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I said it to one person, I will say it to you: I don't know who told you "jane" is slang for heroin, but it absolutely is not. I dare you to find that term used in a drug slang dictionary, let alone anywhere, except for when people refer to this song. Seriously, go look. You won't find it, because no one uses "Sweet Jane" to refer to heroin. Theres just about every other name for H under the sun including "sweet jesus" and "sweet dreams", but not sweet jane. Not to imply you're a square for not being aware of this, but I have no idea where people are getting this idea. I only ever hear about it in conjunction to this song, and it never made sense to me. Why wouldn't he potentially be referring to weed? That would make a hell of alot more sense then heroin, because people actually call pot Mary jane, and I could conceivably see someone calling Marijuana sweet jane affectionately. In my experience, I have never heard a single junkie refer to H as Jane, and I live in Portland. That may not mean much to you, where ever you are, but let me be the first to tell you, there are alot of damn sleepwalkers (junkies) here. So if heroin were ever called Jane, you would have heard it used, not just in portland, but other places as well, which, oddly enough you don't. You just don't. Maybe its because saying "I'm gonna do up some sweet jane" sounds like you're toking up, not shooting up, or inhaling the vapors from tinfoil. I really don't know where you got that from. Just because its lou reed does not automatically mean its going to be about heroin. So, cute, but you're wrong. At least about the terminology. I just find it so pretentious when people claim every velvet underground song is about heroin. For gods' sakes they were notorious drug addicts and did just abut every goddamn thing under the sun. It seems pretty damn obvious to me that this song was intentionally written too be ambiguous. How about applying your own personal meaning to a song instead of being that jack-ass that stands up and cries "songs about heroin, I know, i looked it up, and it turns out lou reed did a fuckload of junk" be a little more creative in your reasoning, why not. Its easy, just use your imagination. |
