Been thinking about this one lately, too. The visual I get is that
she scotch tapes a list of her greviences to the mic stand of the
guy in the song...this must be before the show-since the rocker
will be off to his tour bus or plane afterward.(he's a big enough star
to have roadies). So the singer of the song has backstage access.
The list of regrets is clear,,,you can't hold the hand/make your
plans etc with a rock and roll man....Since so much of the FTR
songs are about JT, I wonder if this is the crux of their breakup-
his weakness for willing groupies, which is, sigh, the nature of
the race....I guess it could easily be about Nash, too.
I had previously thought it was kind of an impersonal story
about some girl's broken heart over some rocker. Maybe the
girl was Joni.
RR

Erica Trudelle wrote:

> One of my favorite FTR songs is Blonde in the Bleachers...for obvious
> reasons:) I was wondering what everyone else thought of the line, "She tapes
> her regrets to the microphone stand....", I am sure it probably has some
> very literal meaning, but I always imagine Joni playing to a list of her
> regrets as sorrowful inspiration. I just think it's a wonderful phrase. Any
> thoughts?? Oh and is this one also about JT? I get a feeling that the first
> verse of FTR and BITB are about the same person, but that's just me.
> Take care, Erica

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