Footnotes to "Volume 4"

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Take It Like A Man

"We're not casting boys today / Braveheart or bum / Who needs you anyway?"
A reference to the 1995 film "Braveheart", directed by and starring Mel Gibson.

"She needs you so much / Like fish need bicycles"
The saying "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle", often attributed to the American feminist Gloria Steinem (1934- ), was actually the brainchild of Irina Dunn, a distinguished Australian journalist and politician, who paraphrased the earlier "Man needs God like a fish needs a bicycle" back in 1970 when she was a student at the University of Sydney.

See also...
The Fish and Bicycle Pages
Fish on a Bike

Awkward Age

"You had a scowl like a Klingon beauty queen ..."
In the "Star Trek" TV series and films the Klingons are a warrior civilisation.

Chrome

"... and from Tokyo to Rome we're all aware of you."
Tokyo, Japan, and Rome, Italy, two cities with important fashion industries.

Fairy Dust

"Anyone would think your name was Oscar Wilde ..."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright and poet, who went to jail on charges of homosexuality.

Little Bit Stupid

"But you know what they say about Cupid ..."
Cupid: in Roman mythology the god of love, son of Venus. His counterpart in Greek mythology was Eros.

"... what they say about Cupid: Little bit stupid."
This could be a reference to the song "Stupid Cupid" from 1958, a hit for Connie Francis (No. 1 in the UK).

"We just haven't got a clue what to do"  (at 3:03)
A quote from and reference to the song "Blockbuster" (from 1973) by UK glam rock band Sweet.

Dirty Martini

"Dirty Martini"
Here's the basic Dirty Martini recipe:

Ingredients
5 parts vodka or gin
1 part dry white vermouth
1 tablespoon olive brine

Serving instructions
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into glass. Serve in a martini glass and garnish with an olive.

"Gettin' down 'n dirty down in New Orleans ..."
New Orleans in Louisiana, USA, on the Mississippi delta.

Thugz 'R' Us

"I got some mash-ups with Snoop and Dr. Dre ..."
Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre pioneered gangsta rap.