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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: 'Dreaming' interpretation sought
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 05:33:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 05:33:40 1985
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> From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)

> Can anyone suggest what the last line of 'There Goes a Tenner' refers to:

>     There's a ten shilling note,
>     Remember them? That's when we used to vote for him.

Well on the surface level of the song, Kate is one of a bunch of bank
robbers, but when the safe is blown up, something goes wrong and she
gets conked on the head with rubble or something, and starts
hallucinating about a mixture of her past and the current situation with
money flying all over the place.  I assume that in the line "Pockets
floating in the breeze", "pockets" is a British slang term for paper
money.  I also assume that ten shilling notes are not made any more.

But I have no idea, when ten shilling notes were made, or who Kate's
character would have voted for at the time when ten shilling notes were
made.  If any one else has any ideas, I'd love to hear them!

			"I hope you remember
			 To treat the gelignite tenderly for me"

			 Doug Alan
			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)