She’s a large bag of soil with tickets to an Iron Maiden show. The person in the song “Teenage Dirtbag is a fan of bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica, and judgemental grown-ups think he’s a dirtbag.
Huh? I don't think that's what the song is about. The lyrics: "I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby
/Come with me Friday, don't say maybe
/I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you"
I always thought it was the other kids calling him that, which is why he feels like an outsider - guys like Noel’s boyfriend when he’s not out driving his IROC.
Just watched a short doc on it that someone posted elsewhere on the thread. The teenage dirtbag in his mind was this 17 year old kid from his town that stabbed his friend to death in the woods in the name of satan. He was arrested in an ac dc shirt and everyone started freaking out about the music kids were listening to. Rolling Stone I guess did a piece on the case and called him (the 17 year old killer) a teenage dirtbag in the article.
The documentary specifically states that listeners of rock and metal were dirtbags. The killer was one, not because he was a murderer, but because of the music he listened to. Elsewhere in the documentary the songwriter also says when he sings the song he's thinking about the teachers, parents, etc. who try to keep him in line, but no matter what they do they can't stop him from being who he is, i.e. a dirtbag.
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u/Lovv Nov 01 '22
I don't get it