 16, 2008, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Anyways, has anybody heard the new B52s song "Funplex"?

YouTube - The B-52's - Funplex

Aaargh.

That's why I only drink B52s.

-t

Kerrigan · Jun 16, 2008, 12:17 AM

It isn't much worse than their "classic" "hits"

YouTube - B-52's Rock Lobster

Arkham_c · Jun 16, 2008, 12:44 PM

The Love Shack was a real place outside Athens, GA. It burned down in 2004.

Tin roof... rusted is an old southern reference to being knocked up.

The other thing to consider is this is the band that gave us Rock Lobster -- so some of the stuff in that song is just gibberish, much like their contemporaries from two blocks over, R.E.M., who had to make up new lyrics when they recorded Murmur because Michael Stipe just made up new crap every time he sang the songs.