(13) The living end

[Jules]

The Living End   3:43

I'll walk up the mic
At the top of the show
Think, only fifty-nine more
Flaming minutes to go
The old suit doesn't fit
The money's nothing at all
To give 'em the stand-up
And the mirror ball

When I was in fashion
The toast of the town
By God, it were smashing
There was totty all round
I'd have them all legless
In the palm of my hand
And we'd be off to wherever
From my laughter land

You had loyalty
Back in the ITV years
We all played for royalty
All had the big careers

Well you wake up one morning
Hey presto, you're ogne
You've slipped out of style
And there you are, done
You wake up one morning
You're just not the trend
Soon enough you're appearing
At The Living End

I'm going too fast
I can tell you for free
Dying from trying
Is what you can see
Needs a break and a brandy
Your funny man friend
Tonight appearing
At The Living End
Tonight appearing
At The Living End

[Rail King]

This could have been a wonderfully comical album title, too.

[dmg]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c106c080-0ed3-46b9-af3a-c9e402ae91a6

[Jules]

I had to search google the meaning of that expression... I don't want to be critic but sometimes it's forgotten than many of us doesn't have English as their main language and this kinds of expressions scapes for us...

living end

(idiomatic, preceded by the) The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events — whether favorable or unfavorable
Synonyms
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event): culmination
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event — favorable sense): best (noun), high point
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event — unfavorable sense): breaking point, last straw, worst (noun)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/living_end

[dustyvalentino]

I had to search google the meaning of that expression... I don't want to be critic but sometimes it's forgotten than many of us doesn't have English as their main language and this kinds of expressions scapes for us...

living end

(idiomatic, preceded by the) The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events — whether favorable or unfavorable
Synonyms
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event): culmination
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event — favorable sense): best (noun), high point
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event — unfavorable sense): breaking point, last straw, worst (noun)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/living_end

It’s not really a very commonly used phrase. This sums up the usuage as I understand it

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the%20living%20end

[Jules]

I had to search google the meaning of that expression... I don't want to be critic but sometimes it's forgotten than many of us doesn't have English as their main language and this kinds of expressions scapes for us...

living end

(idiomatic, preceded by the) The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events — whether favorable or unfavorable
Synonyms
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event): culmination
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event — favorable sense): best (noun), high point
(most extreme form or final, most impactful event — unfavorable sense): breaking point, last straw, worst (noun)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/living_end

It’s not really a very commonly used phrase. This sums up the usuage as I understand it

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the%20living%20end

I also had to search for the meaning of the words used in that link to describe what that sentence means!

 

[dustyvalentino]

Maybe this explains it

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c106c080-0ed3-46b9-af3a-c9e402ae91a6

[Jules]

Maybe this explains it

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c106c080-0ed3-46b9-af3a-c9e402ae91a6

DMG send that before

[Love Expresso]

Yes indeed I wonder how that 2 seconds should explain it.
No idea what this should telling me.

LE

[dustyvalentino]

If someone does something mildly outrageous but amusing you could say "Oh, you are the living end".

So if I turned up at an MK show wearing a dress or dressed with a headband like MK circa 1985 someone could laugh and say that to me.

[Love Expresso]

If someone does something mildly outrageous but amusing you could say "Oh, you are the living end".

So if I turned up at an MK show wearing a dress or dressed with a headband like MK circa 1985 someone could laugh and say that to me.

Okay thanks. Was able to figure that out with help from Google. Still wonder how you and dmg did come up with that Homer clip the same as if that would make anything clear. 

So maybe it gets clearer with MK's lyrics. I assume it will be something small, funny and irrelevant like Heavy Up or in that tradition.

LE

[dustyvalentino]

If someone does something mildly outrageous but amusing you could say "Oh, you are the living end".

So if I turned up at an MK show wearing a dress or dressed with a headband like MK circa 1985 someone could laugh and say that to me.

Okay thanks. Was able to figure that out with help from Google. Still wonder how you and dmg did come up with that Homer clip the same as if that would make anything clear. 

So maybe it gets clearer with MK's lyrics. I assume it will be something small, funny and irrelevant like Heavy Up or in that tradition.

LE

Not necesarily, it could be turned round into something else, like death ie the end of living.

[Robson]

If someone does something mildly outrageous but amusing you could say "Oh, you are the living end".

So if I turned up at an MK show wearing a dress or dressed with a headband like MK circa 1985 someone could laugh and say that to me.

Okay thanks. Was able to figure that out with help from Google. Still wonder how you and dmg did come up with that Homer clip the same as if that would make anything clear. 

So maybe it gets clearer with MK's lyrics. I assume it will be something small, funny and irrelevant like Heavy Up or in that tradition.

LE

Not necesarily, it could be turned round into something else, like death ie the end of living.

And this direction convinces me more. Maybe it's a very personal song and that's why it's a bonus song

[goon525]

Just confirming that it really isn’t a common expression in idiomatic English.

[Elin N]

Mark is both a history and English teacher! For us, at least. I don't know why, I didn't knew the correct meaning of this title, but my first thought was that it could be about the big mud slide here two years ago. It probably wasn't even known outside Norway, but I heard a stories and thought "Mark could write songs about this". The slide took several houses, and a woman woke up in her bed and soon found herself sliding across mud, in freezing snow, still sitting on her mattress. Taking about nightmare; waking up and realize that the walls REALLY are disappearing in front of your eyes.
Whatever the song really is about, it almost certainly has something I can learn from it.