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> I always assumed "Papa Jack" was a tale of a once popular singer
> whose fans vanished as he has aged and fallen out of fashion. The kids
> don't reach up to the stage anymore for the thrill of his touch etc.
> Morrissey, perhaps, ruminating at the time of how his career might end.
> But happily not!!!
I can see what you mean and it's an interesting viewpoint, but what would the line "the kids he once had" mean in that context?
Unless of course Gary Glitter is the subject of the song....
> whose fans vanished as he has aged and fallen out of fashion. The kids
> don't reach up to the stage anymore for the thrill of his touch etc.
> Morrissey, perhaps, ruminating at the time of how his career might end.
> But happily not!!!
I can see what you mean and it's an interesting viewpoint, but what would the line "the kids he once had" mean in that context?
Unless of course Gary Glitter is the subject of the song....