The meaning to this song is quite evident from the lyrics. There may be an allegorical meaning, talking about the music industry instead of a PI but that may be a stretch. This track is a real favorite of mine because of the really cool musical vibe it has. The ethereal atmosphere of this song sucks the listener into the story. Mark does have a way of creating an interesting story in many of his songs.
This is another great song to test the Hi-Fi with. Listen for the breaking glass towards the end. To me it sounds like a wine glass shattering. I never heard/noticed this on my original vinyl copy but shows up nicely on CD. Crank this one up too!
@grogley Good catch on the wine glass! I never noticed and reinforces my simplistic opinion of what the song means - I'll start a new post below with that. I usually listen to the Mark Knopfler Tribute cover (my favorite of his all excellent covers) on YouTube and he uses a high hat in place of the breaking glass. After the breaking glass is the chambering of a round in a semi-automatic pistol (much clearer that's what it is on the cover) and then there's another strange sound a few seconds later (almost like a blunt force sound) that...
@grogley Good catch on the wine glass! I never noticed and reinforces my simplistic opinion of what the song means - I'll start a new post below with that. I usually listen to the Mark Knopfler Tribute cover (my favorite of his all excellent covers) on YouTube and he uses a high hat in place of the breaking glass. After the breaking glass is the chambering of a round in a semi-automatic pistol (much clearer that's what it is on the cover) and then there's another strange sound a few seconds later (almost like a blunt force sound) that I just noticed in the original after listening for the glass - Not sure what it is, but it's definitely there.
The meaning to this song is quite evident from the lyrics. There may be an allegorical meaning, talking about the music industry instead of a PI but that may be a stretch. This track is a real favorite of mine because of the really cool musical vibe it has. The ethereal atmosphere of this song sucks the listener into the story. Mark does have a way of creating an interesting story in many of his songs.
This is another great song to test the Hi-Fi with. Listen for the breaking glass towards the end. To me it sounds like a wine glass shattering. I never heard/noticed this on my original vinyl copy but shows up nicely on CD. Crank this one up too!
@grogley Good catch on the wine glass! I never noticed and reinforces my simplistic opinion of what the song means - I'll start a new post below with that. I usually listen to the Mark Knopfler Tribute cover (my favorite of his all excellent covers) on YouTube and he uses a high hat in place of the breaking glass. After the breaking glass is the chambering of a round in a semi-automatic pistol (much clearer that's what it is on the cover) and then there's another strange sound a few seconds later (almost like a blunt force sound) that...
@grogley Good catch on the wine glass! I never noticed and reinforces my simplistic opinion of what the song means - I'll start a new post below with that. I usually listen to the Mark Knopfler Tribute cover (my favorite of his all excellent covers) on YouTube and he uses a high hat in place of the breaking glass. After the breaking glass is the chambering of a round in a semi-automatic pistol (much clearer that's what it is on the cover) and then there's another strange sound a few seconds later (almost like a blunt force sound) that I just noticed in the original after listening for the glass - Not sure what it is, but it's definitely there.