i love a man named Jerry, more then anything, i know that some of you wont understand

i love a man named Jerry, more then anything, i know that some of you wont understand

Sorry If this isn't the best place to post this, but this is the closest to a "random" thread as I could find. Hopefully you can still help me.

So I'm going to the Halloween show again this year and was thinking of making a costume resembling a thing or a character from a GD song. I NEED YOUR HELP!

Originally I was going to portray August West, the beggar from "Wharf Rat", but I began to realize how uncreative and cliche a homeless man costume would be for such a special occasion. I want to do something unique and specific for such a meaningful event and although this song is absolutely special to me, I feel as though my portrayal would come up short mainly because the costume would not require anything distinctly noticeable and a lot of commercial costume retailers sell hobo costumes. So I looked elsewhere.

I really like the song "The Eleven" and was going to do the "Seven faced marble eye transitory dream doll" mentioned in the lyrics, however most of the versions of this song that I have and that I've listened to don't have this verse in it, so I'm thinking of doing something else that people will recognize. The other verses "Eight sided whispering hallelujah hatrack", "Six proud walkers on jingle bell rainbow", "Five men writing in fingers of gold" are too esoteric to replicate in a costume. (Don't get me wrong, I love the abstract nature of these versus, I just can't replicate them in a way that appropriately demonstrates my appreciation for this song-- especially in a costume).

I was also thinking about doing the notoriously shifty alligator from the song "Alligator" or the carrion crow from "Mountains of the Moon" but I came to the conclusion that these characters are too general, so I might have to come up with a creative way to tailor a seemingly-broad animal costume into a specific character related to a particular song. I have yet to come up with a way to do this, so I continue to search for ideas.

There is such a plethora of wonderful and diverse characters in all of these songs, I know there's one that is specific and creative enough for this purpose, which is why I am being so picky (also because this night is so special and meaningful to me).

Here are some guidelines as to what I am looking for:
-Something creative, {{VIBRANT}}, and specifically related to a GD song
-Something not too general (i.e. alligator or crow—unless specifically tailored to make it distinguishable)
-Something relatively tangible (i.e. I can't make a costume resembling an "Eight sided whispering hallelujah hatrack")
-Doesn't necessarily have to be recognizable to EVERYONE- Doesn't have to be OBVIOUS (In fact I'd prefer it to not be so blatant)
-Can be recreated using paper mache or something else besides just clothes and/or paint
-Something that is suitable for a guy (I'm a male)
-Preferably something from a song that is in Phil's repertoire (if the song is played that night it will make it even that much more special!)

Help me!! I'll take ANY ideas.

I lived in Hawaii for a time and lots of the recent transplants thought they had suddenly become better more advanced humans just because they had different real estate under their feet. Cool people are cool wherever they are and the opposite also is true.

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LC Pavilion
Columbus, OH
June 12, 2008

Set 1:
Minglewood Blues>
Jam>
Doin' That Rag
Gone Wanderin'
Direwolf
Mama Tried
Cumberland Blues>
Bertha

Setlist thanks to TAPERRROOOB!! Rock On! from philzone.com

Set 2: Passenger> Jam>
Don't Let The Devil
Take Your Mind
High Time
St Stephen>
The Other One> Jam>
The Wheel> Jam>
Scarlet Begonias
Sugar Magnolia
Donor Rap/Intro

E: Cold Rain and Snow

Dead to the Core

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