Something Big

No comments???!! My favorite Heartbreakers album. What can I say besides the guy was being low profile and died in the end? Some high risk high reward deal. He wanted a drink and the hotel could not have been that bad if they offer room service late at night.

Adding a comment just because it deserves one. A lot of people in the USA are trying to make money the quick and easy way, usually its also dangerous. When people know they are about to make a danger move, they usually want a drink. Silent partner (in American Film especially) usually means a shady dealer or hitman, and is usually indicative of (because nobody spoke) a double cross. In this case, the man is double-crossed by his visitor. Looking for someone he could trust implies that there are very few that he can trust, so most likely at a motel in hiding.

This is a very common thing you see in the news, people think they can make it big by selling guns or drugs on the street (because they see others doing it, or they see it in movies), then others think they can make it big by not paying for them and turning 100% profit. In these cases, usually that means killing the middleman. Drugs (Especially Speed) cloud your judgement and cause you to get tunnel vision, only seeing the ends, not the means. An unmade bed means this guy didn't sleep, so he was probably on speed or some other Upper (which is probably why he wanted a drink, so he could come down a bit).

There's a pretty good film noir script here waiting to be filmed.

Exceptional music & lyrics.

• Released 1981 (Hard promises LP).

• Quintessential American culture!

• Speedball could be a druggie or a sex worker but most likely both. He is from the neighborhood. His silent partner is not. The deal -- like the exact time & place -- is not important enough to specify. Especially because its bait -- a fiction!

• Liquid courage can be available at lowlife motels just as often as high end, where you would more likely call the bartender or room service or concierge, not "the nightclerk".

• Lured there by the thrill as much as by the promised payoff, Speedball just has to call his silent partner and tell him what room he is in. The silent partner did not have to check in with the nightclerk... anonymity to such a degree that "its like he was never there".

• Pillows stacked up at the head = death. Once again the event is not important or unique enough to describe. This time because Speedball's life and his plans came to nothing. So his end is understated. The title already tells you.

• All told--- pun intended -- in such a casual style and wording to say this is a very common story.

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