Classics Or Duds: The Wedding Present

i always thought the implication of "everyone thinks he looks daft" was that this isn't true, but the object of jealousy is in some way trendier or less real than honest salt of the earth narrator.

it's essentially "Gordon is a Moron" played without laughs

I tend to read Wedding Present lyrics with a lot of self-mockery/irony which may or may not be intended, I'm not really sure sometimes, but it works for me

Gerald's post is quite helpful clarification to me.

Guess who I saw by your old house just the other day
That kid we used to think was mad, but now he looks okay

-- is this 'kid' meant to be the one who 'looks daft', or another person?

I think someone's here, look out the window, I can't make out who

-- does this go with the telephone theory?

Oh I'd love to stay but I've really got so many things to do

-- This seems not to go with the telephone idea - suggests that the speaker is at the place of the interlocutor, which we are saying is the ex-gf.

The choruses don't seem to follow directly from the verses, unless each time, the ex-gf says something, after each verse, which logically prompts 'don't give me that' by implying that she is not dating the other person.

too much apple pie

oh that was just embarrassing, at times I say the most stupid things

lol

relatable