Where's the "Blue Letter" controversy? - Page 2

**mylittledemon** · #16 01-21-2006, 05:22 PM

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but it seems that no activist groups ever cared enough to protest Lindsey's assertion that "when your dago's down, I won't be waitin' around for you" (presumably because he refuses to sleep with a woman who has been "tainted" by Italian love juice).

Anyone have any theories on this?.

Wow. I am baffled. Here all these years I thought he was saying "When your day goes down I won't be....waiting around for you"......I had no idea that "dago" was the lyric. Oh well. It's actually kinda humourous now. It almost gives it a Go Your Own Way quality. The bitter guy getting "dumped on" and he's jealous of "her" new beau. I doubt there was any intentional "racism" there either. Not only that, but Lindsey/Fleetwood Mac didn't even write the song.

Angelick Witch · #17 01-21-2006, 05:58 PM

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Wow. I am baffled. Here all these years I thought he was saying "When your day goes down I won't be....waiting around for you"......I had no idea that "dago" was the lyric.

I thought so too! In fact, I've never heard of the word "dago"

Miss Vicky · #18 01-21-2006, 06:50 PM

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I thought so too! In fact, I've never heard of the word "dago"

Please tell me that you aren't really taking this seriously.

Read the whole thread.

The lyric is "when your day goes down."

Jyqm is just f***ing with everyone.

HomerMcvie · #19 01-21-2006, 07:39 PM

I have a friend who said, "look at that "dago-mobile". I'd never heard it either, and had to ask him to explain.

**mylittledemon** · #20 01-21-2006, 10:16 PM

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Please tell me that you aren't really taking this seriously.

Read the whole thread.

The lyric is "when your day goes down."

Jyqm is just f***ing with everyone.

Wow. I am baffled again. Dark has been my mind of late. I believed it for quite some time there. Normally I would've gotten up and opened up the LP or the CD case to check the lyrics. How unbelievably bizarre.

Lala · #21 01-22-2006, 01:14 AM

YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF WEIRDOS!

seeker007nmss · #22 01-22-2006, 01:31 AM

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YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF WEIRDOS!

I love that muppet!

HomerMcvie · #23 01-22-2006, 03:43 AM

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YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF WEIRDOS!

It takes one to know one!

SteveMacD · #24 01-22-2006, 04:41 AM

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YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF WEIRDOS!

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Angelick Witch · #25 01-22-2006, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Please tell me that you aren't really taking this seriously.

Read the whole thread.

The lyric is "when your day goes down."

Jyqm is just f***ing with everyone.

I did think that, but I also have seriously never heard that word.

And Sam the American Eagle RULES! Except for Gonzo. Gonzo rules more!!

Miss Vicky · #26 01-22-2006, 11:25 AM

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I did think that, but I also have seriously never heard that word.

I'd only ever heard the word once before, in an episode of Black Adder, where Edmund is kidnapped and questioned by the Spanish Inquisition.

"Look, anyone stupid enough to let some moustachioed dago come up to them in a corridor, say 'Excuse me, Meester' and hit them over the head with a big stick deserves everything they get."

"No speako Dago. I damand to see the British Ambassador, understand?"

Apparently it can be used as a derogatory word for someone of either Spanish or Italian descent.

As for Muppets, I'm partial to Rizzo because, well, he's a rat.

Jyqm · #27 01-22-2006, 12:26 PM

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I'd only ever heard the word once before, in an episode of Black Adder, where Edmund is kidnapped and questioned by the Spanish Inquisition.

"Look, anyone stupid enough to let some moustachioed dago come up to them in a corridor, say 'Excuse me, Meester' and hit them over the head with a big stick deserves everything they get."

"No speako Dago. I damand to see the British Ambassador, understand?"

Apparently it can be used as a derogatory word for someone of either Spanish or Italian descent.

Believe it or not, the difference in usage is a continental thing.

In Britain, "dago" refers to someone of either Spanish or Portuguese heritage (hence the usage in reference to the Spanish Inquisition in Black Adder). It's a bastardization of the common Spanish name "Diego," and I think it stems from a time when the Brits considered all those swarthy Iberians to be no-good pirates.

In America, on the other hand, "dago" refers to an Italian immigrant. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a lot of fresh-off-the-boat Italian immigrants would ask to be paid "as the day goes" because they didn't trust their employers to pay them in full at the end of the week (probably rightfully so in a lot of cases), so the American usage stems from that. Like nigger and negro, dago was a fairly common term back then but has since come to be considered pretty offensive.

It's really never my intention to f*** with people, but it always seems to work out that way, doesn't it? Remember when everybody actually thought I was seriously suggesting that Stevie's lyrics were nothing more than cryptic summaries of Byron poems? Lordy.

On a completely unrelated note, a top-notch bridge has recently come into my possession. Unfortunately, I've got little use for it at present, so I've decided to sell it. Instead of just putting up on eBay and letting the general public bid away on it, though, I thought I'd give all you good folks here on the Ledge first crack at it. Anyone who's interested, just send me a PM and we'll work out the details. (It's a suspension bridge.)

Ghost_Tracker · #28 01-23-2006, 01:05 AM

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Anyone have any theories on this? Were people simply less inclined to pay heed to such derogatory remarks in the 70s? With so many Italians rising to prominence in the entertainment industry at this time - Martin Scorcese, John Travolta, etc. - it just seems like someone ought to have been offended.

I don't know too much about this, but is it possible that Lindsey was being satirical and so forth? In other words, that he meant it in a sarcastic, and not literal, way? He DOES get that way, after all; for example, in the "Soundstage" performance he mentioned that he considers "Peacekeeper" to be "sort of a satire."

Jyqm · #29 01-23-2006, 04:24 AM

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I don't know too much about this, but is it possible that Lindsey was being satirical and so forth? In other words, that he meant it in a sarcastic, and not literal, way? He DOES get that way, after all; for example, in the "Soundstage" performance he mentioned that he considers "Peacekeeper" to be "sort of a satire."

Nobody's PMed me about the bridge yet, if you want it.

Angelick Witch · #30 01-23-2006, 11:57 AM

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It's really never my intention to f*** with people, but it always seems to work out that way, doesn't it? Remember when everybody actually thought I was seriously suggesting that Stevie's lyrics were nothing more than cryptic summaries of Byron poems? Lordy.

On a completely unrelated note, a top-notch bridge has recently come into my possession. Unfortunately, I've got little use for it at present, so I've decided to sell it. Instead of just putting up on eBay and letting the general public bid away on it, though, I thought I'd give all you good folks here on the Ledge first crack at it. Anyone who's interested, just send me a PM and we'll work out the details. (It's a suspension bridge.)

I'm kinda getting the impression that you _do_ intend to f*** with people, you're just surprised when it works. Otherwise why say those things in the first place?!

... How much do you want for the bridge? And how big is it?