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這個討論到去年還是有人拿出來講.. 可是他覺得有很多疑點~ 他覺得barney只是隨便說說, 順水推舟.. 總之下面這封是他提出來的疑點和他自己的解釋, 有興趣就看看吧! :) eddz <eddietomb@yahoo.com> : OK, you all know the supposed JFK explanation. however, it was "January, 1963" blah blah blah "cos it's your birthday". well JFK's birthday was May 29, Monroe's June 1, and Jackie's July 28. so it doesn't really hold together! the only person who has anything to do with any of it who has a birthday in January is.. Bernard! so I'm thinking he made the JFK explanation up, and either the song is 100% fictional (i.e. Barney's story of a guy who kills his wife), or it's too intensely personal for Bernard to ever reveal it's actual meaning. with no evidence, I always imagined it was about Bernard when he was a boy, and his older brother coming home and getting him a b-day gift, despite the hard times his brother was going though, since his brother's wife had recently died, perhaps because of an accident his bro was involved in, causing his bro to feel guilty and responsible. then he later remarried. stupid, but no stupider than half the NO lyrics that you can't even guess the meaning of. but there's holes in every theory. christ, there's more theories on what 1963 is about than there are JFK assassination theories. hehe what scares me is that a Brit would even give a flying fark about JFK, it being primarily a US obsession. but you know Barney, always walking around saying 'fookin Housemartins', spitting, talking about guitar picks, and naming bands 'Electronic' then playing acoustic music, whilst on Prozac. so anything's possible =P besides, he says "Johnny came HOME with a gift for me" which would hint that he didn't live at home, and was visiting. obviously JFK DID live at the white house, which Jackie would call 'home'. so again, it doesn't hold together. plus it's not like JFK came home after work, picking up a present on his way from the office. "I used to think of him, he used to think of me" also implies a long distance relationship, or seperation of some kind. they used to think of each other whilst only rooms away? the prez doesn't really do THAT much traveling, does he? and the first lady could fly to meet him in an instant. "he told me to close my eyes..." to me, means he gave her a gift (yes an actual gift, not a gun in the face) to apologize for one or several affairs, which Jackie probably knew about. the line "he never meant to hurt me" probably means even though he had an affair (or three or four), he never meant to hurt her. and I think the chorus "Johnny, don't point that gun at me" is seperate from the previous lyrics. possibly Jackie had a feeling he wanted to off her? she was begging him in her mind not to go through with it? but that kind of doesn't make sense since she just said he never meant to hurt her. meaning to kill her would kind of be like meaning to hurt her, eh? "though he was ashamed that he had took a life, Johnny came home with another wife" makes no sense. maybe this is what Bernard thinks would have happened if JFK had actually managed to kill Jackie. anyway, there's just way to many loopholes for it to be about JFK, or even Bernard's silly theory. so I'm guessing there was already a rumor of it being about JFK, and Barney just went with it and made up this bullshit conspiracy theory to be an arse. I don't know squat about JFK, but I doubt he really wanted to kill his wife to be with the ditzy Monroe. it would be so obvious. plus who really wants to marry a fling or a mistress? he could have just divorced her anyway. I think Bernard is a silly little man. odd for a b-side to be so (seemingly) deep. bah. -eddz -- 最後一段什麼鬼話~ -_-" -- 怎辦我說太多no了, 都沒dm.. :p -- "They say that dreams always end" - Ian Curtis "Dreams never end..." - New Order -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.twbbs.org) ◆ From: h94.s14.ts31.hinet.net