"I'm paralysed by the blood of Christ….. That was poetic licence, 'cos I changed it from 'The Tears Of Christ', which is a drink…… It's a very cheap Portuguese wine, it's a very heavy drink that all the workers drink... it's about 12p a bottle. I was given a bottle of it and I drank it, and I noticed the label, which is the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus under one arm and a bottle in the other hand. It was completely brilliant... this is drunk by hundreds of thousands of people, and it's a pretty visionary drink, really! I was convinced I was Portuguese, I just sank into this reverie of being a Portuguese flamenco guitarist..."
"The Blood" was what he wrote while being drunk on the stuff.
This song is AWESOME!
According to Smith:
"I'm paralysed by the blood of Christ….. That was poetic licence, 'cos I changed it from 'The Tears Of Christ', which is a drink…… It's a very cheap Portuguese wine, it's a very heavy drink that all the workers drink... it's about 12p a bottle. I was given a bottle of it and I drank it, and I noticed the label, which is the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus under one arm and a bottle in the other hand. It was completely brilliant... this is drunk by hundreds of thousands of people, and it's a pretty visionary drink, really! I was convinced I was Portuguese, I just sank into this reverie of being a Portuguese flamenco guitarist..."
"The Blood" was what he wrote while being drunk on the stuff. This song is AWESOME!
@monster36604 Thanks for posting the quote! Where did you get it from?
@monster36604 Thanks for posting the quote! Where did you get it from?