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What the hell is a harpoon? I just listened to this song and wondered how the hell Kris got away with it.
I thought that a harpoon was a three sided hook that you throw at a whale.
Now if he is talking about a harmonica then why not say something like "I pulled my old harp out of my dirty red bandanna"?
Maybe I'm missing something, but I never heard anyone call a harp a harpoon. Just a thought. Ben
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Ben:
I guess we're just gonna have to ask Kris to get an answer. I've heard the term "harpoon" used to describe the harmonica before but I don't think I heard it until after he made it popular.
Interesting. Hey Kris...
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Thanks Dave, I've never heard someone call a harp a harpoon. If I was to ask my harp playing friend to "pull out your harpoon" he would look at me funny and probably laugh as if it were a joke. Maybe I just have too much free time on my hands to think of these things. Ben
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Maybe it's a real harpoon...those hooks could turn a white bandana red...
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I always wondered about that one too, Harpoon is a beer around here, but I don't think they started until at least 20 years after that song was written.
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From "Songfacts":
The line, "I pulled my Harpoon from my dirty red bandana" can be interpreted 2 ways. The more sanitized version considers the "Harpoon" as a slang word for harmonica. The second interpretation considers it a hypodermic needle, since a bandana was often used to tie off the arm before an addict shot up.
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I'll go with the second definition, at least with Janice's version.
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er...um wouldn't the second definition fit Kris also?
"Wave your flag, wave the bible, wave your sex or your business degree
Whatever you want -- but don't wave that thing at me"
-Bruce Cockburn
I'm just a verb living in the body of a noun.
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I like the three sided hook that you throw at a whale myself.
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Why would you give heroin to a whale?
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I may be wrong about that. A three sided hook is a Gaff. A Harpoon is like a spear shot from a contraption to catch whales.
I would give a whale plenty of heroin if I was about to shoot him with a harpoon.
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I think Kris made a few "Gaffs" as he staggered onstage at the CMA awards in 71'. or was it 72'.
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He never did seem like a fella with minty fresh breath.
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He never did seem like a fella with minty fresh breath. ROTFLMAO :-D
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