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Like Jay-Z, off-key I'm singin' Wale (Ft. Travis Porter) – The One Eyed Kitten Song
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ZZ Top – “Legs”. This 1984 jam reached #8 on the US charts
Sunday night dance party, Summer 1988 The Hold Steady – Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
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William Butler Yeats was a renowned Irish poet who “was a fan of folk tales, mysticism, and the occult”
The “Sunday night dance party” was an all-ages dance party at Minneapolis' famed club First Avenue. As of at least 2010, it was extant again, after a hiatus
“Summer ‘88” at First Avenue and 7th St Entry is referred to again in “Barely Breathing”
First day of school late, already in suspension Pro Era – School High
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That must be the hardest luck saint of 'em all
We met him at some suburban St. Paul mall The Hold Steady – Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
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At some party at The Dead End Alley
Yeah, he told him what to celebrate The Hold Steady – Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
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The “they” here gives us our first clue that the narrator is not telling the story of this hookup just to brag. In fact, he’s being questioned by the police.
There has been much debate by people in Memphis as to which exact bathroom is being referenced (if, in fact, it is a real bathroom). Many tend to think that the bathroom referenced is the one at the old Hi-Tone, a divey rock club that has since changed locations.
Though, really, it could be anywhere.
I think the story is more about a woman he spent the night with, and he’s being subpoenaed as part of a divorce trial. I don’t think it’s the police I think it’s divorce lawyers that he is referring to.