>Question: What does "fay" mean, as in " I'm rich and I'm fay" in FSTB?
I don't know a dictionary definition of fay, but in England it means
'effeminate in a weak way' or 'flighty' or 'insincere' or 'light-hearted'.
I wish I knew a precise definition, but this is roughly what I take it to
mean. Anyway, it's certainly not positive, it's used rather dismissively.
I think it's Shakespearean as well, but I don't know the exact source.
What I think Joni means in FSTB is that she's not a 'serious' blues musician
like Furry. Not that she necessarily believes this, but she's being
self-degrading/effacing in the same way she is when she says 'I'm not
familiar with what you play' or 'while our limo is shining on his shanty
street'. A kind of 'I know I'm not worthy, but...'
She's admitting that she's just having a passing interest and she'll move
onto something else tomorrow.
I also think that 'fay'-ness is maybe what Furry accused her of in that
article where he is annoyed at the song and her attitude.
Of course, this is completely invalid if she has a different meaning to the
word 'fay', but that's how I've always read it.
Rob
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'Reno Dakota, I'm reaching my quota
Of tears for the year'
- The Magnetic Fields
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