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Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 06:58:50 -0400
From: Ryan Combs
Subject: u/u2/the_playboy_mansion.crd
The Playboy Mansion
words/music by U2 from the album POP
Transcribed by Ryan Combs 1combsry@mystic.slcc.edu
This swanky little number off the Pop album sounds as though it
has a lot of effects. I don't know everthing The Edge uses but
a Wah Wah would help.
INTRO:
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E A
If coke is a mystery and michael jackson... history If beauty
E C#m B
is truth and surgery the fountain of youth What am I to do?
C#m A
Have I got the gifts to get me through the gates of that mansion
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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RoBsN Average |
#1 by RoBsN Stalder at Apr 9, 1979 at 12:35 AM EST |
| I think you're close to the meaning, but I think it's more a case of looking at the hypocrisy of the "religious" in today's society. Think back to Rattle and Hum when Bono shouts at the TV evangelist "The God I believe in isn't short on cash Mister!" This song is a spin on that idea, so many of today's supposedly devout are so wrapped up in materialism, voyeurism, gossip, etc. And in the end he makes a statement that is lost on many people, "it's who you know that gets you through the gates of that mansion". A very serious reference to the fact that it is in knowing the Lord that you are saved... | |
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adg Average |
#2 by adg ??? at Feb 9, 1989 at 4:39 PM EST |
| I agree that this song is about someones search for Heaven, and possibly how that search can manifest itself into a material thing. ie the Playboy Mansion. i love how Bono toys with the idea of waiting and not knowing if he can hold on til the end, but he knows somehow that he has to hold on and has to believe. this is a very underrated song, as is the entire Pop album | |
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