Gwen Stefani and Disneyland...

[SD33]

Totally random, but listening to Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt's mega hit album from the 90's again...and it made me wonder what Gwen Stefani's relationship with Disneyland is. She once called it the Tragic Kingdom and seemed to scorn it in song. Now she's got a photo up of her and her family at Disneyland on the Parks Blog. Anyone got any information on the background of this now famous title track and what she meant?

Tragic Kingdom

Once was a magical place
Over time it was lost
Price increased the cost
Now the fortune of the kingdom
Is locked up in its dungeon vaults
The castle floor lies in traps
With coiled wires set back
Decoyed by the old cheese
Now the drawbridge has been lifted
As the millions
They drop to their knees
They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are burried
In their minds
His tears are frozen stiff
Icicles drip from his eyes

The cold wind blows as it snows
On those who fight to get in
On heads that are small
Disillusioned as they enter
They're unaware what's
Behind castle walls
But now it's written in stone
The king has been overthrown
By jesterly fools
And the power of the people
Shall come to believe they do rule

They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are buried
In their minds
His tears are frozen stiff
Icicles drip from his eyes
Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Cornfields of popcorn
Have yet to spring open

Have they lost their heads
Or are they just all blind mice
We've heard all their stories
One too many times
Hypnotized by fireflies
That glow in the dark
Midgets that disguise themselves
As tiny little dwarves
The parade that's electrical
It serves no real purpose
Just takes up a lot of juice
Just to impress us

They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are burried
In their minds
His tears are frozen stiff
Icicles drip from his eyes

Ohh, they drip from his eyes
Into the night
They drip from his eyes

Welcome to the tragic kingdom
Cornfields of popcorn
Have yet to spring open

 

[bumbershoot]

She grew up near there, so I'm sure she's been there a million times.

She and I are almost the exact same age...I hated Disney as an entity during my 20s, too! Now that we're 40, the hatred has lifted.

 

[APX]

Just a phase people go through with everything "Oh, I hate so and so" Years later "I love so and so"

 

[pixiewings71]

She has kids now, kids can change your opinion on almost anything. Especially something like Disneyland.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Yup.... she grew up in Anaheim, literally down the street from DLR.

My friend went to Loara High School with her brother, Eric.