The image I get when listening to the song is that Blackjack, Black Betty, and Spanish Eddie are three notorious gang members walking up the street, and the onlookers are naming them off, fearfully. Like "Lock your doors and hide your children ... Blackjack's comin'!" The single-note bass strumming definitely contributes to that feeling.
I crack up every time I hear the song if only because the two of them can't manage to say the same thing at the same time -- or keep their laughter in check.
The image I get when listening to the song is that Blackjack, Black Betty, and Spanish Eddie are three notorious gang members walking up the street, and the onlookers are naming them off, fearfully. Like "Lock your doors and hide your children ... Blackjack's comin'!" The single-note bass strumming definitely contributes to that feeling.
I crack up every time I hear the song if only because the two of them can't manage to say the same thing at the same time -- or keep their laughter in check.