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Re: (13) Heavy Up ##* Spoiler Lyrics *##
« Reply #30 on: November 19, 2018, 03:40:13 PM »
And I have a question about the term ...

I find "to lighten up" in every dictionary. But heavy up not. So is it indeed not a usual phrase but "invented" by that songwriter as the opposite of lighten  up?

LE
I agree. These are invented words to refer to the opposite of "lighten up".
So the meaning of "why should I lighten up for you if you can’t heavy up for me?" is "why I should make it easy for you if you can't take care of mine?"

Lighten up = take things less seriously
Heavy up = (presumably) take things more seriously

I find this lighten up/heavy up business all rather silly and frankly confusing in a song.
"I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order."

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Re: (13) Heavy Up ##* Spoiler Lyrics *##
« Reply #31 on: November 19, 2018, 04:20:01 PM »
Yes the meaning I understood .. what I meant  was if this "heavy up" was invented so to say by that songwriter or was it a common expression before?

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Re: (13) Heavy Up ##* Spoiler Lyrics *##
« Reply #32 on: November 19, 2018, 04:42:21 PM »
Yes the meaning I understood .. what I meant  was if this "heavy up" was invented so to say by that songwriter or was it a common expression before?

LE

I've never heard of it.
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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #33 on: November 21, 2018, 06:55:04 PM »
imo this song has huge potential live.Maybe to replace postcards or as pre encore song or even marbletown.

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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #34 on: November 21, 2018, 07:12:46 PM »
“Heavy up is one of those peculiar, specialized terms in the world of home renovation and electrical systems. Essentially, it means to increase the amperage coming into your house--at the service panel--so that your electrical system can receive and handle an increased load.”

Does it make sense to you guys?
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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #35 on: November 21, 2018, 07:16:14 PM »
“Heavy up is one of those peculiar, specialized terms in the world of home renovation and electrical systems. Essentially, it means to increase the amperage coming into your house--at the service panel--so that your electrical system can receive and handle an increased load.”

Does it make sense to you guys?

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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #36 on: November 21, 2018, 07:16:26 PM »
Anyway, I strongly dislike this song, Les Boys level of dislike. Can’t believe it’s on and Don’t Suck Me In isn’t  :'(
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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #37 on: November 21, 2018, 07:41:51 PM »
“Heavy up is one of those peculiar, specialized terms in the world of home renovation and electrical systems. Essentially, it means to increase the amperage coming into your house--at the service panel--so that your electrical system can receive and handle an increased load.”

Does it make sense to you guys?

So when Mark sings "heavy up for me" that makes him a current? 

He's bound to get a real buzz out of playing this one!  Resistance is futile!   :smack :smack
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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #38 on: November 21, 2018, 07:43:52 PM »
Anyway, I strongly dislike this song, Les Boys level of dislike. Can’t believe it’s on and Don’t Suck Me In isn’t  :'(

It's a good-mood song and balances out the more serious/somber songs on the album. It's not an amazing song, but not bad, I think.

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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #39 on: November 21, 2018, 08:07:48 PM »
“Heavy up is one of those peculiar, specialized terms in the world of home renovation and electrical systems. Essentially, it means to increase the amperage coming into your house--at the service panel--so that your electrical system can receive and handle an increased load.”

Does it make sense to you guys?

So when Mark sings "heavy up for me" that makes him a current? 

He's bound to get a real buzz out of playing this one!  Resistance is futile!   :smack :smack

Certainly not triggering a short-circuit lol

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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #40 on: November 21, 2018, 08:14:07 PM »
“Heavy up is one of those peculiar, specialized terms in the world of home renovation and electrical systems. Essentially, it means to increase the amperage coming into your house--at the service panel--so that your electrical system can receive and handle an increased load.”

Does it make sense to you guys?

So when Mark sings "heavy up for me" that makes him a current? 

He's bound to get a real buzz out of playing this one!  Resistance is futile!   :smack :smack

Certainly not triggering a short-circuit lol

My capacitance for awful puns is now at a maximum.  One more before I buzz off: R-ohm-eo and Juliet - he can't resist playing it!
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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #41 on: November 21, 2018, 08:21:05 PM »
Watt it is ...

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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #42 on: November 21, 2018, 08:27:26 PM »
Ohm my god ...

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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #43 on: November 21, 2018, 08:49:37 PM »
Strongly dislike this song. Of course, you can’t like am all but this one sounds so simple and superficial both musically and lyrically that I really can’t stand listening to it. Though I always like Mark’s more serious songs a bit of variety generally doesn’t hurt, however to me this is an exception as it is so far off and plain silly that it destroys the flow of the album.
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Re: (13) Heavy Up
« Reply #44 on: November 21, 2018, 08:53:46 PM »
Strongly disagree. I love this song. Music, mood, vibe at it's best. Great solos, cool rhythm section and very good arrangement. On par with Nobody Does That.
Hope for live version replacing Paraguay.

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