2006-10-11 23:48:50 · 12 answers · asked by Liane H 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
This wonderful song is a sarcastic tribute to the legions of young female consumers of endless, mindless love songs. The whole song is basically saying I love you because you make me rich and famous, thanks for buying my dribble.
The line "I love you from the bottom of my pencil case" is echoed by the line "I love you till my fountain pen runs dry". It means that the 'love' is superficial, shallow and finite. The singer is only interested in you long enough for you to part with your money, 'I love you because you put me in my rightful place, And I love the PRS cheques that you bring.'
Heaton and Rotheray wrote this song to deliberately mimic the drivel that was in the charts at the time. Endless, samey love songs that all promise eternal, undying love when all the group/singer is really wanting is the sales.
2006-10-11 23:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Flossie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-12 22:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by Evita 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flossie's answer is good.
They're using the 'incongruity is the essence of humour' approach. We expect to hear 'heart', but pencil case is incongruous. It actually echoes the child-like fad of writing I heart so-and-so all over the pencil case. Often through school, this name gets crossed out and replaced.
Get the idea about the sincerity of the love here?
2006-10-12 03:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by jinz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought the line about pencil cases spoke to the fact that British children were known to write the name of their secret crush on the bottom of their pencil case. typically these were little boxes that almost all of the kids had. not at all like the plastic zipper cases carried in the US.
2015-01-08 12:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by Deana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might mean children have crush on someone but don't want to share it with everyone else, just like that special pencil case they carry next to their little hearts.
2006-10-11 23:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Song For Whoever
2016-10-30 06:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a crush on someone? You know, when kids are young they write their initials and the initials of their affections on their pencil cases.
2006-10-12 00:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by Valiant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the earth mothers are out,knowing some of the lyrics to other songs, it would not surprise me if it refered to pencil,as lead into, elbow elbow
2006-10-12 00:00:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love you as emphatically and purely as a child would. @ the age when they are still carrying a pencil case.
2006-10-11 23:53:32 · answer #9 · answered by uclmr@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it means from the bottom of my heart, but referring to 'young' love and therefore not having the understanding of 'true' love?
2006-10-11 23:56:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋