It looks as if Frank Black tends to base his lyrics on personal experiences, on places he has been to or people he has met (like in "Crackity Jones"). This seems to be the case with "Los Angeles": it opens with the line "I met a man / he was a good man...". It makes me think that Frank Black one day met somebody from Chile and got in awe of this South American city...
It looks as if Frank Black tends to base his lyrics on personal experiences, on places he has been to or people he has met (like in "Crackity Jones"). This seems to be the case with "Los Angeles": it opens with the line "I met a man / he was a good man...". It makes me think that Frank Black one day met somebody from Chile and got in awe of this South American city...