tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post113574629213256378..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: "What? Candy is tasty!"Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1138337081189324492006-01-26T23:44:00.000-05:002006-01-26T23:44:00.000-05:00"When Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybody's gonn..."When Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybody's gonna want to doze" - dozing, nodding, the same thing - He's bringin in the heroin.<BR/><BR/>I like Candy when its wrapped in leather (also a sweater) - Sex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1136288165303116252006-01-03T06:36:00.000-05:002006-01-03T06:36:00.000-05:00I don't really care what songs were about original...I don't really care what songs were about originally; I tend to start building them into soundtracks for the never-to-be-made movies of books. Quinn the Eskimo goes with a romance novel series where the beloved patriarch is called the Mighty Quinn and the family builds ships.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1135819568407857162005-12-28T20:26:00.000-05:002005-12-28T20:26:00.000-05:00jeez, the memories of slamdancing to bow wow wow's...jeez, the memories of slamdancing to bow wow wow's cover of "i want candy" -- must've been the early 80's -- but bow wow wow *covered* that song, don't remember the original, but do vaguely remember other versions where "candy" is female, even miscellaneously gendered -- always heard that as a song about gender-bending leather sex, maybe a little d/s thrown in for good measure -- the whole bdsm thang was coming into the open in the new wave scene at the time, lots of leather and piercings worn in the open for the first time -- yeah so anyway it was just a song that was good to slamdance and pogo to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1135815853019708172005-12-28T19:24:00.000-05:002005-12-28T19:24:00.000-05:00The first verse says it's about a guy. CCThe first verse says it's about a guy. <BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1135813106337575972005-12-28T18:38:00.000-05:002005-12-28T18:38:00.000-05:00I always thought it was about a girl named Candy. ...I always thought it was about a girl named Candy. <BR/><I>candy on the beach there's nothin better<BR/>but i like candy when it's wrapped in leather<BR/>someday soon i'll make her mine<BR/>and then i'll have candy all the time</I><BR/><BR/>How else is that to be interpreted? <BR/>Drugs wrapped in leather?<BR/><BR/>Every song is about sex in some form or another, but this is a bit more specific.indraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077014748902924745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1135784963203526102005-12-28T10:49:00.000-05:002005-12-28T10:49:00.000-05:00Sex IS a drug. And so is candy.Your honor, I rest...Sex IS a drug. And so is candy.<BR/><BR/>Your honor, I rest my case.PeaceBanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1135758889211751562005-12-28T03:34:00.000-05:002005-12-28T03:34:00.000-05:00I had always thought candy meant sex, but looking ...I had always thought candy meant sex, but looking back now, yeah I could see drugs. I'd still vote sex, though, if it were on your poll.<BR/><BR/>- Spring Dew<BR/>http://springdew.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1135758607689591602005-12-28T03:30:00.000-05:002005-12-28T03:30:00.000-05:00I am unfamiliar with "I want candy" and I don't kn...I am unfamiliar with "I want candy" and I don't know about Quinn the Eskimo, but back when I was a teen, songs that mentioned candy were usually about drugs. (that's the 60s -- a great time to have been a teen in Marin County)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com