Alligator
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While this song didn't get as much pre-advanced press as others (New, Queenie Eye, Save Us, Everybody Out There, Hosanna) it has quickly become one of my favorites on NEW. I'm not saying it is the best song on NEW, but in my opinion, it is really good (another possible Macca classic). Just curious what others think. The song's melody is so infectious and the production is great. Love the "could you be that person for me" part but really love all of it. Another thing I would like to ask. Alligator sounds so much like Paul but I can't think of another Macca song (Beatles, Wings or Solo) that I can compare it to. Just curious what others think.
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B J Conlee:
While this song didn't get as much pre-advanced press as others (New, Queenie Eye, Save Us, Everybody Out There, Hosanna) it has quickly become one of my favorites on NEW. I'm not saying it is the best song on NEW, but in my opinion, it is really good (another possible Macca classic). Just curious what others think. The song's melody is so infectious and the production is great. Love the "could you be that person for me" part but really love all of it. Another thing I would like to ask. Alligator sounds so much like Paul but I can't think of another Macca song (Beatles, Wings or Solo) that I can compare it to. Just curious what others think.
One of my favorites on the album from the very first time I heard it.
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"Alligator" is a sheer delight. I wasn't sure about the lyrics at first, but I have come to love an alligator in the way I love my salamander.
It's a brilliantly creative song with a touch of the Wings-era about it. Having a rather catchy chorus also helps its cause! "New" really is wonderful, isn't it? -
I really like the track but it would have been better without the fussy 'do wop' backing vocal arrangement. The title track also suffers from fussy backing voacls although they do work very effectively on 'Queenie Eye'.
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I love this song and the lyrics esp. "I need somebody who's a sweet communicator I can give my alligator to."
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It's about Paul's Dark side and if someone will love HIM for his many moods....love the line.. "Everybody else is busy doing better than me "...hence give my alligator too
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love Alligator its my favorite track
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I was looking forward to this one as the title intrigued me a lot. I agree, that "I need somebody who's a sweet communicator I can give my alligator to" line is great. Intriguing. The predictable lyrics to the chorus annoy me a little bit (...be that person for me/... feel right setting me free/ ...dare to find my key), and that chorus with the falsetto voice is the worst bit but otherwise I really like it. It's a really great sounding track with lots going on, interesting structure, nice use of synths and instruments. I like the way it fizzles out at the end too. The sleeve notes list a ?play-me-a-song book? amongst the instruments Macca plays on here. Any ideas??
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"I need a place where I can rest my weary bones and have a conversation not too deep."
Yeah, don't we all need that. Priceless. -
illwobble:
The sleeve notes list a ?play-me-a-song book? amongst the instruments Macca plays on here. Any ideas??
Perhaps he used this?
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thenightfish:
illwobble:
The sleeve notes list a ?play-me-a-song book? amongst the instruments Macca plays on here. Any ideas??
Perhaps he used this?
I saw the same thing when I googled it.
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I guess Nancy dared to find his key
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Fan4-45years:
I guess Nancy dared to find his key
Not our NancyR right?
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oobu24:
Fan4-45years:
I guess Nancy dared to find his key
Not our NancyR right?
I'd like to "find his key!" nudge nudge
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Nancy R:
oobu24:
Fan4-45years:
I guess Nancy dared to find his key
Not our NancyR right?
I'd like to "find his key!" nudge nudge
Or see that alligator -
Great sounding ditty, real cool
ops: I too must fess up to thinking what Nancy R apparently thought about Paul's term "the key" and also the word "Alligator" ops: A poster wrote the world "alligator" actually refers to Paul's "dark side" or "bad moods"--where did they get that impression, from the lyrics? I may be obtuse but don't see that in there. That he meant that by "alligator"-- a metaphor for his bad side, his mean hateful dark side. -
SusyLuvsPaul:
Great sounding ditty, real cool
ops: I too must fess up to thinking what Nancy R apparently thought about Paul's term "the key" and also the word "Alligator" ops: A poster wrote the world "alligator" actually refers to Paul's "dark side" or "bad moods"--where did they get that impression, from the lyrics? I may be obtuse but don't see that in there. That he meant that by "alligator"-- a metaphor for his bad side, his mean hateful dark side.Yeah Susy, that's what he was really referring to. Remember in the song he talks about "coming home from the zoo?" So he uses an animal (alligator) as a metaphor for his (not exactly) "dark side" or "bad mood." Too harsh to say "mean, hateful dark side"--it's not that bad. He just wants someone he can "unload" his problems on who is a "sweet communicator." Comprende?
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Nancy R:
SusyLuvsPaul:
Great sounding ditty, real cool
ops: I too must fess up to thinking what Nancy R apparently thought about Paul's term "the key" and also the word "Alligator" ops: A poster wrote the world "alligator" actually refers to Paul's "dark side" or "bad moods"--where did they get that impression, from the lyrics? I may be obtuse but don't see that in there. That he meant that by "alligator"-- a metaphor for his bad side, his mean hateful dark side.Yeah Susy, that's what he was really referring to. Remember in the song he talks about "coming home from the zoo?" So he uses an animal (alligator) as a metaphor for his (not exactly) "dark side" or "bad mood." Too harsh to say "mean, hateful dark side"--it's not that bad. He just wants someone he can "unload" his problems on who is a "sweet communicator." Comprende?
Uh, I sort of think he's using the word, alligator, as a clever euphemism for some 'body part' rather than as a metaphor for his dark side. There's some sexual connotation IMO. But I guess we can all interpret it the way we want. That's what's so great about all music. I'm still wondering what John meant...if anything beyond word play...which he loved to do...by the lyric"...sit in my armchair and feel my disease..." in "Come Together". I loved his "...like a lizard on a window pane... a soap impression of his wife that he ate and donated to the National Trust" in "Happiness Is A Warm Gun". Someone once asked him about all that, it sounding so profound and all, and he responded, "The words just felt f**king great coming off my lips." Sooooo....
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Beatles4Ever&Ever, when I first heard the song, I though "alligator" was a euphemism for "little Macca" too! Paul probably wrote the lyric that way so it could be interpreted both ways and I love it!
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Nancy R:
Beatles4Ever&Ever, when I first heard the song, I though "alligator" was a euphemism for "little Macca" too! Paul probably wrote the lyric that way so it could be interpreted both ways and I love it!
I think I prefer Alligator to be written by Paul as a euphemism for a "little Macca" than perhaps a musical icon of the opposite sex drawing such an analogy... ouch!
