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I Got Id

gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
edited December 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
I had a revelation the other day while listening to I Got Shit. I always preferred the title I Got Shit, mainly because it's more fun to say than I Got Id. It was no mystery why the song title was censored, shit is one of those words you just can't say on the radio. It never occurred to me why they chose to call the song I Got Id.

The song title should not be pronounced I Got I.D., that's how I saw it for a long time but it just doesn't make sense. The song is painfully obvious in its meaning, being all about the frustration of never having the girl Eddie wants. According to Freud, the part of the brain responsible for sexual desires is the Id. Thus, Eddie's Got Id.

Suddenly, I'm finding that I like the title I Got Id more than the less clever, blunter I Got Shit.
“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
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  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    learn something new every day... :) thank you

    i never had a preference, but now it sways to I Got Id :o
    wah
  • jennievedderjennievedder Posts: 9
    WOW!! very awesome!!! thanx
    You're so beautiful, well, you could be a part time model.
  • Androgynous MindAndrogynous Mind Posts: 520
    gleemonex wrote:
    The song title should not be pronounced I Got I.D., that's how I saw it for a long time but it just doesn't make sense. The song is painfully obvious in its meaning, being all about the frustration of never having the girl Eddie wants. According to Freud, the part of the brain responsible for sexual desires is the Id. Thus, Eddie's Got Id.

    I always thought it was I got Id. Many people I talk to think it is I.D. and I always correct them.

    Id makes sense. I.D. doesn't.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • thelowlightargentinathelowlightargentina Posts: 592
    One of the best pearl jam song ever...pure energy...pure honesty...pure rock and roll
    ...can´t wear my mask, your first my last...
  • csavcsav Posts: 18
    Freuds definition-THE ID (“It”): functions in the irrational and emotional part of the mind. At birth a baby’s mind is all Id - want want want. The Id is the primitive mind. It contains all the basic needs and feelings. It is the source for libido (psychic energy). And it has only one rule --> the “pleasure principle”: “I want it and I want it all now”. In transactional analysis, Id equates to "Child".
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