Re: Get Out of My House (was: Animal Sounds)

[Robb McCaffree <nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu>]

Jennifer Wallenfels wrote:
> 
> > Well in "Get Out Of My House," she "turns into the mule" before
> > all the 'eee-aww's begin.
> 
> Hi, I'm a newbie so excuse my unfamilarity with Usenet.  I tried to post a response to this before
> but I think I just replied to the originator.  So, at the risk of repeating myself:
> 
> Someone told me once that the mule thing in GOOMY is a reference to Shakespeare - Midsummer Night's
> Dream, I think.  Any Speare-heads out there to clear this up for us?
> 
> Jenn
>

Wow. Never thought of that before. In "Midsummer" the character 
of Bottom, who is an insufferable fool, is changed into an ass 
by Puck, a fairy. All of Bottom's friends are terribly 
frightened by this turn of events, though Bottom himself is 
unaware that the transformation has even taken place. Alone out 
in the woods, he stumbles on Titania, the queen of the fairies. 
She is under a spell herself, and falls instantly (and 
comically) in love with Bottom, ass-head and all. Later, as both 
spells are reversed, Titania is repulsed by her former 
attraction to Bottom, and he believes he's simply had a weird 
dream.

Don't quite see how it fits in the song, but my interpretation 
of the song may be different from someone else's.
 
> ps  I've been waiting forever to get access to a news server just so I could join this group!

Welcome!

Robb