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== Interpretation 1 == | == Interpretation 1 == | ||
| − | It's a re-make of 25 o clock by XTC. DUH!!! | + | It's a re-make of 25 o clock by XTC. DUH!!! [[Special:Contributions/68.74.139.36|Dr Worm 181]] 19:15, September 23, 2005 - visit me on IM if you wanna talk TMBG |
| − | Dr Worm 181- visit me on IM if you wanna talk TMBG | + | |
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:As for an actual interpretation... | :As for an actual interpretation... | ||
| − | + | :It's about a girl that I guy can never get to date him, but he knows at 25 O'Clock that she will fall for him. Obviously, 25 O'Clock is a fictional time (24 hours in a day, duh), but he seems delusioned by his desire for her. The next part is iffy. I think he smashes clocks and watches because the only way they would reach 25 O'Clock is if they didn't work in the normal way (going for 24 hours). .:[[User:Ecks|Ecks]]:. 23:31, September 23, 2005 | |
| − | :It's about a girl that I guy can never get to date him, but he knows at 25 O'Clock that she will fall for him. Obviously, 25 O'Clock is a fictional time (24 hours in a day, duh), but he seems delusioned by his desire for her. The next part is iffy. I think he smashes clocks and watches because the only way they would reach 25 O'Clock is if they didn't work in the normal way (going for 24 hours). .:[[User:Ecks|Ecks]]:. | + | ::Your right, please forgive me for my rudness.-[[Special:Contributions/68.74.139.36|drworm 818]] 14:21, October 2, 2005 |
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| − | ::Your right, please forgive me for my rudness.-drworm 818 | + | |
== Interpretation 2 == | == Interpretation 2 == | ||
| − | Remember that the natural clock inside of us is 25 hours and gets reset after every 24 hours. | + | Remember that the natural clock inside of us is 25 hours and gets reset after every 24 hours. -[[Special:Contributions/68.5.249.92|Leonard Carrier]] 13:31, September 24, 2005 |
| − | -Leonard Carrier | + | :Er, what? Midnight is 00:00, and 11:59 PM is 23:59. So no, that's not right. .:[[User:Ecks|Ecks]]:. 17:30, September 24, 2005 |
| − | :Er, what? Midnight is 00:00, and 11:59 PM is 23:59. So no, that's not right. .:[[User:Ecks|Ecks]]:. | + | |
== Interpretation 3 == | == Interpretation 3 == | ||
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== Interpretation 4 == | == Interpretation 4 == | ||
| − | There's technically 25 hours in a day on the day that Daylight Savings ends. | + | There's technically 25 hours in a day on the day that Daylight Savings ends. -[[User:Arrogant Oriole|Arrogant Oriole]] 20:55, November 1, 2006 |
| − | -Arrogant Oriole | + | |
== Interpretation 5 == | == Interpretation 5 == | ||
| − | It's about me ;-) I went crazy and broke my watch, apparently. My watch was in military time and I stopped playing evil discordant apocalyptic piano at 23:00. Or maybe it was my friend Douglas. He wrote a poem about smashing watches. HTH, | + | It's about me ;-) I went crazy and broke my watch, apparently. My watch was in military time and I stopped playing evil discordant apocalyptic piano at 23:00. Or maybe it was my friend Douglas. He wrote a poem about smashing watches. HTH, --[[User:HearingAid]] 22:48, March 26, 2007 |
| − | --[[User:HearingAid]] | + | |
== The real story == | == The real story == | ||
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It's a 1984 song from XTC's side project The Dukes of Stratosphear. The then three member group plus a sound engineer wanted to recreate the psychedelic 60s complete with vintage mics, speakers, instruments, mixing board with a delirious pastiche of 60s clichés. It's all tongue-in-cheek. | It's a 1984 song from XTC's side project The Dukes of Stratosphear. The then three member group plus a sound engineer wanted to recreate the psychedelic 60s complete with vintage mics, speakers, instruments, mixing board with a delirious pastiche of 60s clichés. It's all tongue-in-cheek. | ||
| − | Not surprising TMBG chose that song for a XTC tribute album. The lyrics either from Partridge or Moulding recall typical 60s nonsense of dominating-boy never meeting girl because at 25 0'clock only she will be his. A theme TMBG would surely appreciate. | + | Not surprising TMBG chose that song for a XTC tribute album. The lyrics either from Partridge or Moulding recall typical 60s nonsense of dominating-boy never meeting girl because at 25 0'clock only she will be his. A theme TMBG would surely appreciate. <small>—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:Contributions/204.48.77.22|204.48.77.22]] ([[User talk:204.48.77.22|talk]]) 19:26, December 5, 2016</small><!-- {{subst:unsignedIP}} --> |
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Interpretation 1[edit]
It's a re-make of 25 o clock by XTC. DUH!!! Dr Worm 181 19:15, September 23, 2005 - visit me on IM if you wanna talk TMBG
- As for an actual interpretation...
- It's about a girl that I guy can never get to date him, but he knows at 25 O'Clock that she will fall for him. Obviously, 25 O'Clock is a fictional time (24 hours in a day, duh), but he seems delusioned by his desire for her. The next part is iffy. I think he smashes clocks and watches because the only way they would reach 25 O'Clock is if they didn't work in the normal way (going for 24 hours). .:Ecks:. 23:31, September 23, 2005
- Your right, please forgive me for my rudness.-drworm 818 14:21, October 2, 2005
Interpretation 2[edit]
Remember that the natural clock inside of us is 25 hours and gets reset after every 24 hours. -Leonard Carrier 13:31, September 24, 2005
- Er, what? Midnight is 00:00, and 11:59 PM is 23:59. So no, that's not right. .:Ecks:. 17:30, September 24, 2005
Interpretation 3[edit]
Please, it's an XTC song that is a pastiche of other psychadelic songs. The lyrics have no real meaning other than to be time related puns. Don't look for meaning in it as you would a TMBG song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.166.26.179 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 17 August 2006
- Haha, why not? You can't say all TMBG songs have great meaning to them and that XTC's don't. It's just not fair... --Vixus 10:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Interpretation 4[edit]
There's technically 25 hours in a day on the day that Daylight Savings ends. -Arrogant Oriole 20:55, November 1, 2006
Interpretation 5[edit]
It's about me ;-) I went crazy and broke my watch, apparently. My watch was in military time and I stopped playing evil discordant apocalyptic piano at 23:00. Or maybe it was my friend Douglas. He wrote a poem about smashing watches. HTH, --User:HearingAid 22:48, March 26, 2007
The real story[edit]
It's a 1984 song from XTC's side project The Dukes of Stratosphear. The then three member group plus a sound engineer wanted to recreate the psychedelic 60s complete with vintage mics, speakers, instruments, mixing board with a delirious pastiche of 60s clichés. It's all tongue-in-cheek.
Not surprising TMBG chose that song for a XTC tribute album. The lyrics either from Partridge or Moulding recall typical 60s nonsense of dominating-boy never meeting girl because at 25 0'clock only she will be his. A theme TMBG would surely appreciate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.48.77.22 (talk) 19:26, December 5, 2016
