'I Want You' query

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:59 am

"you've had your fun, you don't get well no more"

What in the wide,wide,wide world of sophisticated pop music does this actually mean???

Sounds like gibberish to me

I've never really got it.

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:12 pm

I always kinda thought it meant that his estranged love was a huge lush or druggie, and was making like Courtney Love, all strung out and sad-like...

normabuel · Post by **normabuel** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:11 pm

To the extent the words have a distinct meaning, and I am not sure they do, it could be a reference to AIDS.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:15 pm

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clairequilty · Post by **clairequilty** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:01 pm

Isn't "I Want you Queery" also the final hidden track on the new Morrisey record.

I mean no harm.

The Deliveryman · Post by **The Deliveryman** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:50 pm

It's an almost-quote of an old blues song called "Going Down Slow". I know Howlin' Wolf recorded it, but I'm not sure if his was the original version of the song.

The relevant verse goes:

Yes I've had my fun
If I don't get well no more
Yes I've had my fun, baby
If I don't get well no more
You see I have this pain in me
And I'm going down slow

Which, of course, ties in with the vibe of "I Want You"

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:17 am

I think he's saying that that in being corrupted or compromised, she's now indebted to him - that she must recognize this/him as invested as he is in her. The lines before it say more or less how much he wants her, the lines after it underscore this sense of indebtedness to him to the point where he affords to taunt her bitterly and is crazily obsessive, so it could be seen as a pivotal line.

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:54 pm

I agree it may be a drug or alcohol reference. Long-time junkies craving a fix don't refer to needing to get high - they say they need to get well. Boozehounds sometimes say a similar thing, particularly when hung over, hair of the dog and all that.

The song may be saying you've had enough fun, as in enough getting high or loaded. There'll be no more "getting well" for you.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:58 am

HUNGUP! You're back!

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:54 am

I agree with The Deliveryman...it's too close for it not to be that, a lyrical allusion to Howlin Wolf!