Posted by:
nomonomo
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Date: March 17, 2018 08:09PM
Last night I attended a concert. The front man is also a
phenomenal guitarist, and did an "unplugged" set. He told some
stories and stuff between songs while switching out or tuning his
guitars.
In one, he talked about the first time he and his brother played
"live" at a school talent show. He strummed monotonously and sang
the first three lines of Go Away Little Girl:
Go away little girl
Go away little girl
I'm not supposed to be alone with you
After the third line he stopped, made a funny face and asked,
"Isn't that creepy?"
I'm not sure why he thought it was creepy--he didn't elaborate--
but for me the Donny=Mormon and Mormon=Creepy connection leapt
into my thoughts immediately! And I thought it was strangely
ironic that he described it as "creepy," or, rather, asked the
audience: "isn't that creepy?"
I went to look up the lyrics to be sure I didn't botch them up
when I posted this, and to my surprise, learned the Donny didn't
write the song. Well, not really a surprise, but that's a
different topic.
Anyway, it's interesting that the Donny version was apparently
changed to say "I'm dating somebody else and I must be true." So,
a guy who's mature enough to be dating, is so tempted by a
"little girl" that he has to ask her to go away! Yeah, that's
creepy.
And, another Mormon theme: HE is the one with the problem
but SHE should go away before HE gives in to temptation...
Yikes...
Edited to add:
I forgot to say that line 3 is "Mormon-y" too: it's not just that
being alone with the girl is a bad idea; it's that he's "not
supposed to." In other words, he's breaking a rule.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2018 08:20PM by nomonomo.