"Ladies and gentlemen in attendance,
and boxing fans joining us around the world,
it's show time!
The Heavyweight Championship of the World..."
"Even as a child.
I would find myself seeing hallucinatory images of my face
changing and becoming
cosmic and complete..."
"The house is surrounded by helicopters..."
The first part ("Ladies and gentlemen...") is apparantly a reference to Mike Tyson and Jake la Motta.
The second part ("Even as a child...") is John Lennon, and is apparantly a reference to an interview he did where he said that "Surrealism to me is reality. Psychic vision to me is reality. Even as a child. When I looked at myself in the mirror or when I was 12, 13, I used to literally trance out into alpha. I didn't know what it was called then. I found out years later there is a name for those conditions. But I would find myself seeing hallucinatory images of my face changing and becoming cosmic and complete. It caused me to always be a rebel. This thing gave me a chip on the shoulder; but, on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted. Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic musician. But I cannot be what I am not."
The third part ("The house is surrounded...") is also a reference to John Lennon, though it was apparantly Phil Spector who said the line: Startled, Lennon gasped: "What are you talking about?" Suddenly Phil cried: "The house is surrounded by helicopters. They're trying to get them!"
I'd love somebody to tell me what relevance this lot has upon Gazpacho!
The full opening goes as follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen in attendance, and boxing fans joining us around the world, it's show time! The Heavyweight Championship of the World..."
"Even as a child. I would find myself seeing hallucinatory images of my face changing and becoming cosmic and complete..."
"The house is surrounded by helicopters..."
The first part ("Ladies and gentlemen...") is apparantly a reference to Mike Tyson and Jake la Motta.
The second part ("Even as a child...") is John Lennon, and is apparantly a reference to an interview he did where he said that "Surrealism to me is reality. Psychic vision to me is reality. Even as a child. When I looked at myself in the mirror or when I was 12, 13, I used to literally trance out into alpha. I didn't know what it was called then. I found out years later there is a name for those conditions. But I would find myself seeing hallucinatory images of my face changing and becoming cosmic and complete. It caused me to always be a rebel. This thing gave me a chip on the shoulder; but, on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted. Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic musician. But I cannot be what I am not."
The third part ("The house is surrounded...") is also a reference to John Lennon, though it was apparantly Phil Spector who said the line: Startled, Lennon gasped: "What are you talking about?" Suddenly Phil cried: "The house is surrounded by helicopters. They're trying to get them!"
I'd love somebody to tell me what relevance this lot has upon Gazpacho!