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| Being as irresponsible as me, it's strange that I should ever have had a paying lodger in my flat. But that's what happened when Robert and me found a very expensive place to live in the center of Oslo. It was supposed to be let as an office, but the building was old and crumbling, icy cold and nobody wanted to rent it, not to say live in it. But we had no choice. We had no roof above our heads. From some friends I heard that there was a girl from Finnland who was an art student, and that she was looking for a place to live. So I let her rent the loft. She had to share the kitchen with me, so it was my responsibility to pay the electricity bill, of course. But...I didn't have the money...and the rest should be clear. The problem with this lyric is that everybody seems to think that it's about me & my girlfriend once again, which it isn't! It's about me and my lodger! I still meet this girl now and then, her name is Minna Lappalainen, and she's a painter now. Nice girl! -Bartleby |
CD: Shady Whims & Obstacles
Label: Perfect Pop Records
Credits: The Tables |
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| I used to play a board game called "Talisman" with Sandy and her brother. It was a very simple game, just the way I like it, nothing like chess, where you actually have to use your brains! You rolled the dice, moved your "person", drew some cards. There were cards with shields and lances which made you stronger, and "cursed by the hag", "ghoul" etc. which were setbacks. There were places on the board called "The Valley of Fire" and "The Portal of Power", and the whole point was to get to the centre of the board with a talisman card. If you didn't have a talisman card when you got there, you had to start all over again. Sandy's brother was what I call "a bad player", bad because he didn't seem to enjoy the game for it's own sake, he only thought about winning. I never took it that seriously, so when I got to the centre of the board it happened that I had forgotten to secure a talisman card. Then Sandy's brother smiled triumphantly and gleefully and said in a low voice: "I think you need a talisman." Aaaargh! So what? I had had a good time imagining myself living in this fantasy world of dwarfs, giants and wizards, and I didn't care much if I lost or won the game. But Sandy's brother cared! He wasn't only a bad player, he was a bad loser. When he lost, it was always: "Just one more game, just one more game!" He was unable to leave the table without feeling like a champion. So this song is about two things: The irritiating experience of playing board games with bad losers, and a tribute to this game called "Talisman" and to Baard Enoksen, the guy who first got me hooked on role playing games and all the new board games. Of course, I'm one of those guys who'd rather live in a fantasy world than in the real world. I'm a romantic dreamer.An additional secret: I crammed in a couple of veiled allusions to 60's popsike in this song: "The jolly little dwarves" is an allusion to "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs" by Tomorrow. "Biff! Bang! Pow!" is of course from the Creation song by the same name. -Bartleby |
CD: Shady Whims & Obstacles
Label: Perfect Pop Records
Credits: The Tables |
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| This lyric sums up my view on humanity. We are still behaving like apemen. We are genetic failures. |
CD: Shady Whims & Obstacles
Label: Perfect Pop Records
Credits: The Tables / Bartleby |
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