"vomit" can be a positive signifier ... a form of vibrant life
The Dictators, 1975:
My favorite part of growing up Is when I'm sick and throwing up It's the dues you've got to pay For eating burgers every day ("Master Race Rock")
Soon he threw up in the store But if he does it anymore I'll make him eat it off the floor ("Weekend")
Bruce Springsteen, same year, interestingly enough:
I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing, I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd but when they said "Come down" I threw up Ooh-ooh growin' up
(Actually, looking over all those Dictators Go Girl Crazy lyrics again, maybe they had more Ke$ha in them than the Tubes after all.)
Re: The girl who put the FUN back into dysfunctional
The Dictators, 1975:
My favorite part of growing up
Is when I'm sick and throwing up
It's the dues you've got to pay
For eating burgers every day ("Master Race Rock")
Soon he threw up in the store
But if he does it anymore
I'll make him eat it off the floor ("Weekend")
Bruce Springsteen, same year, interestingly enough:
I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing,
I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd but when they said "Come down" I threw up
Ooh-ooh growin' up
(Actually, looking over all those Dictators Go Girl Crazy lyrics again, maybe they had more Ke$ha in them than the Tubes after all.)