ARF: Notes and Comments: BROADWAY THE HARD WAY: Why Don't You Like Me?

BROADWAY THE HARD WAY

Why Don't You Like Me?

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	Am I really that bad?
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> While this song refers to Michael Jackson, these li'l referents might need clarification, so: "Bad" was the name of the album that followed that Real Famous One that MJ did (shows ya how much I know about Michael Jackson - I can't even remember the name of the album - it had that stupid "Beat it" and "Billie Jean" songs on it). Anyway, at the time MJ evidently felt that he needed to tweeze his public image in a new direction away from the popular conception that he was generally a weirdly androgynous li'l rich fuck - but that ploy didn't work. The "Bad" album featured MJ on the cover in an outfit and demeanor somewhere in that gray area between Heavy Metal and S&M gear. The overall effect was similar to what you'd get if you dressed the Pillsbury DoughBoy in black leather, spikes, 'n chains and took a snapshot of him attempting to sneer. In short, it only made MJ look even more weird and ridiculous.
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	I hate my mother I hate my father I am my sister
It's I hate my sister in CD booklet printed lyrics, but as Evil Bob once pointed it out this line was actually sung another way. See his comment below.
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	And Germaine is a negro! A NEGRO! A NEGRO! A NEGRO! A NEGRO!
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> Germaine is one of MJ's sibling brothers - he's continually involved in failed projects of one kind or another and is sort of a mirror image of Michael (he's definitely a negro AND a male, while MJ gets whiter with time and closer towards complete sexual neutral)
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	"Please read this pamphlet." "I'm so BAD"
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> This line refers to the Jackson Family Religion, which is Jehovah's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses (or JWs as we call 'em) are a Brooklyn-based sub-cult of the general cult of christianity. I won't bore you with their theology but they do distinguish themselves by producing avalanches of pamphlets, tracts, and newsletters (the most prominent of these is "The Watchtower") which they distribute in neighborhoods door-to-door. They are also identified by their fanatical evangelism.
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	You take the monkey, I'll take the llama,
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> Among MJs numerous weird practices is that he keeps a menagerie of wildlife rather like a private zoo at his home.
From: "Nugneant" <nugneant@NO.SPAM.CONEBEAK.runbox.com>
Subject: Wild Man Fischer in "Why Don't You Like Me" ?
From WDYLM: --You take the monkey, I'll take the llama, --We'll have a party: get me a Pepsi -- From "Monkeys Vs. Donkeys" --I'll take my monkeys, you'll take your donkeys, --We'll have a race [right now]
Up until "Get me a Pepsi" / "Right now", these are 100% metered equivilants. I have no musical theory background, so someone else has to figure if these have weird musical relations.
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	We'll have a party: get me a Pepsi --
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> A famous episode in the life of MJ was the time he was hired to be the spokeshuman for a big Pepsi-Cola ad campaign of the 80s. During the filming of one of the commercials MJs hair caught on fire as a result of close proximity to flash pots and fireworks. The joke at the time was generally about MJ asking for a Pepsi - to put out his burning hair.
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	Michael is Janet, Janet is Michael -- I'm so confused now --
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> This refers to MJ's continuing evolution towards the female side of androgyny - he's now a pretty good clone of his sister Janet Jackson (except that her tits are way better - that's the area I think MJ should concentrate on in future editions of himself).
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	Who is Diana?
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> Diana Ross (famous Motown singer) is MJs idol and it seems that he re-tailors himself to look as much like her as possible.
From: frytz@pipeline.com (Fred Hetzel) Another explanation could be a reference to a MJ song , I believe it's from the "Bad" album, called "Dirty Diana". I'm not familiar with the lyrics, but I think it would be safe to assume that "dirty" refers to sexual promiscuity, leading to FZ's curiousity as to the identity of the young lady.
From: czako@VNET.IBM.COM (Brian Czako) ...it's the same as "Tell Me You Love Me", with the Michael Jackson lyrics $# "Who is Diana?" - on Jackson's "BAD" album, there's a song "Dirty Diana". There was some speculation that this was Diana Ross, but it was never confirmed.
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	He's oxygenated
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> This refers to unverified tabloid reports that s'more of MJs weirdness includes a special oxygen-only environment habitat of some kind wherein it is rumored he spends a lot of time "getting healthy and stuff".
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	His nose is deflated
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> MJs nose is most definitely deflated compared to the gorilla nose he sported back in the 70s.

	And he thinks he looks good to you And he thinks he looks good to you
From: Evil Bob <evilbob@tbag.tscs.com> Actualy, he probably does.
It may not need to be mentioned, but: there may be a few folks who don't know that this song is a tweezed version of "Tell Me You Love Me" (from "Chunga's Revenge" and "Tinseltown Rebellion"). This song also has the "riff" from MJs "Billie Jean" stuck in it during the "monologue" section near the end. The thing that's interesting to me is the statement made by considering the 2 versions of this song's title: Tell Me You Love Me - Why Don't You Like Me? The statement and the question.

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