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Meaning of 'number'.

 
 
milimi
 
Reply Sat 16 Aug, 2014 10:40 am
Hello

In the song "Such a shame" of Talk Talk,
we can hear 'Number me with haste".
What is the meaning of 'number' in this case?

Thank you.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 16 Aug, 2014 11:38 am
@milimi,
Mil it might help if you were to include pertinent verse

Meanwhile look here for pertinent verbs

http://thesaurus.com/browse/number
milimi
 
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Reply Sat 16 Aug, 2014 04:56 pm
@dalehileman,
Here is the text of the song:

" It's a shame
Such a shame
Number me with rage
It's a shame
Such a shame
Number me in haste
Such a shame
This eagerness to change
It's a shame
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 12:34 am
The words of pop songs don't have to mean anything. Often, the tune is created and then any words that fit are added.

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McTag
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 06:22 am
@milimi,

It's crap, and not worthy of attention.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 10:40 am
@milimi,
milimi wrote:

Here is the text of the song:

" It's a shame
Such a shame
Number me with rage
It's a shame
Such a shame
Number me in haste
Such a shame
This eagerness to change
It's a shame


It's bullshit. Illogical and meaningless.
Though my intuition tells that "number me with rage" might refer to "catch me as if I am a number nailed to a board and fill me with rage".
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chai2
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 10:42 am
I did a little googling on this. The nearest I can come up with is something like 'number me among those with rage'.

Also, in the video, there's a theme of dice, and they say something like 'number me with 8. Maybe that has something to do with it too.

I agree though that it's a completely crap song.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 10:44 am
@milimi,
Chai above has it

…although it's haste not rage
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contrex
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 11:06 am
@chai2,
chai2 wrote:
Also, in the video, there's a theme of dice, and they say something like 'number me with 8. Maybe that has something to do with it too.


I bet the video producer designed the video around the nonsense lyrics.

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engineer
 
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Reply Sun 17 Aug, 2014 01:12 pm
@milimi,
Number as a verb can mean "count" as in "you cannot number the stars" or
"include" as "number me among those going to the game". Those song lyrics are terrible but it is probably the latter.
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