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Idiomatic for whom? Sure, the Stones are English, but could Chelsea here refer to Chelsea on the west wide of Manhattan? No chemists there.
I just assumed people would write songs in their own dialect, and they'd be referring to the Chelsea in London. Occam's Razor of songwriting.
I think they are referring to going to a drug dealer, rather than a chemist. The line means "I went to see a guy on the corner about getting you the kind of drugs you need". And maybe "drugstore" conjures that more than "chemist".
That's true, "chemist" is completely irrelevant to that meaning of "drug". Can't believe I didn't think of that.
The chelsea drug store was a record shop/pub on the kings road in Chelsea, london. It is now a macdonalds.
Idiomatic for whom? Sure, the Stones are English, but could Chelsea here refer to Chelsea on the west wide of Manhattan? No chemists there.
ReplyDeleteI just assumed people would write songs in their own dialect, and they'd be referring to the Chelsea in London. Occam's Razor of songwriting.
ReplyDeleteI think they are referring to going to a drug dealer, rather than a chemist. The line means "I went to see a guy on the corner about getting you the kind of drugs you need". And maybe "drugstore" conjures that more than "chemist".
ReplyDeleteThat's true, "chemist" is completely irrelevant to that meaning of "drug". Can't believe I didn't think of that.
ReplyDeleteThe chelsea drug store was a record shop/pub on the kings road in Chelsea, london. It is now a macdonalds.
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