this song is New Orleans distilled into a song. the danger, romance, seediness.. very rarely does a song completely transport me to a place as this one does. i live in Taiwan now, but when I hear it I can feel that city like I'm there. its incredible
Concept album. I too have read Dulli's "begins with a suicide and flashes back" comment, so that's a valid place to start.
Concept album. I too have read Dulli's "begins with a suicide and flashes back" comment, so that's a valid place to start.
Here's my take: The narrator is in New Orleans, his friend (Demme) has just died of a cocaine OD and he's watching another friend (maybe Lanegan) taking drugs (again). The narrator is leading a life similar, right to the edge, but wants to live and wants his remaining friend to live.
Here's my take: The narrator is in New Orleans, his friend (Demme) has just died of a cocaine OD and he's watching another friend (maybe Lanegan) taking drugs (again). The narrator is leading a life similar, right to the edge, but wants to live and wants his remaining friend to live.
I think "Number Nine" is not a 9mm handgun (?) but in fact is a reference to the 9th life a cat has. Lanegan has...
I think "Number Nine" is not a 9mm handgun (?) but in fact is a reference to the 9th life a cat has. Lanegan has had a publicly celebrated life with his addiction and perhaps the narrator is trying to phone him and tell him that 'this is it.' Ergot the phone ringing and no one picking it up at the end of "Martin Eden." And the whispered 'good night' at the end of "Fat City."
'"Martin Eden" by Jack London, is about a struggling writer. The novel ends with Martin Eden committing suicide by drowning, a detail which undoubtedly contributed to what researcher Clarice Stasz calls the 'biographical myth' that Jack London's own death was a suicide.'
this song is New Orleans distilled into a song. the danger, romance, seediness.. very rarely does a song completely transport me to a place as this one does. i live in Taiwan now, but when I hear it I can feel that city like I'm there. its incredible
Concept album. I too have read Dulli's "begins with a suicide and flashes back" comment, so that's a valid place to start.
Concept album. I too have read Dulli's "begins with a suicide and flashes back" comment, so that's a valid place to start.
Here's my take: The narrator is in New Orleans, his friend (Demme) has just died of a cocaine OD and he's watching another friend (maybe Lanegan) taking drugs (again). The narrator is leading a life similar, right to the edge, but wants to live and wants his remaining friend to live.
Here's my take: The narrator is in New Orleans, his friend (Demme) has just died of a cocaine OD and he's watching another friend (maybe Lanegan) taking drugs (again). The narrator is leading a life similar, right to the edge, but wants to live and wants his remaining friend to live.
I think "Number Nine" is not a 9mm handgun (?) but in fact is a reference to the 9th life a cat has. Lanegan has...
I think "Number Nine" is not a 9mm handgun (?) but in fact is a reference to the 9th life a cat has. Lanegan has had a publicly celebrated life with his addiction and perhaps the narrator is trying to phone him and tell him that 'this is it.' Ergot the phone ringing and no one picking it up at the end of "Martin Eden." And the whispered 'good night' at the end of "Fat City."
'"Martin Eden" by Jack London, is about a struggling writer. The novel ends with Martin Eden committing suicide by drowning, a detail which undoubtedly contributed to what researcher Clarice Stasz calls the 'biographical myth' that Jack London's own death was a suicide.'
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My take on this concept album, but just mine...