Strangely enough, this song was released just months before the movie Casanova had come out. The song itself is about an old, dying Casanova remembering his past with women. As most of you konw (hopefully know if you know your history), Casanova was THE biggest womanizer on this planet. Yes, and you thought Clint Eastwood was? Naw, he's probablly second. Shudder Anyway. He decides to try again with a woman, and him being at his old age, is horrible at making love, hence the line "He couldn't get an erection" and she makes him the laugh of the entire area. It's quite a sad song when you think about it, but he had it comming. ;)
I've been trying to read Casanova's memoirs on the Bibliothèque Nationale site (between his handwriting and my out-of-practise French, a challenging task); although I'm far from finishing, I suspect this story is apocryphal. (Too bad, since it is a great story. And a great song. Certainly the only lyrics I've ever heard containing the word "sybarite!")
I've been trying to read Casanova's memoirs on the Bibliothèque Nationale site (between his handwriting and my out-of-practise French, a challenging task); although I'm far from finishing, I suspect this story is apocryphal. (Too bad, since it is a great story. And a great song. Certainly the only lyrics I've ever heard containing the word "sybarite!")
Strangely enough, this song was released just months before the movie Casanova had come out. The song itself is about an old, dying Casanova remembering his past with women. As most of you konw (hopefully know if you know your history), Casanova was THE biggest womanizer on this planet. Yes, and you thought Clint Eastwood was? Naw, he's probablly second. Shudder Anyway. He decides to try again with a woman, and him being at his old age, is horrible at making love, hence the line "He couldn't get an erection" and she makes him the laugh of the entire area. It's quite a sad song when you think about it, but he had it comming. ;)
I've been trying to read Casanova's memoirs on the Bibliothèque Nationale site (between his handwriting and my out-of-practise French, a challenging task); although I'm far from finishing, I suspect this story is apocryphal. (Too bad, since it is a great story. And a great song. Certainly the only lyrics I've ever heard containing the word "sybarite!")
I've been trying to read Casanova's memoirs on the Bibliothèque Nationale site (between his handwriting and my out-of-practise French, a challenging task); although I'm far from finishing, I suspect this story is apocryphal. (Too bad, since it is a great story. And a great song. Certainly the only lyrics I've ever heard containing the word "sybarite!")