Well,
Im not too sure about this.. its kinda late and my story may be skewed
When jeff was young He got his first guitar. Later in life that guitar was stolen.
The guitar was a Black Gibson Les Paul Custom commonly known as a "black beauty" (seriously, look it up on ebay).
Now. Anyone who knows about gibson two pickup guitars knows that to switch to the rhythm pick up. you switch the toggle knob up...and for the screamin treble pickup...you switch down...Born again (rise up?) from the rhythm screaming down from heaven.
OK. The Gibson Les Paul was "anointed" in gold and silver with pearl inlay in the neck...Precious, precious silver and gold And pearls in oyster's flesh...
Look... I know all of this seams far fetched but...IF the rumors of jeff writing this song while all screwed up on herion or whatever the rumors are... maybe this is what was in his subconsious...or maybe he just really missed the guitar (which i belive he found another just like it around the time of the mystery white boy tour) and decided to embelish the thought of having it back...
OR maybe its just the only Buckley coinsidence that has nothing to do with Death by drowning in a river...
blah blah blah amazing song Jeff... Happy Birthday
-love
mike
Wow, I think you've read way too much into this. Way too much. I think the "Dream Brother" biography states that Jeff said the song was partly about a dream he had in which he saw a black woman shooting heroin between her toes. I think it's obvious that the other part is about his relationship with Rebecca Moore. The "black ribbons of coal", in regards to hair, is about her. This song was written during their tumultuous relationship.
Wow, I think you've read way too much into this. Way too much. I think the "Dream Brother" biography states that Jeff said the song was partly about a dream he had in which he saw a black woman shooting heroin between her toes. I think it's obvious that the other part is about his relationship with Rebecca Moore. The "black ribbons of coal", in regards to hair, is about her. This song was written during their tumultuous relationship.
Well,
Im not too sure about this.. its kinda late and my story may be skewed When jeff was young He got his first guitar. Later in life that guitar was stolen.
The guitar was a Black Gibson Les Paul Custom commonly known as a "black beauty" (seriously, look it up on ebay). Now. Anyone who knows about gibson two pickup guitars knows that to switch to the rhythm pick up. you switch the toggle knob up...and for the screamin treble pickup...you switch down...Born again (rise up?) from the rhythm screaming down from heaven. OK. The Gibson Les Paul was "anointed" in gold and silver with pearl inlay in the neck...Precious, precious silver and gold And pearls in oyster's flesh...
Look... I know all of this seams far fetched but...IF the rumors of jeff writing this song while all screwed up on herion or whatever the rumors are... maybe this is what was in his subconsious...or maybe he just really missed the guitar (which i belive he found another just like it around the time of the mystery white boy tour) and decided to embelish the thought of having it back... OR maybe its just the only Buckley coinsidence that has nothing to do with Death by drowning in a river...
blah blah blah amazing song Jeff... Happy Birthday -love mike
Wow, I think you've read way too much into this. Way too much. I think the "Dream Brother" biography states that Jeff said the song was partly about a dream he had in which he saw a black woman shooting heroin between her toes. I think it's obvious that the other part is about his relationship with Rebecca Moore. The "black ribbons of coal", in regards to hair, is about her. This song was written during their tumultuous relationship.
Wow, I think you've read way too much into this. Way too much. I think the "Dream Brother" biography states that Jeff said the song was partly about a dream he had in which he saw a black woman shooting heroin between her toes. I think it's obvious that the other part is about his relationship with Rebecca Moore. The "black ribbons of coal", in regards to hair, is about her. This song was written during their tumultuous relationship.