Idea behind Mx?

[TheyCallMeP]

I was reading a short story by J.D. Salinger, "Teddy," and thought of the Deftones song Mx right away. For those who aren't familiar, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_(story). Its short, I promise. Anyway, the theme of women as distractions, shove her over the ledge lyrics, the money/clothes dealing with being superficial, and the whole attitude of the album "pretty outside and ugly inside, around the fur" messgae all seem to connect. A lot of Chino's lyrics on the album deal with women anyway, let me know what you think. Again, its just a connection and not a "This song is about..." type thread.

[TheyCallMeP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_(story)

the other link didnt work when I tried it

[bebo]

Nope, not feeling it.

[BillyNo.9]

That story really makes me want to shoot Chino :O

[pissedandpierced]

I don't see the relevance.

[TheyCallMeP]

I don't see the relevance.

Thats fine, I respect that. It had to do with the shove her over the ledge lyric and the vibe I got from the female voice (Abe's ex-wife? idk) throughout the song. Through the song, the woman gives me this nagging complaining feeling and the male perspective is just going through the motions with his answers and thinks she's a "bore." He gets fed up and shoves her over the railing (pool in the story). In the story Teddy was progressing in his past life spiritually until he met a woman. Both in the song  and the story, it sounds like the male perspective and Teddy would be better off without the woman. It was just a connection I made and I'm sure the song is about something else, I was just looking for other people's opinions (similar or different).

[from_musings]

the lyrics in mx like "let me think ..about crowds...and money.. and new clothes.."

..makes me think of chino standing infront of a crowd and him thinking that all those paying visitors can buy him lots of stuff

[TheShade1989]

I can see where you get the connection frm, but I think it's a stretch, and that the song is just about superficiality in general.