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Re: Mangy Mutt - how do we know that it was metaphorical? Since the song is about going crazy, can't we assume that he would be angry about his dog running away? It adds an element of humour to the piece.
Dialsforme
- Do dogs laugh? Keep in mind, you couldn't say "bitch" on the air in those days, which is kind of what he was hinting at. Wahkeenah 00:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Good point; my wife (and I) agree with you that the stanza referring to laughing does seem to indicate that it is a woman/lover.
Things to think about - not a debate, because I'm not certain this point is right or wrong, just maybe to chew on:
-In the first stanza, it references running away, which is a common dog thing to do.
-If the person has gone crazy, they might think the dog is mocking them and laughing at them
Just thoughts... Dialsforme 23:12, 14 November 2006 (CST)
To "chew on"? Woof! And how likely would it be that a dog running away (vs. a lover running away) would drive someone "completely out of [his] mind"? Meanwhile, I found this site [1] which actually opens the "possibility" of it being a dog, except that it seems the author (whose real name was Jerry Samuels) is just messing with his head... and apparently his own, at the time, and he had previously written a song called "Puppy Love", and was referring back to that, and the concept of "puppy love" is also metaphorical, so you could probably plagiarize a lot of the stuff on that site to flesh out the piece, and then get reverted for it and that could be fun, ha-ha! 05:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)