no way is the man wearing "beat-up shoes," wtf Keef
― Brad C., Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:31 (one month ago) link
XP Found the full quote:
Dave: "You know when you have a cockroach and they run round the house and get into a corner? We used to have these shoes called PRFCs - Puerto Rican Fence Climbers, okay? And this was aptly titled because if you were running from the police or what have you, and you were wearing your PRFCs, you could hit the fence at a dead run and your foot would stay in and you could commence climbing immediately, which was the essence of the whole sport anyway. And these were also great shoes for when the cockroach moves into the corner and you get at it with your foot or the broom anymore. You just jam your toe into the corner and hit as hard as you can. And if you did it right you got the full bug. So this slang means bammm! - you have to give it everything you've got. Make the maximum effort, do everything possible, get the full bug."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:37 (one month ago) link
yeh I always thought it was Dior shoes as well
much amused by this song by 1977 punk jokers The Snivelling Shits, which is Waiting for the Man but the lyrics are about his love for crap UK soap opera Crossroads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhjWdz541wM
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:40 (one month ago) link
but is anybody with access to liner notes from the "Between Thought and Expression" box able to confirm what Lou actually wrote?
It's not the liner notes to the box, it's in his book of lyrics of the same name. It's literally just an asterisk next to the line "PR shoes" with "* Puerto Rican Fence Climbers" written at the bottom of the page.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 4 March 2024 03:34 (one month ago) link
thank you!
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 15:40 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eihW4LdR6yw
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 4 March 2024 17:32 (one month ago) link
Lou explains the reference mid-song (2:23)
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 4 March 2024 17:33 (one month ago) link
great, thanks for this as well
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:57 (one month ago) link
New very chopped up version of "I'll Be Your Mirror" bgm on some corny-ass Expedia TV CM.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 March 2024 01:50 (four weeks ago) link