Lyrics Talk:Renew My Subscription

"back-number" from thefreedictionary.com Noun 1. someone who is no longer popular; has-been; golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person

i just couldn't figure out what "back note" was supposed to mean, so i listened closer and i believe he is saying "back-number", and it makes more sense to me, like his flipping through "Miserable Freak Show Quarterly" and the people in the photos, "back-numbers", speak to him.

i also originally thought i was hearing "acknowledging its malediction" rather than "acknowledging it's my addiction"....what do you all think? i can hear "my addiction" now but i just wanted to know if you thought it makes more sense one way or the other.

Just listening for syllables and consonants, it definitely sounds like "back note" to me. Whether or not one makes more sense than the other, I only hear one syllable (note), not two. As for malediction, I hear no "L" sound (actually, the y-turning-to-a causes a throaty "H" sound if anything). I can never be certain 100% of what I hear, so I will wait for another opinion to come in before I make any changes. ~ magbatz 01:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

In defense of "back number," Linnell's pronunciation of "quarterly" also sounds /nothing/ like "quarterly," and sounds like two syllables. Maybe he just couldn't enunciate properly that day? Rucksack Jack 20:44, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

"back number" from thefreedictionary.com, "Noun 1. an old issue of a newspaper or magazine." This definition is a perfect match in terms of what he's talking about-- namely, issues of a magazine. ~ magbatz 21:06, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Is it "cure my ills" or "cure my ails"? I'm hearing the latter. ~ veggieman 23:46, 10 February 2014 (EST)

Considering "ail" is a verb, that wouldn't really make sense. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 23:53, 10 February 2014 (EST)

Is it possible that the phrase is "Desperate Bedfellowing Magazine"? Because Desperate Bedfellowing Quarterly is a real periodical (defunct in 2007 tho'), whilst Desperate Bellowing appears not to be.--WhatTheHeckLinnell (talk) 13:06, 21 August 2017 (EDT)