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Fri 23 May, 2014 06:24 am
Hello
In the song "Hotel California", we hear "Her mind was Tiffany-twisted".
What is the meaning of "Tiffany" , is it a paticular person Or an idiomatic expressions? Is "Tiffany" something else than a christian name?
Thank you.
Milimi
@milimi,
Just a guess.
'Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she's got a Mercedes-Benz... ' might be a reference to Tiffany jewelers meaning she really likes expensive things.
Joe(still checked in)Nation
Apparently, Henley wrote 'bends' not Benz, but it's definitely 'Tiffany twisted'.
Quote:Quick Thought
A really masterful line by Don Henley here – and yes, he intentionally wrote "Mercedes bends" and not "Mercedes Benz."
Deep Thought
The woman's mind has been "twisted" by Tiffany, the super-expensive jewelry store with the iconic blue-green boxes. Tiffany is a total status symbol for the wealthy. She also has a case of "the bends," also known as decompression sickness. You get the bends, for example, if you surface too fast while scuba diving. But the speaker makes a clever pun: her case of the bends is caused by the expensive car, the Mercedes Benz. Basically, her whole worldview is warped by money.
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