George Micheal and yo-yos

Verres · January 12, 2004, 09:27

Whilst busy reliving Wham!'s greatest hits, I was struck by that infamous line

"Dont keep me hanging on like a yoyo"

Despite much discussion, i have yet to find out what this particular lyric actually refers to, and a friend suggested i ask you learned lot.

Many thanks

Bereta_Eder · January 12, 2004, 09:29

dont let me hanging on like a yo yo

nice. though last christmass was airplayewd so many times i grew sick of it

BeBro · January 12, 2004, 09:32

You don´t know what a yoyo is?

Verres · January 12, 2004, 09:33

of course i know what a yoyo is! what im asking is why he is comparing himself to one....i assume its some kind of euphanism, but my innocent little mind cant think what it refers to

Bereta_Eder · January 12, 2004, 09:34

yo yo up and down up and down from a string. you girls are pretty good at it

Skanky Burns · January 12, 2004, 09:35

He is being used like a yoyo - let go and then pulled back in again, only to be thrown away yet again. Something in that line of thought...

BeBro · January 12, 2004, 09:35

But G.Michael isn´t "into" girls I thought....?

Verres · January 12, 2004, 09:36

thanx skanky, that kind of makes sense i guess

BeBro · January 12, 2004, 09:37

I thought a yo-yo occurs when two rappers meet on the street

Whaleboy · January 12, 2004, 10:16

Yo-yo's were weaponry used by certain Amazonian tribes. They could kill a man at 20 feet.

Woman take you on emotional rollercoasters whose bipolar variations make you wish you had been hit in the face by a 5kg lump of wood hurled by a half naked cannibal.

More proof that, in fact, the most dangerous weaponry in the hands of mankind (so to speak) are females. I say we rise up against our breasted oppressors!! No longer will the scourge of guilt and emotional sewage plague the glory of the phallus!

BeBro · January 12, 2004, 10:17

Ah, now I understand why you have chosen this avatar....

Whaleboy · January 12, 2004, 10:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Verres
my innocent little mind

Verres · January 12, 2004, 13:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Whaleboy
Yo-yo's were weaponry used by certain Amazonian tribes. They could kill a man at 20 feet.

Woman take you on emotional rollercoasters whose bipolar variations make you wish you had been hit in the face by a 5kg lump of wood hurled by a half naked cannibal.

More proof that, in fact, the most dangerous weaponry in the hands of mankind (so to speak) are females. I say we rise up against our breasted oppressors!! No longer will the scourge of guilt and emotional sewage plague the glory of the phallus!

And I thought i was bitter and twisted

Richelieu · January 12, 2004, 13:12

Go-go + Yo-yo.

That's all the justification you need for a pop song.

Verres · January 12, 2004, 13:17

JimmyCracksCorn · January 12, 2004, 13:37

Don't leave me hanging like a yo yo means don't leave me waiting or hoping.

You guys don't use the expression don't leave me hanging?

Edit: And a yo yo hangs, so its just a silly little analogy, but it makes sense.

Verres · January 12, 2004, 15:01

Perhaps....I still prefer Skanky's interpretation

Drogue · January 12, 2004, 15:18

Skanky's is better, but JCC's is closer to the truth. I saw a program on the most annoying pop songs, and it was singled out as a silly line. Some songwriter was explaining that it while people thought it was to do with being given conflicting signals, pushed away and pulled back again, they were looking for a far deeper meaning than was actually there. It was simply a way of saying "don't leave me hanging", as in waiting and not knowing, while getting it to rhyme with "go-go".

The idea being if she left without saying goodbye he wouldn't know how she felt, and wouldn't have 'closure'.