[quote="Thom"]Indeed, great song. I took the meaning differently, though... I thought Ben meant it to be about a young man, a bit of a philanderer, but not the creepy/sleazy middle-aged-man-with-a-combover type... Just a kid enjoying his youth and sexuality and paying penance for it.

Then again, I don't think I've listened as closely to it as you have.[/quote]

The truly great, truly lasting songs offer many possible interpretations! (And, through their various interations, Lou Albano.)


[quote]Oh, and you call it the most important recording of 2006, but that cover is at least two years old... I had it in my collection, but have since gone through two generations of computers since then. It got lost somewhere in that time, so thanks for posting the file![/quote]

Any time! I'm trying to recall where I first found it, but I'm at a loss. It was unlikely that I just started typing "Cyndi Lauper cover" into Google or what have you. Ah, well.

Indeed, great song. I took the meaning differently, though... I thought Ben meant it to be about a young man, a bit of a philanderer, but not the creepy/sleazy middle-aged-man-with-a-combover type... Just a kid enjoying his youth and sexuality and paying penance for it.

Then again, I don't think I've listened as closely to it as you have.

Oh, and you call it the most important recording of 2006, but that cover is at least two years old... I had it in my collection, but have since gone through two generations of computers since then. It got lost somewhere in that time, so thanks for posting the file!

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

[url=http://www.caltrops.com/downloads/girlsjustwanna.mp3]Download and listen. [/url]

It's a cover of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and I swear to God I had to get up and walk around in an attempt to prevent suicide. (Does this actually help? Ben?)

It's even worse if you imagine a boy desperately longing for a sex change operation singing as our narrator.

I feel ... unwell. Unsettled. Unwholesomeingesque... something...

... I don't know if this was included as part of a larger album, but you know how the Division Bell came with that little flickering LED bulb? This should come with a jar of adrenaline.