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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | "{{w|Paradise City}}" is a song by the hard rock band {{w|Guns N' Roses}} which appeared on their debut album ''{{w|Appetite for Destruction}}''. It sings of the so-called Paradise City, an idyllic place | + | "{{w|Paradise City}}" is a song by the hard rock band {{w|Guns N' Roses}} which appeared on their debut album ''{{w|Appetite for Destruction}}''. It sings of the so-called Paradise City, an idyllic place whereto the lyrical self longs to return. The location is contrasted with the depressing reality in which the persona is trapped, using for instance the image of a gas chamber. |
In the comic, [[Cueball]] can be seen singing different versions of the chorus. In each panel, the word "City" is substituted by another type of location and the rest of the verse is altered accordingly to keep the rhyme scheme (usually awkwardly because he has chosen difficult words to rhyme with). | In the comic, [[Cueball]] can be seen singing different versions of the chorus. In each panel, the word "City" is substituted by another type of location and the rest of the verse is altered accordingly to keep the rhyme scheme (usually awkwardly because he has chosen difficult words to rhyme with). | ||
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The most iconic part of Las Vegas is officially named "Paradise", although it is not entirely clear if Cueball is aware of the probable reference of the original song. | The most iconic part of Las Vegas is officially named "Paradise", although it is not entirely clear if Cueball is aware of the probable reference of the original song. | ||
− | The title text suggests that ''Paradise City'' is in fact a drug-induced state of {{w|Ecstasy (emotion)|ecstasy}} with strange and | + | The title text suggests that ''Paradise City'' is in fact a drug-induced state of {{w|Ecstasy (emotion)|ecstasy}} with strange and colourful {{w|hallucination|hallucinations}}. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball sits on a box playing a guitar and singing.] |
:Cueball: Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. | :Cueball: Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. | ||
− | + | :Cueball: Take me down to the paradise village where the grasses burn and those cute girls pillage. | |
− | :Cueball: Take me down to the paradise village where the grasses burn | ||
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:Cueball: Take me down to the fire-charred counties where the law's restored by Canadian mounties. | :Cueball: Take me down to the fire-charred counties where the law's restored by Canadian mounties. | ||
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:Cueball: Take me down to Orwellian regions where they retrain girls using cortical lesions. | :Cueball: Take me down to Orwellian regions where they retrain girls using cortical lesions. | ||
− | + | :Cueball: Take me down to the paradise borough where the grass is labeled 'cause the girls are thorough. ''Ohh, won't you please take me hooome...'' | |
− | :Cueball: Take me down to the paradise borough where the grass is labeled 'cause the girls are thorough. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
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