Re: (no subject given!)

[welsh@epcc.ed.ac.uk (E Welsh)]

In article <9210131450.AA26217@relay1.UU.NET>, M.E.Fletcher@gdr.bath.ac.uk writes:
> >	I'll probably get in trouble for interpretation again, but could
> >someone help me with this?
> >	The lyrics to "Wow!" contain a line which *sounds* like: "He's too
> >busy hitting the Vaseline".  If this is really how the lyrics go, am I
> >mistaken in assuming that Kate is establishing the "He" as a--to be
> >technical--homosexual?  If so, I wish she could have found a more appealing
> >turn of phrase.  It borders on the offensive, were I the easily offended
> >type.
> 
> Theatre actors wear heavy make-up known as greasepaint. After the show it
> is removed by rubbing it off with vaseline. Hence "he's too busy hitting
> the  vaseline" means he is too busy back in the dressing room cleaning up
> to receive any applause/accolades etc. No dressing room with a star
> and make-up girls for him. There is no implied reference to homosexuality.

I can't criticise your reasoning, but she has been known to pat her bum
while singing that line and looking cheekily at the camera...nuff zed!

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