Talk:Brand New Key

message: Freudian symbolism, my foot.  What did Freud have to say about rollerskates?  Symbolism didn't start with Freud, you know.  Maikel 09:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but the common impression is that the key goes into the roller skate. North8000 (talk) 13:54, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Freudian Symbolism?

message: i thought that janis joplin was some how involved with the rollerskate song.  any info would b appreciated -- 20:18, 12 July 2007 71.60.111.212
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Janis never did "Leaving On A Jet Plane", Peter Paul & Mary did. Nor, did she sing "Son of a Preacher Man". (That was Dusty Springfield)
More songs that Janis never recorded:
- The Rose (Bette Midler)
- Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
- She NEVER recorded with Bob Dylan, but was on the same label, Columbia
- White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
- Brand New Key (Melanie)- Ragtime (Again, Scott Joplin)
If you're not sure, everything that Janis did is listed on the discography pages on our site. You can go to Compilations, and look at the listing, but won't find anything listed that she hasn't sung. 
(source: janisjoplin.net)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wampie (talk • contribs) 22:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Joplin

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message: There is also a version of the song written either by or for the BNP. See http://www.bnp.org.uk/2007/12/14/brand-new-leather-jacket/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xsamix (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  BNP Song 

message: to tighten her skates, then how did she "roller skated to your door at daylight"? 95.55.131.69 (talk) 08:07, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You might be overthinking it...  -- AnonMoos (talk) 07:32, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

text: Pretty simple, I think. Key tightens skates onto shoes... shoelaces tighten laces onto feet. No need to remove the skate from the shoe to remove the shoe from the foot, or indeed to put it back on again. Jack of Many (talk) 16:25, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  If she doesn't have a key 

message: Melanie's description of the origins of the song really do show that there is no sexual innuendo intended. To say that "Many listeners detect sexual innuendo in the lyrics" implies that it is actually there. It would be better to say that "Although there is no indication that sexual innuendo was intended, some listeners believe that they detect sexual innuendo in the lyrics".Royalcourtier (talk) 01:17, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no source for the opening claim that "Many listeners detect sexual innuendo in the lyrics, with the key in its lock thought to symbolize sexual intercourse, or in phrases such as "I go pretty far" and "I've been all around the world". So I've added a tag there. And what Melanie says - "They made up incredible stories as to what the lyrics said and what the song meant. In some places, it was even banned from the radio" - is not much of an acknowledgement, is it? So unless we can find a good source for the claim, even for "some listeners" it should be removed. I can see that some framing of Melanie's comment might be needed, but not quite as strongly as this. In fact, where and when was it ever banned? Martinevans123 (talk) 08:38, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual innuendo not intended 

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message: A lot of talk about possible sexual symbolism here, but the way I remember it, this song was supposed to be feminist. The line “some people say I done all right for a girl” is pretty striking. TheScotch (talk) 07:59, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feminism?