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whatshername · Unread post by **whatshername** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:24 pm

nah, that's not it. little mikey carson lived from 67 to 75 and rode his bike like the devil til the day he died, and he wanted to be "Mister Vertigo" on the flying trapeze when he grew up. and then 1940 to 1992 was just kind of thrown in there..i'm sure it has some meaning, but i don't think you can find out who it was in the song.

i wanna find out who it was now though.

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:46 pm

fortyoneantz wrote:nah, that's not it. little mikey carson lived from 67 to 75 and rode his bike like the devil til the day he died, and he wanted to be "Mister Vertigo" on the flying trapeze when he grew up. and then 1940 to 1992 was just kind of thrown in there..i'm sure it has some meaning, but i don't think you can find out who it was in the song.

i wanna find out who it was now though.

I'm pretty sure Mister Vertigo lived from 1940-1992.. maybe the book "Mister Vertigo" has info on it.. lol i dunno.. maybe someday we'll find out

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:09 pm

Its gotta be Mr. Vertigo's lifespan. what else could it be?

bmblmoo5 · Unread post by **bmblmoo5** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:44 pm

its not mr vertigo and isnt it 1940-1990?...if it was 92..maybe anne?

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:05 pm

That would mean she is 27 years older than he is. Thats a bit much.

Thomas · Unread post by **Thomas** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:19 pm

it's 1940-1992 and it is mr. vertigo

dave said in an interview that all of the names and dates were made up and don't represent people in his real life. mr. verigo was just a name he took from a favorite children's book of his.

bmblmoo5 · Unread post by **bmblmoo5** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:22 pm

good point

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:39 pm

Thats what I thought all along.

sheabraden · Unread post by **sheabraden** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:47 am

It's "1940 to 1990" then he says who he is directing the chorus to
"too Gravedigger, when you dig my...."

He combines them but really it is "1990tooooo gravedigger"

Easy E · Unread post by **Easy E** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:01 am

I think he is being ironic about the Trapeze artist who is in constant danger outliving Mikey Carson who was a just a boy on his bike, my two cents

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:19 pm

sheabraden wrote:It's "1940 to 1990" then he says who he is directing the chorus to
"too Gravedigger, when you dig my...."

He combines them but really it is "1990tooooo gravedigger"

Nope, hate to break yah here, but i thought the same thing, but he just extends the date a little while. It is 1940-1992. It doesn't actually make any sense with it as 1940-1990, to gravedigger.

Thomas · Unread post by **Thomas** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:20 pm

sheabraden wrote:It's "1940 to 1990" then he says who he is directing the chorus to
"too Gravedigger, when you dig my...."

He combines them but really it is "1990tooooo gravedigger"

"he wants be be mr. vertigo on the flying trapeeze
1940-1990...
to gravedigger when you dig my grave..."

that doesn't make any sense

he just streaches out the two, if you listen to a few different versions sometimes he is more clear on it.

*edit
haha dmbfan beat me to it 8)

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:54 pm

elijah77jc wrote:
sheabraden wrote:It's "1940 to 1990" then he says who he is directing the chorus to
"too Gravedigger, when you dig my...."

He combines them but really it is "1990tooooo gravedigger"
"he wants be be mr. vertigo on the flying trapeeze
1940-1990...
to gravedigger when you dig my grave..."

that doesn't make any sense

he just streaches out the two, if you listen to a few different versions sometimes he is more clear on it.

*edit
haha dmbfan beat me to it 8)

Yep, it's cause i rule.. actually cause i'm a lazy fuck that browses the boards 20/7

whip3512 · Unread post by **whip3512** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:34 pm

Wow, I can't believe how many people are confused by this. I always thought Mr. Vertigo was 1940-1992. What the hell else would that mean? (sorry, that sounded prickish) It just makse more sense that it's Mr. Vertigo.

For what it's worth, that's always been my favorite part of the song. Talking about a kid that died at an early age? Man, that gets to me. I lost a close friend when I was little. Pretty hard to comprehend loss like that when you're so young. Anyway, I also thought the verse about how Mariam Stonewall lost her kids in WWII was pretty heartwrenching.

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:00 pm

Like I said, that song is too damn depressing, but not in the way songs like Cry Freedom and Baby. It is more of a dreamed i killed god kind of depressing.

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