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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012
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I spoke with Peter Steel at the bar before a gig, and he told me that this small sound bite represents a motorcycle crash he had back when he was thirty. It must have been bad enough to where he might not have lived, but of course he did, and produced all the great music afterward.
Apparently, the monicker, "30 IF: means, something like, "What if I had died in that motorcycle crash back when I was 30."
I thought it was meaningful.
actually, this is a bit of play on beatles imagery, symbolish, and myth. On the cover of the beatles album Abbey Road, there is a car with a license plate that says 28IF. Paul was 28 when rumors started of his death . . peter idolized paul . .i'm sure he was inspired by this . .
actually, this is a bit of play on beatles imagery, symbolish, and myth. On the cover of the beatles album Abbey Road, there is a car with a license plate that says 28IF. Paul was 28 when rumors started of his death . . peter idolized paul . .i'm sure he was inspired by this . .
It's a well-hidden Beatles reference. The story behind this song (as well as Machine Screw, Fay Wray Come Out and Play, and Dark Side of the Womb) is that Josh Silver made a bunch of fun soundscape tracks while they were recording Bloody Kisses, and Peter loved them and said f*** it, let's put them on the album. This one in particular is referencing the "Paul is Dead" controversy. On the Abbey Road album cover the car license plate said 28IF, as in "Paul would be '28 if' he didn't die". This is changed to "Peter is dead", and he would have been "30 if" he didn't, and his cause of death is the motorcycle accident we hear in this soundscape.