Fools Gold

I heard it's about ian's brother who was in the army, 'pack on my back in aching, straps seem to cut me like a knife' and 'these boots were made for walking' are lines which could certainly back this up. maybe he's emphasising on the fact that people want glory for fighting for their country, 'I'm no clown I won't back down' is the opinion of people who don't want to be called a coward for not going to war. It's what propaganda did to people, made them believe they were cowards for not fighting (or should we say dying?) for their country. But really, the're not going to get glory for going to war, the're getting a fool's victory. Fool's gold.

boomp bomp bubba bubba bomp bubba bubba bubba bu bomp bomp.. the bass line is bitchin'

Its about avaracious desire and rejecting the selfish greed that surrounds us all.

It's based around the character development of Humphry Bogart and co ithe classic Treasure Of Sierra Madre film from the 1940s. "I'm standing alone, I'm watching you all.." Bogart and his friends go gold prospecting in the mountains and slowly greed turns him insane and jealous. If you think about it on another level it's also Brown commenting on the band's slow and rocky rise to fame. In hindsight it's his greatest set of lyrics ever as it really shows what happened to the Roses. The greed of manager Gareth Evans and the drugs and fall-outs which destroyed the band. He wrote it before his fallout with Squire but now it just speaks volumes about Squire. Incidentally it's the greatest single of all time, almost 20 years after I first heard it still.

To me this song is about how good it is to be right, in a kind of "told you so" way. You know it's fool's gold and you just sit back, relax and watch them sink into the mire.

fools gold to me is degrees, certificates, and jobs

just think it's about greed.

If you want to hear a song about smack, listen to Hey Jude.

Anybody heard from Squire?

Sure some of you know this song was used for the last scene of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells"

And any other song would have ruined the scene, in comparison. It's that good.

No way do I think this song's about addiction. To me this song's about greed and capitalism and how people set themselves up for a fall by trying to climb "the greasy pole" of success and the disdain that people with money and success feel about others below them. I think it uses prospectors in the gold rush in the US as a metaphor for this.

Squire and Brown went hitching round europe, im sure i read that this refers to that in some way. My take is that its telling some girl to stop being so money obsessed. Got to be one of the most poetic dance songs ever recorded and the de Sade line is sh*t hot.