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Old 11-19-2008, 11:45 AM   #153 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Janszoon View Post
I've always thought of "Debaser" as just kind of a fun song. What do you find angry about it? Is it the "slicing up eyeballs" line? Because that's a reference to an old surrealist film by Salvador Dali (I had to look up the name, it's called Un Chien Andalou). The whole song is about that movie. Black Francis isn't saying he really wants to slice up eyeballs or anything.
Yeah, I read something about that.

I find his screaming angry. It is a fun song, I love jogging to it, but it just sounds angry on the surface.
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