[Trash-talk] s u p e r v i x e n

[Ian Abbott]

Mind you, I don't think we should be taking it too seriously. After all, the
song gets its title from a Russ Meyer film...

If we were talking Tori Amos' Scarlet's Walk, then we'd be dealing with a
proper thread connecting the tracks, but this is Garbage here. They've yet
to dabble their toes into the ponds of concept albums. Maybe that's Album
4...

Ian

on 28/4/03 10:45 am, Shirley vixen at cmonshirl at hotmail.com wrote:

> i just read on someones personal site about why they liked the song
> supervixen, they said something about how it was the epitome of how every
> woman should be treated... er....?????
> 
> well, is it just me or is supervixen not completely mentally fucked? we have
> no idea how she is treated, more how she treats others. she's one of the
> "characters" from the garbage album with the lowest self-esteem and
> self-respect.. although i have to admit that most ofthem on that album are
> pretty desolate...
> 
> hmm, i began this whole idea of actual characters when i started the song
> analysis feature for my fanzine 4 (oh my god 4 years!!!!!) years ago. each
> song is a different woman (generally) each trying to tell her story in the
> only way she can - usually trying to hide the truth but betraying herslef
> before the end of the song...
> 
> lou
> xx