"Public Animal #9"

[tuneylune]

Hi Mr Dunaway,

I enjoyed reading Vince Raven's question and Your answer on Miss Axelrod. In that same vein, there are three people mentioned in "PA9":

"Old Man waiting' by the monkey bars"-An older student?
"Mr Bluelegs"-I'm assuming a Authority figure of some kind
"Mrs Cranston"-A teacher

Were any of these based on real people from Cortez High or just Alice's lyrical spinnings?

Thanks for any answers/

TL

[Dreary]

Hi Mr Dunaway,

I enjoyed reading Vince Raven's question and Your answer on Miss Axelrod. In that same vein, there are three people mentioned in "PA9":

"Old Man waiting' by the monkey bars"-An older student?
"Mr Bluelegs"-I'm assuming a Authority figure of some kind
"Mrs Cranston"-A teacher

Were any of these based on real people from Cortez High or just Alice's lyrical spinnings?

Thanks for any answers/

TL

They are lyrical spinnings intended for varied personal interpretations. That said, I think the Old Man verse came from us talking about how a popular student that had been voted "Most likely to succeed" wound up pumping gas at a station near the high school. They said you're gonna go far?
Men in blue are how Americans sometimes refer to the police. The song is comparing school to prison.
I don't recall an actual Mrs. Cranston. It sounds like a typical teacher name.