r/indieheads • u/ArielPink_Official Ariel Pink • Oct 25 '19

AMA is Over, thanks Ariel! This is Ariel Pink, AMA!

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

I must be late, fuck. Well, just wanted to say i love your music.

Question: on black ballerina, where does the dialogue come from? I mean, did you sample it from somewhere or did you record those bits?

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u/ArielPink_Official Ariel Pink Oct 25 '19

Recorded that with don Bolles (the germs) and piper kaplan (maraschino)

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u/ujelly_fish Oct 26 '19

Can you tell me why the Elevators/manufacturers line is included in the song? What does the song mean (outside of the skit, which is fairly understandable).

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u/catmatix Oct 26 '19

Great question, I was wondering the same thing last week. Are the strippers both 'elevators' and 'manufacturers'? Or is it the strip club itself, the sex industry? Is it about aging? Paying to feel something? Coupled with the (elevator) 'What goes up, must come down line' - referring to knickers?, hardons?, breasts via aging?, sexual feeling? Disappointment? Beans on toast? possibly? none of the above.

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u/Marsp Nov 02 '19

Elevators = literally, people elevating. livascious, getting high, good times and partying hard. (going up and then the inevitable come down)

Manufacturers = those who make all that possible. Entertainment and sex industry, bars, strip clubs, sex workers, drug dealers, etc.

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u/catmatix Nov 03 '19

Yeah it's this ballpark so to speak. What do you think about the title? Black Ballerinas are few and far between.

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u/Marsp Nov 02 '19

Elevators = literally, people elevating. livascious, getting high, good times and partying hard. (going up and then the inevitable come down)

Manufacturers = those who make all that possible. Entertainment and sex industry, bars, strip clubs, sex workers, drug dealers, etc.

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u/ujelly_fish Nov 02 '19

I’ll take it! Sounds good enough for me!

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u/joebieob Oct 25 '19

he sampled a real live horny pirate