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Radio Free Europe
A radio organ of U.S. propaganda
to Eastern Europe during the Cold War. [Ron Henry]
"put that up your wall"
Perhaps referring to the Berlin
Wall. [Ron Henry] * Or perhaps the wall of a bedroom, where you might
put a band's poster. [Chris
Piuma]
"That this isn't country at all"
"Country" being wordplay
on the type of music and word for "nation". [Ron Henry]
"Raving station, beside yourself"
"Raving" with propaganda.
[Ron Henry] * To be "beside oneself" is to be agitated
at something. [Chris Piuma]
"push that to the hull"
A hull is "The frame or body
of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure."
[American Heritage Dictionary]
* The hull is perhaps of a warship.
[Ron Henry] * Also perhaps a pun on "to the hilt",
meaning "all the way". [Chris
Piuma]
"Straight off the boat"
Colloquial term for someone recently
immigrated to U.S. [Ron Henry]
"pushing palaces to fall"
Perhaps meaning "causing revolutions".
[Chris Piuma]