the clowns and jokers would be all the music executives and hangers on), and performed as a parody of Bob Dylan's style (the vocal impression, subject, and styling were so similar, listeners have wrongly attributed the song to Dylan since its release). Rafferty's lyrics are a dismissive tale of a music industry cocktail party written (i.e. It was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Gerry Rafferty provided the lead vocals, with Joe Egan singing harmony. "Stuck in the Middle with You" was released on Stealers Wheel's 1972 eponymous debut album. It also became an international hit, reaching No. The band performed the song on the BBC's Top of the Pops in May 1973, and the song charted at No. " Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as " Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Scottish musicians Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan and performed by their band Stealers Wheel. 'Please, please,'" was "And your fat old uncle Charlie."."Stuck in the Middle with You" on YouTube Maybe it's another "success isn't what I thought it would be" song.Īlso, I always thought "And your friends, they all come crawlin'/Slap you on the back and say, But now that they're big, their 'friends' come out of the woodwork, asking for money or connections or what-have-you, slapping you on the back and begging for a hand-out. If you interpret it that way, the "started off with nothin'" bridge could be about the guys in the band all psyched that they've finally gone from a no-name group gigging at dives (starting off from nothing) to a decently successful group. You're at a fancy dinner with these bigwigs and suits and snobs and assorted other elites, and you feel awkward ("I don't know why I came here tonight/I got the feelin' that something ain't right") and, in the presence of The Powers That Be, you're terrified of making a bad impression- "I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair/And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.It's so hard to keep this smile from my face/Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place." But you spend time with them, and you realize that they're nothing but a pack of assholes-"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right/Here I am, stuck in the middle with you." This would especially make sense if he was at the dinner with a bandmate and he knew they both felt the same way.
Kayteeoh - A review of the song calls it a "clever corporate snub", so you could be right: For the record, though, I still haven't seen the movie. So thanks, Q.T., for keeping a good song alive.
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I'm tempted to be smug and say "I liked it before it was in Reservoir Dogs." But I'm fairly young and, ironically, I probably wouldn't have heard it on oldies stations if its use in that movie hadn't caused a resurgence in popularity, thus causing it to re-enter popular consciousness and make it worthwhile for oldies stations to put it back in rotation. 'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the placeĬlowns to the left of me, jokers to the rightĪnd you're proud that you're a self made manīut I can see that it makes no sense at all It's so hard to keep this smile from my face I'm so scared in case I fall off my chairĪnd I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs I got the feeling that something ain't right Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
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