Great song. Is Lou a fictional character or a famous boxer? In a way, the song reminds me of Jake LaMotta, the Raging Bull, just because of his attitude towards the job at hand. Lou is a washed up fighter in his last days, trying to get paid however he can, for a sport that's passing him by. Obviously, Joey has been setup to win his final bout and Lou is trying to come off as confident and ready as ever, but during the bout, his wife/girlfriend knows something is wrong. I think the song is really about Lou waking up on the day he knows he'll fight his last fight but not wanting the only person he cares about suspect anything, and she ends up being the only person who knows him well enough to see what's going on. The line "Louie, you look bad, are you dying?" really paints a picture.
I saw The Felice Brothers this past weekend. If you get a chance to see them live you should go. Anyway, before this song Ian said that it was a true story about the death of a boxer named Lethal Lou. I don't know if that is true or not but that's how he introduced it. I haven't found anything about a Lethal Lou but I guess he could have been a local legend or something.
I saw The Felice Brothers this past weekend. If you get a chance to see them live you should go. Anyway, before this song Ian said that it was a true story about the death of a boxer named Lethal Lou. I don't know if that is true or not but that's how he introduced it. I haven't found anything about a Lethal Lou but I guess he could have been a local legend or something.
Great song. Is Lou a fictional character or a famous boxer? In a way, the song reminds me of Jake LaMotta, the Raging Bull, just because of his attitude towards the job at hand. Lou is a washed up fighter in his last days, trying to get paid however he can, for a sport that's passing him by. Obviously, Joey has been setup to win his final bout and Lou is trying to come off as confident and ready as ever, but during the bout, his wife/girlfriend knows something is wrong. I think the song is really about Lou waking up on the day he knows he'll fight his last fight but not wanting the only person he cares about suspect anything, and she ends up being the only person who knows him well enough to see what's going on. The line "Louie, you look bad, are you dying?" really paints a picture.
I saw The Felice Brothers this past weekend. If you get a chance to see them live you should go. Anyway, before this song Ian said that it was a true story about the death of a boxer named Lethal Lou. I don't know if that is true or not but that's how he introduced it. I haven't found anything about a Lethal Lou but I guess he could have been a local legend or something.
I saw The Felice Brothers this past weekend. If you get a chance to see them live you should go. Anyway, before this song Ian said that it was a true story about the death of a boxer named Lethal Lou. I don't know if that is true or not but that's how he introduced it. I haven't found anything about a Lethal Lou but I guess he could have been a local legend or something.