Mailbox Money - Question

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Mailbox Money - Question

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Hi all!

'In the song Mailbox Money and the line 'That song I penned in '81 still keeps our world afloat', makes me wonder what song he may be referring to?

I don't think it would have been anything from Coconut Telegraph or Somewhere over China but maybe a later album?

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Maybe One Particular Harbour since it came out in 1983.
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Re: Mailbox Money - Question

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hangoutgang wrote: June 30, 2024 7:32 pm Hi all!

'In the song Mailbox Money and the line 'That song I penned in '81 still keeps our world afloat', makes me wonder what song he may be referring to?

I don't think it would have been anything from Coconut Telegraph or Somewhere over China but maybe a later album?

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I assume that it is because seventy-seven did not fit the rhyme or the meter of the song.
He changed his dad's birth year for the same reason in False Echoes
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Re: Mailbox Money - Question

Post by jedivet »

Yeah, creative license/metaphor. Could refer to any song, which is better anyway, because I'd argue 1974 is far superior to 1977 in that regard.
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Re: Mailbox Money - Question

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The biggest question I have with this is song is why did he become the mailman at the end?
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Re: Mailbox Money - Question

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CaptainCaputo1987 wrote: August 7, 2024 10:49 pm The biggest question I have with this is song is why did he become the mailman at the end?
Obviously so he could use the line "Jump start my Johnson and spread the love around" :lol:
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