- Hey Sandy
"Hey Sandy" is a song by the
indie rock band Polaris which serves as thetheme song for the Nickelodeontelevision show "The Adventures of Pete & Pete ". It's well-known by fans of the show and the band alike for its lyrics, which are not only nearly indecipherable in the first place, but also have generated considerable debate as to their meaning.The full lyrics were a subject of speculation for several years until they were (mostly) revealed to fans by band members. One line, the third one and the most difficult one to understand, was purposefully left a mystery by head songwriter Mark Mulcahy.
Missing lyric
On the DVD set, the subtitles render the third line as "Can you settle to shoot me?", but are not claimed to be an official interpretation of the song's lyrics.
On the DVD commentary for season 2 of "The Adventures of Pete and Pete", one of the show's creators, Chris Viscardi, mentions the missing lyric and says, "I've actually become very passionate about keeping that line a secret." He does not mention why.
Additions
The full album version of "Hey Sandy" contains an introduction with a man speaking the following words:
:"Jupiter, or Thor, is perfect. We need Atlas for our long-distance stuff. The Titan will be even better. They shouldn't have cancelled Navajo. Wait 'til you see our submarines with Polaris."
Besides a reference to the band's name, this sound bite is in fact discussing
United States ballistic missile s designed during theCold War :
* the intermediate-range Jupiter and Thor IRBM
* the Atlas ICBM, the first successful US intercontinental ballistic missile (for "long-distance stuff")
* the Titan family of ICBMs, successors of Atlas
* the cancelledSM-64 Navaho , an experimental cruise missile developed by theU. S. Air Force
* theUGM-27 Polaris , a submarine-launched ballistic missileThe initial sample is abruptly cut off and followed by another sample of a radio transmission, ostensibly from a military base:
:"Attention all personnel, this is CVTS. Base vehicle pre-count operations will start on my mark in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
External links
* [http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~jfrens/pete-and-pete/music.html Lyrics as revealed by a Polaris band member]
* [http://www.molwert.de/Lieder/Hey_Sandy.htm Harvey Andrews's "Hey Sandy" lyrics]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.