A vinyl record partly slides from an illustrated sleeve on a shag rug beside a guitar pick, plant and brass lamp.

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Rose

Now he’s going to play that damn Vicki Carr record, and when he comes to bed he won’t touch me.

— Moonstruck • 1987

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker predicts a sequence in which playing a particular record will be followed by an absence of physical affection. Damn gives the music a place in her complaint, while the final clause brings the focus back to touch. The words anticipate distance without showing what actually happens next.

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