"I almost went out and moved to LA where I almost was famous for almost a day"
-Bowling For Soup
If you never moved to LA at all, how can you even almost be famous there? and better yet - for almost a day?
2007-01-10 09:51:17 · 6 answers · asked by hautboisplayer09 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
song writers often take liberties with our language either for structure or to fit a tune or a multitude of other reasons heres another " got a date with a girl,a pretty ranchers daughter ". well ok the ranchers pretty what does his daughter look like, my english lit teacher would have had a great time with that one also all of the incidents in alanis morrisetts song ironic are just examples of dumb luck not irony
2007-01-10 10:29:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two enterpretations
1) I have prevously visited LA where I was almost famous for some hours. More recently I nearly moved to LA.
2) it is hypothetical, If I had moved to LA (which I almost did) I would have been almost famous for almost a day.
I prefer explanation 2, and of course poems and lyrics should use phrases that sound good as more than make sense
2007-01-10 18:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by tim d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a satirical comment on the nature of celebrity and all those people who say "if only I had done this, that or the other, then that, this or the other would've occurred..."
Since Los Angeles is the "center of the world" as far as celebrity is concerned, then one would need to go there to become "famous". What is celebrity anyway? Famous for what?
Not only does the phrase make sense, it makes me smile.
2007-01-10 19:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it makes sense to me. It means that he should have done all these things instead of just thinking about them. You know kinda like those commercials where there like " This child almost had a warm place to sleep, or this child almost had dinner last night. You almost make a donation last night but you didn't"
So on and So on.
2007-01-10 18:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See, the thing I think about that song is that it's all about someone who just one thing happened to them that changed everything. I don't remember the line before that, but i think it's something about the chick and that if he would have had her then he would have had all this stuff happen to him. I think it's the thing, you know, all things are connected. So if one thing changes, the whole thing is completely different. I don't know, that's just my take on it.
2007-01-10 18:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mongoose Stalker 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Artists are constantly making up phrases and it drives me nuts so no I think it is just gibberish.
2007-01-10 18:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by HDsnowlover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋