Talk:Flowers on the Wall

Nancy Sinatra Cover

The article should probably include a mention of the Nancy Sinatra version from Boots 47.156.144.157 (talk) 13:55, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

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Isn't the song just called Countin' Flowers on the Wall'?

The song is also known as "Flowers on the Wall". Rlquall 01:04, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This page has been molested by Captainbeefart in an attempt get the scattered ducks in a row

Vide infra. Captainbeefart (talk) 14:18, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Cleanup

(The main page) really needs a re-write; almost every sentence begins with "The". TenPoundHammer 01:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC). The same applies to the Talk Page. I did, I did... Captainbeefart (talk) 14:18, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Interpretation

I never got the impression he was depressed at all... I thought he was just an oddball hermit, who is explaining to a concerned neighbor not to worry about him, he's perfectly happy. Bkatcher 00:12, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I always read it as the guy claiming to be happy in his padded cell because he's too proud to admit how miserable he is. D. J. Cartwright (talk) 14:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Where does the "Padded Cell" thing come from? --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I always got that impression from the line, "And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete." D. J. Cartwright (talk) 14:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• I have always gotten the impression that the chorus was a thinly-veiled cry for help.

The person in the song is in an insane asylum; “Flowers on the wall” refers to a padded cell. “Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo, don’t tell me I have nothing to do” refers to the patient neglect in years past. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.193.64.106 (talk) 19:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I suggest that most of the above is original research. It is also illogical. The person the protagonist is addressing has a guilty conscience- so much as this is articulatde as an assumption by the singer (- "all that thought you're giving me/ is conscience I guess"). Why would the neighbour have a guilty conscience? Who in the loony bin would have a guilty conscience? Who is allowed to smoke in a padded cell? What is wrong with all of you?.....

So. Maybe the protagonist is just a lonely soul forced to leave his lonely room to buy more cigarettes ("-my eyes are not accustomed to this light") and has had an accidental meeting with somebody who is to blame for his distress (-perhaps the man who fired him? A former girlfriend who is out and having fun with her friends while he falls apart in heartbreak and fantasy (- "last night I dressed in tails") in his urban cave? Compare the lyrics of the song "Oh, lonesome me" (Jim Reeves I think): "I guess she's not like me/ she's out and fancy-free/ flirting with the boys with all her charms/ but I still love her so/ and brother don't you know/ I'd welcome her right back here in these arms.. The hard concrete is the sidewalk outside his apartment Captainbeefart (talk) 14:18, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Maybe. But I always got the impression that he's just a guy who never leaves his apartment because he's happy there, but makes a rare trip outside because he's heard that a neighbor was worried about him. Bkatcher (talk) 17:54, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

I've removed the entire speculative "interpretation" section, sourced entirely to a youtube of the song. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 23:23, 18 April 2020 (UTC)