I had a discussion with a friend about this song a little while ago, and he suggested that the song has something to do with Poison Ivy from the Cramps. I can't see anything in the lyrics that would suggest that, but he seems dead sure. Maybe he's never looked at the lyrics.
Your friend is right, to the best of my knowledge. The Cramps and the Gun Club had connections-- they shared guitarist Brian Tristan (renamed Kid Congo Powers during his time with the Cramps, who was an original Gun Club member before changing teams and then switching back again.
Your friend is right, to the best of my knowledge. The Cramps and the Gun Club had connections-- they shared guitarist Brian Tristan (renamed Kid Congo Powers during his time with the Cramps, who was an original Gun Club member before changing teams and then switching back again.
The line "Elvis From Hell" is an accurate description of Cramps co-founder, singer and lyricist Lux Interior, who was Poison Ivy's husband from the mid-1970s up until his tragic demise last February. "Elvis From Hell", and later similar descriptions such as "psychosexual Elvis/werewolf hybrid" are often used to describe Lux. It...
The line "Elvis From Hell" is an accurate description of Cramps co-founder, singer and lyricist Lux Interior, who was Poison Ivy's husband from the mid-1970s up until his tragic demise last February. "Elvis From Hell", and later similar descriptions such as "psychosexual Elvis/werewolf hybrid" are often used to describe Lux. It follows that "My heart is broken" maybe because Ivy's not available, though this is an unfounded guess.
i don't believe this has anything directly to do with the cramps. elvis from hell, in my opinion is a referance to blackface minstrels, giving you a good idea of the kind of setting your dealing with in this story. your protagonist is a steel drivin' man and it seems that ivy is a woman, but it could be more cryptic. jawbone eat and jawbone talk, jawbone eat me with a knife and fork, could be another reference to blackface minstrels who sang a song with that refrain, or could be a reference to the slaves that sang it first....
i don't believe this has anything directly to do with the cramps. elvis from hell, in my opinion is a referance to blackface minstrels, giving you a good idea of the kind of setting your dealing with in this story. your protagonist is a steel drivin' man and it seems that ivy is a woman, but it could be more cryptic. jawbone eat and jawbone talk, jawbone eat me with a knife and fork, could be another reference to blackface minstrels who sang a song with that refrain, or could be a reference to the slaves that sang it first. so, this steel drivin' man may have found his woman havin' an afair with a black man, and this broke his heart....and apparently pushed him over the edge, so now he's gonna start killin people. he goes to hunt the person, or persons he believed hurt him the most, then realizes that his woman was the one that actually betrayed him. now that he's dressed like an elvis from hell at the end i'll have to think on.....and on how that aspect really fits in, but, seriously, in context i cannot imagine anyone really thinking this is racist, or that JLP or the gun club in total would be racist. the steel drivin' man may have been racist, or psychotic....just doesn't sound like anybody is condoning hunting niggers in the dark.
sin.
Jay Dubs Doe
I had a discussion with a friend about this song a little while ago, and he suggested that the song has something to do with Poison Ivy from the Cramps. I can't see anything in the lyrics that would suggest that, but he seems dead sure. Maybe he's never looked at the lyrics.
Anyone know anything about that?
@ Ohsweetnutthin:
@ Ohsweetnutthin:
Your friend is right, to the best of my knowledge. The Cramps and the Gun Club had connections-- they shared guitarist Brian Tristan (renamed Kid Congo Powers during his time with the Cramps, who was an original Gun Club member before changing teams and then switching back again.
Your friend is right, to the best of my knowledge. The Cramps and the Gun Club had connections-- they shared guitarist Brian Tristan (renamed Kid Congo Powers during his time with the Cramps, who was an original Gun Club member before changing teams and then switching back again.
The line "Elvis From Hell" is an accurate description of Cramps co-founder, singer and lyricist Lux Interior, who was Poison Ivy's husband from the mid-1970s up until his tragic demise last February. "Elvis From Hell", and later similar descriptions such as "psychosexual Elvis/werewolf hybrid" are often used to describe Lux. It...
The line "Elvis From Hell" is an accurate description of Cramps co-founder, singer and lyricist Lux Interior, who was Poison Ivy's husband from the mid-1970s up until his tragic demise last February. "Elvis From Hell", and later similar descriptions such as "psychosexual Elvis/werewolf hybrid" are often used to describe Lux. It follows that "My heart is broken" maybe because Ivy's not available, though this is an unfounded guess.
i don't believe this has anything directly to do with the cramps. elvis from hell, in my opinion is a referance to blackface minstrels, giving you a good idea of the kind of setting your dealing with in this story. your protagonist is a steel drivin' man and it seems that ivy is a woman, but it could be more cryptic. jawbone eat and jawbone talk, jawbone eat me with a knife and fork, could be another reference to blackface minstrels who sang a song with that refrain, or could be a reference to the slaves that sang it first....
i don't believe this has anything directly to do with the cramps. elvis from hell, in my opinion is a referance to blackface minstrels, giving you a good idea of the kind of setting your dealing with in this story. your protagonist is a steel drivin' man and it seems that ivy is a woman, but it could be more cryptic. jawbone eat and jawbone talk, jawbone eat me with a knife and fork, could be another reference to blackface minstrels who sang a song with that refrain, or could be a reference to the slaves that sang it first. so, this steel drivin' man may have found his woman havin' an afair with a black man, and this broke his heart....and apparently pushed him over the edge, so now he's gonna start killin people. he goes to hunt the person, or persons he believed hurt him the most, then realizes that his woman was the one that actually betrayed him. now that he's dressed like an elvis from hell at the end i'll have to think on.....and on how that aspect really fits in, but, seriously, in context i cannot imagine anyone really thinking this is racist, or that JLP or the gun club in total would be racist. the steel drivin' man may have been racist, or psychotic....just doesn't sound like anybody is condoning hunting niggers in the dark. sin. Jay Dubs Doe