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The King Of Hollywood Lyrics
Well, he sits up there on his leatherette
Looks through pictures of the ones that he hasn't had yet
When he thinks he wants a closer look,
he gets out his little black telephone book
(He's calling, calling, calling
He's calling, calling, calling
He's calling ,calling, calling
He's calling)
"Come sit down here beside me, honey.
Let's have a little heart to heart.
Now look at me and tell me, darlin',
how badly do you want this part?
Are you willing to sacrifice?
And are you willing to be real nice?
All your talent and my good taste,
I'd hate to see it go to waste."
"We gon' get you an apartment, honey.
We gon' get you a car.
(spoken) Yeah, we're gonna take care of you, darlin'.
We gon' make you a movie star.
For years I've seen 'em come and go."
He says, "I've had 'em all, 'ya know.
I handled everything in my own way.
I made 'em what they are today."
After 'while nothin' was pretty.
After 'while everything got lost.
Still, his Jacuzzi runneth over.
Still he just couldn't get off.
He's just another power junky.
Just another silk scarf monkey.
You'd know it if you saw his stuff.
The man just isn't big enough.
Looks through pictures of the ones that he hasn't had yet
When he thinks he wants a closer look,
he gets out his little black telephone book
(He's calling, calling, calling
He's calling, calling, calling
He's calling ,calling, calling
He's calling)
"Come sit down here beside me, honey.
Let's have a little heart to heart.
Now look at me and tell me, darlin',
how badly do you want this part?
Are you willing to sacrifice?
And are you willing to be real nice?
All your talent and my good taste,
I'd hate to see it go to waste."
We gon' get you a car.
(spoken) Yeah, we're gonna take care of you, darlin'.
We gon' make you a movie star.
For years I've seen 'em come and go."
He says, "I've had 'em all, 'ya know.
I handled everything in my own way.
I made 'em what they are today."
After 'while everything got lost.
Still, his Jacuzzi runneth over.
Still he just couldn't get off.
He's just another power junky.
Just another silk scarf monkey.
You'd know it if you saw his stuff.
The man just isn't big enough.
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It sounds like the author doesn't like Hollywood casting directors. Amongst other shortcomings he has a small dick and can't get it up anyway.
I always heard it as "Just another sex-starved monkey" instead of "silk-scarf monkey." Personally, I like the "silk-scarf" lyric better.
It's not that he necessarily has a small dick. But he's pretending to be a bigger player in Hollywood than he really is. He's lying about the all stars he launched, and his movies are small time low budget stuff.
I had always related this song to Robert Evans...small in stature, and making up for it with power, and quite the womanizer...
@tteluhtruk I think it may be Harey Weinstein but this song is probably before his time.
@tteluhtruk I think it may be Harey Weinstein but this song is probably before his time.
Were they talking about Harvey Weinstein when the Eagles made The King of Hollywood? With all the news, it sure seems to nail him directly.
There you go Harvey Weinstein fits to a bone to this great song from 1979.
The album came out in 1979 and Weinstein was only just beginning his film company then but he had been a rock promonter in the 1970s so the Eagles might have known him. Only Don Henley can tell us. My guess is Weinstein is just one of many of his type who have been around for as long as their has been a film industry and probably many like him in vaudeville and the English musichall.
I remember watching an old British movie set at a music hall where the new girl chosen to join the chorus gets told as new girl she is expected to have sex with the man in charge before every show til another girl leaves.