First off, they DO count to eight in verse 2.
Second, the Luca Brasi thing is typical of Jesse's metaphorical style. There's a frequent use of folklore, pop culture, and characterization. In "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light" they sing "The harpoon's loaded/the cage is lowered/the water's red" like a Discovery Channel shark special (or Jaws). In the fifth Demo, the song's 1st person speaker is part of a gang of marauding criminals or thieves. In "Play Crack the Sky" he and his lover are ships on the ocean.
All this to say that he'll pick a story or vivid picture and then speak from one (or more) of the characters' perspectives. In Luca, somebody has done wrong, and is getting their 'just desserts' by getting fixed with cement galoshes and cast into the depths. It is definitely a Godfather reference, I don't think the song's actually about Luca Brasi.
What this means to him, it's hard to pinpoint. The "touch me or don't" interludes and the second verse tell me that the song's speaker has been betrayed by somebody. And past that, the speaker after having his emotions tread on by "Luca," gets revenge by fixing the offender with cement galoshes (aka concrete tennis shoes), and sending him to "sleep with the fishes." To me, it's a song of hurt and angry retribution, payback for heartache or worse. What do you guys think?
I think you're 100% right. Perhaps even cheating? I always think about someone cheating.
Basically I consider this song a more eloquent version of "Lemme Smell Yo' Dick" by Riskay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgWgEoaAYDY)
I think you're 100% right. Perhaps even cheating? I always think about someone cheating.
Basically I consider this song a more eloquent version of "Lemme Smell Yo' Dick" by Riskay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgWgEoaAYDY)
"Why you comin' home, 5 in the morn,
somethin' goin' on, can I smell yo dick."
"Why you comin' home, 5 in the morn,
somethin' goin' on, can I smell yo dick."
Is basically equivalent to
"Touch me or don't
(Just let me know)
Where you been?"
Is basically equivalent to
"Touch me or don't
(Just let me know)
Where you been?"
First off, they DO count to eight in verse 2. Second, the Luca Brasi thing is typical of Jesse's metaphorical style. There's a frequent use of folklore, pop culture, and characterization. In "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light" they sing "The harpoon's loaded/the cage is lowered/the water's red" like a Discovery Channel shark special (or Jaws). In the fifth Demo, the song's 1st person speaker is part of a gang of marauding criminals or thieves. In "Play Crack the Sky" he and his lover are ships on the ocean.
All this to say that he'll pick a story or vivid picture and then speak from one (or more) of the characters' perspectives. In Luca, somebody has done wrong, and is getting their 'just desserts' by getting fixed with cement galoshes and cast into the depths. It is definitely a Godfather reference, I don't think the song's actually about Luca Brasi.
What this means to him, it's hard to pinpoint. The "touch me or don't" interludes and the second verse tell me that the song's speaker has been betrayed by somebody. And past that, the speaker after having his emotions tread on by "Luca," gets revenge by fixing the offender with cement galoshes (aka concrete tennis shoes), and sending him to "sleep with the fishes." To me, it's a song of hurt and angry retribution, payback for heartache or worse. What do you guys think?
I think you're 100% right. Perhaps even cheating? I always think about someone cheating. Basically I consider this song a more eloquent version of "Lemme Smell Yo' Dick" by Riskay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgWgEoaAYDY)
I think you're 100% right. Perhaps even cheating? I always think about someone cheating. Basically I consider this song a more eloquent version of "Lemme Smell Yo' Dick" by Riskay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgWgEoaAYDY)
"Why you comin' home, 5 in the morn, somethin' goin' on, can I smell yo dick."
"Why you comin' home, 5 in the morn, somethin' goin' on, can I smell yo dick."
Is basically equivalent to "Touch me or don't (Just let me know) Where you been?"
Is basically equivalent to "Touch me or don't (Just let me know) Where you been?"