A matter of punctuation
I’m sure he’s a very nice man, but I’m just not a fan of Bob Seger, nor of the Silver Bullet Band. In fact, I find his voice grating on the ears, and I snicker at the innumerable boxes of Bob Seger CDs at every EMI Delete Sale.
But if you’ve growed up in Springfield, exposure to Bob Seger is unavoidable thanks to WYMG, a station that worships at the altar of St. Bob. Songs like “Old Time Rock (and/or) Roll,” “Turn the Page” and ” Her Strut” still are on their short playlist.
“Her Strut” tells a tale of a modern woman, one who can take care of herself and one who doesn’t care if she leaves shattered hearts in her wake.
One couplet in particular has always struck me as interesting, and depending on how it’s punctuated you can take different meanings from it. Using a comma, you get:
They do respect her, but they love to watch her strut.
But the way Seger sings the couplet, with a pause before the second “they,” it sounds to me as if there is a semicolon in there:
They do respect her butt; they love to watch her strut.
That’s how I interpret it. Makes for a more interesting song.
