Pale pink satin worn out in a week...

[louielouie2000]

Seriously, WTF does that mean?? :lol: Is that some sort of euphemism? :laugh: :o

[SeanJT]

Ballet shoes. It's ballet shoes.:blob2:

[vivfox]

I always took it to mean that she sweated so much under the hot lights that she had to throw her clothes out after each week. Remember in the early 1990's when she was in trouble with the IRS? She claimed $85,000.00 worth of leotards ruined on the stage in one tour.

[louielouie2000]

Ballet shoes. It's ballet shoes.:blob2:

THANK YOU!! That has bothered the crap outta me for years and years! :]

[fringed n fab]

I always took it to mean that she sweated so much under the hot lights that she had to throw her clothes out after each week. Remember in the early 1990's when she was in trouble with the IRS? She claimed $85,000.00 worth of leotards ruined on the stage in one tour.
I believe that was just to save from paying any taxes. Stars do that all the time (or try to) with deductions etc. I don't believe she'd ever throw anything out.

[gypsy4life]

I always took it to mean that she sweated so much under the hot lights that she had to throw her clothes out after each week. Remember in the early 1990's when she was in trouble with the IRS? She claimed $85,000.00 worth of leotards ruined on the stage in one tour.

lol!! Knowing Stevie, she probably DID pay about $1,000/pair, and had to throw out 85 pairs!!! That seems like a very Nicksian thing to do!

[chriskisn]

Seriously, WTF does that mean?? :lol: Is that some sort of euphemism? :laugh: :o

underwear... :)

[DeeGeMe]

Ballet shoes don't hold up very well---it's a major expense for ballet companies.

[GODDESS6]

speaking of stevie & ballet shoes...does anyone else find stevie incredibly sexy doing ballet in the 'tusk' docu?~ i have always found that scene sweet yet very sexy:thumbsup:~

[holidayroad]

I was never sure if she meant ballet shoes or satin sheets.....

[GODDESS6]

I was never sure if she meant ballet shoes or satin sheets.....

intriguing...:p~

[HejiraNYC]

For crikeys sake, will you people get your minds out of the gutter? :eek:

[daniellaaarisen]

Ballet shoes don't hold up very well---it's a major expense for ballet companies.

As an ex dancer, I can verify this statement. They are beautifully made but not durable in the least... especially if you're dancing every day like most serious dancers do.

Am I the one person who understood this line the first time I heard it?? Ha.

[David]

Seriously, WTF does that mean?? :lol: Is that some sort of euphemism? :laugh: :o
I think she's referring to her HP deskjet with custom-made ink cartridges.

[michelej1]

Ballet shoes don't hold up very well---it's a major expense for ballet companies.

And I don't think they even want to try to extend worn ones, because they don't help the performance and cause safety risks.

Michele

[DeeGeMe]

As an ex dancer, I can verify this statement. They are beautifully made but not durable in the least... especially if you're dancing every day like most serious dancers do.

Am I the one person who understood this line the first time I heard it?? Ha.

LOL. I got it the first time I heard it but only b/c I loved ballet so much and knew how fast those darn shoes wear out! I can see now thought that it left a few people scratching their heads saying "WTF is Stevie trying to say now
?" :]

Seriously though, for those of you who don't know, professional dancers can go through several pairs a week each and for full-length ballets those shoes might last through 1 performance if they're lucky.

[SapphireSister]

I'm going with underwear since the next line is "but she loved you the most".

After all, this song is about "hittin' it". In other words, tapping that booty! :lol:

Go ahead Stevie, hit it! (it's about time)

[louielouie2000]

I'm going with underwear since the next line is "but she loved you the most".

After all, this song is about "hittin' it". In other words, tapping that booty! :lol:

Go ahead Stevie, hit it! (it's about time)

You, my friend have won Post Of The Day! Your prize will be in the mail! :laugh:

[GODDESS6]

I'm going with underwear since the next line is "but she loved you the most".

After all, this song is about "hittin' it". In other words, tapping that booty! :lol:

Go ahead Stevie, hit it! (it's about time)

i also thought the go ahead 'hit it' line meant she likes to be spanked too:eek::laugh:~

[mikebise]

I always thought the lyrics were literal. Since Stevie wrote the song in Fall 1981, I assumed she was talking about that pink leotard she wore to death on the Tusk tour. There're only, like, 7000 photos of her in concert wearing that thing.

She's talking about hitting the stage, touring, so ballet shoes never even occurred to me.

And Robin went on much of those tours, Robin who was Julia and Stevie was Lily. Julia was urging Lily to get out on the stage, no matter how tired and weary she was.

Too literal?

[SapphireSister]

You, my friend have won Post Of The Day! Your prize will be in the mail! :laugh:
Yay! Does that me you're mailing me a pair of Stevie's autographed pink satin worn out panties? LMAO ok I'll stop now. :laugh:

[GODDESS6]

I always thought the lyrics were literal. Since Stevie wrote the song in Fall 1981, I assumed she was talking about that pink leotard she wore to death on the Tusk tour. There're only, like, 7000 photos of her in concert wearing that thing.

She's talking about hitting the stage, touring, so ballet shoes never even occurred to me.

And Robin went on much of those tours, Robin who was Julia and Stevie was Lily. Julia was urging Lily to get out on the stage, no matter how tired and weary she was.

Too literal?

nope, i like it:thumbsup:~

[OutsideTheRain]

I think the next line is telling:

Pale pink satin worn out in a week
But she loved you the most

To me, the lyric seems somewhat sexual or at least suggestive. Like, "I have run around and "danced" with some people this week, you are the one I love the most."

[holidayroad]

I think the next line is telling:

Pale pink satin worn out in a week
But she loved you the most

To me, the lyric seems somewhat sexual or at least suggestive. Like, "I have run around and "danced" with some people this week, you are the one I love the most."


According to the lyrics in the liner notes, the line is supposed to be 'But you loved you the most'. I misheard it, too. I thought it was 'When she loved you the most'. (That made more sense to me)

[michelej1]

To me, the lyric seems somewhat sexual or at least suggestive. Like, "I have run around and "danced" with some people this week, you are the one I love the most."

To me that means that even though she left to dance around the stages of the world and tirelessly committed to her work to the exclusion of everything else, she loved him more than her career, in the end.

SapphireSister, but did "hit it" mean the same thing when this song was written?:laugh:

Michele

[starshine]

I've always thought it was also about a pink shawl that she wore on stage during the Tusk tour also. She wrote RAL before she wrote BD ....I recall in one of those record interviews the hit it means to get up on stage and perform....I know its from a RAL interview I think with Jim Ladd in '86 sorry I can't post it either but maybe someone else can?.....So besides it being about the waves rocking her home at the time it was about performing on stage etc.....of course theres many other things too that she's said ......I just don't feel like listing all of it now.....anyway....hope this helps?:shrug::D

[mikebise]

To me, the line "But you loved you the most" was about Stevie being selfish, choosing her career over lasting romantic relationships.

So, rather than whine, she better go hit the stage, because this was what she chose to do at the exclusion of everything else. No time for crying, the crowd awaits.

I never thought this song was about any man or any romantic feelings. It's one of Stevie's touring songs.

[Ghost_Tracker]

I'd like to add that I think it's "one 'a them STEVIE metaphors." :nod:

She's saying that sometimes in her experiences, things started out as beautiful
and fancy but got "worn out" so quickly she couldn't believe it. And maybe that
sometimes she felt that way about herself too - - - a soft fancy "fabric" that got
"beat up" (by fame, the rush-rush of the road, etc.) in a very sudden way.
She's like, "Hey I just JOINED this band!!! We've been on the road HOW long!?...... :shocked: "

[SapphireSister]

I've always thought it was also about a pink shawl that she wore on stage during the Tusk tour also. She wrote RAL before she wrote BD ....I recall in one of those record interviews the hit it means to get up on stage and perform....I know its from a RAL interview I think with Jim Ladd in '86 sorry I can't post it either but maybe someone else can?.....So besides it being about the waves rocking her home at the time it was about performing on stage etc.....of course theres many other things too that she's said ......I just don't feel like listing all of it now.....anyway....hope this helps?:shrug::D
Yes, I have the interview you are right! I'm going to post it this weekend to the demo requests thread so look out for it! Here's the exact quote from the interview:
"Rock A Little was also written before Bella Donna came out...and I've had most of the song ~ in fact, I mean really the entire [singing] sometimes it rages that was about the ocean you know ~ that ~ like shook my house and scared me to death every night ~ 'cause I thought it was an earthquake. [Singing] Rock a little/ Even when it's calm the house still shook a little/ Just like the sea I rock a little/ Some say it was just like me ~ Rock a little. That mean's cool out. Relax. Okay. Just rock a little all the time and you won't die". Huh? :shrug:

[starshine]

Yes, I have the interview you are right! I'm going to post it this weekend to the demo requests thread so look out for it! Here's the exact quote from the interview:
"Rock A Little was also written before Bella Donna came out...and I've had most of the song ~ in fact, I mean really the entire [singing] sometimes it rages that was about the ocean you know ~ that ~ like shook my house and scared me to death every night ~ 'cause I thought it was an earthquake. [Singing] Rock a little/ Even when it's calm the house still shook a little/ Just like the sea I rock a little/ Some say it was just like me ~ Rock a little. That mean's cool out. Relax. Okay. Just rock a little all the time and you won't die". Huh? :shrug:Yeah, thats the interview....right on.....I haven't listend to it in awhile though....but its good!!:D

[SapphireSister]

Yeah, thats the interview....right on.....I haven't listend to it in awhile though....but its good!!:D
500 posts. Congrats! :thumbsup:

[starshine]

500 posts. Congrats! :thumbsup:Yeah.....its taken awhile to get there since I'm not on it everyday like most people here....I have to take some days off....but its good to be at (0ver) 500 now!!! Thanks for noticing!!:D:wavey:

[greendaze5]

Remember in the early 1990's when she was in trouble with the IRS? She claimed $85,000.00 worth of leotards ruined on the stage in one tour.


:laugh: Stevie's tax deduction claim about how her clothes were ruined each night was a hoot! If the IRS checked photos and video footage of the various shows around that time, they would have seen that she was wearing the same stuff throughout her concerts.

Tsk, tsk, Stevie. :rolleyes:

[SmileAtYou]

I'm going with underwear since the next line is "but she loved you the most".

After all, this song is about "hittin' it". In other words, tapping that booty! :lol:

Go ahead Stevie, hit it! (it's about time)


When Stevie wrote "Rock a Little", I think she probably meant for the song to be about a character, Lily, who is a dancer; with the song being full of "hit the stage dancing" lines. When she was writing the line "pale pink satin" she probably literally had ballet shoes in mind, however, also knowing that the line has sexy connotations.

As for the "hit it" line, my first impression was not a sexual reference, but a drug reference. Am I the only one who thought that?

[paleshadow]

Of she's talking about ballet shoes. What else would a "rock and roll ballerina" wear?

[goldustsongbird]

I was thinking of something else. South of the boarder, down Mexico way. You want sexual, there it is.

:rolleyes: