tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post5952782315387826218..comments2022-05-25T08:28:39.764+01:00Comments on MARIA McKEE's Life is Sweet: Absolutely Barking StarsThe Cryptic Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-29306660573482126212022-05-25T08:28:39.764+01:002022-05-25T08:28:39.764+01:00Thanks for the clarification, Anon. It certainly c...Thanks for the clarification, Anon. It certainly casts a whole new light on the song.The Cryptic Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-65975170984705450082022-05-24T03:42:30.414+01:002022-05-24T03:42:30.414+01:00This song was written after her dog died. It is li...This song was written after her dog died. It is literally a song honoring and loving that particular dog and how heartbroken she was. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-43972218619124084892019-05-10T18:40:59.861+01:002019-05-10T18:40:59.861+01:00Hi, Unknown, thanks for commenting. It certainly i...Hi, Unknown, thanks for commenting. It certainly is a great album which seems to be getting more appreciated as it gets older.The Cryptic Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-37662760671008380612019-05-10T16:04:37.795+01:002019-05-10T16:04:37.795+01:00Brilliant song on a masterpiece of an album. I can...Brilliant song on a masterpiece of an album. I can’t believe I’ve only just found this site.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499159375294729219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-4774085799714988672012-06-13T23:04:31.648+01:002012-06-13T23:04:31.648+01:00Definitely hear the early 70s Bowie here.Definitely hear the early 70s Bowie here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-62168114169098732952011-09-21T23:28:52.141+01:002011-09-21T23:28:52.141+01:00Hi, omnipop. I read an interview she did not long ...Hi, omnipop. I read an interview she did not long after the album came out, where she said she was listening to a lot of Queen and David Bowie before she made the album. And also a lot of Mercury Rev.The Cryptic Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-926909979667203632011-09-21T02:02:36.500+01:002011-09-21T02:02:36.500+01:00Sonically, this song owes a lot to David Bowie cir...Sonically, this song owes a lot to David Bowie circa 'Hunky Dory' and 'Ziggy Stardust' ; particularly the song 'Life on Mars'. The guitars sound like Mick Ronson, who did influence Brian May's playing.omnipop1026https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994946997795169306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-28767085823128983722010-11-11T10:54:41.682+00:002010-11-11T10:54:41.682+00:00Interesting. It would never have occurred to me to...Interesting. It would never have occurred to me to interpret it that way.The Cryptic Critichttp://spidermanreviewed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-12632040575840137082010-11-11T08:49:03.916+00:002010-11-11T08:49:03.916+00:00I'm sorry to disagree, but I made the same mis...I'm sorry to disagree, but I made the same mistake as you - with the dual personality. This is a song about the mother/daughter dynamic.<br /><br />"Apron Strings...trailing out like sparks" This is the magical/mythical mother in the kitchen. <br /><br />"She blends so sticky in my blood", "I've tried to rip the seams", these are references to the deep and unbreakable influence (good and bad) of her mother over her own destiny.<br /><br />This is a truly painful song about the struggle of a daughter to find her own life and her own way but is being foiled at every turn by her mother's influence and dominating control over her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-15368815034812357942010-10-08T20:18:31.939+01:002010-10-08T20:18:31.939+01:00They are? That's what I love about the Interne...They are? That's what I love about the Internet. I learn something new from it every day.The Cryptic Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5398190251290922769.post-54789147182289291972010-10-08T14:55:47.880+01:002010-10-08T14:55:47.880+01:00are apron strings - speed? i think so>.. Lobe t...are apron strings - speed? i think so>.. Lobe this girl so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com