While this song IS about gambling and addiction, it is also lamenting the quiet death of the Australian Pub Band scene that Tim was worried about. Because of the proliferation of pokies in pubs, less people were coming to gigs - instead they would sit on their arses and feed coins into machines.
While this song IS about gambling and addiction, it is also lamenting the quiet death of the Australian Pub Band scene that Tim was worried about. Because of the proliferation of pokies in pubs, less people were coming to gigs - instead they would sit on their arses and feed coins into machines.