'Julien' most likely refers to the character Julian Kay in Bret Easton Ellis's novel 'Less Than Zero', who was a heroin addict and male prostitute. This makes sense in the context of the "slow motion suicide" idea. Brian Molko name-checked the character of Julian Kay in the intro to their live version of the song "Special K" played at the Myspace Live Streaming Wednesday, on August 22nd 2007, so it's not some left-field guess.
The line "you're being taken for a ride" could be a reference to the movie version of Less Than Zero, where Julian (played by Robert Downey Jr) dies of an overdose during a car ride at the end of the movie.
Julian in Less than Zero was named Julian Wells, not Julian Kay, so they may be referring to someone else in that video. Also, the Julian from the novel never died, so he wouldn't be referring to that one. Still, I would love to think this song is actually about the movie version of Julian, who's story was considerably different than who was in the book.
Julian in Less than Zero was named Julian Wells, not Julian Kay, so they may be referring to someone else in that video. Also, the Julian from the novel never died, so he wouldn't be referring to that one. Still, I would love to think this song is actually about the movie version of Julian, who's story was considerably different than who was in the book.
'Julien' most likely refers to the character Julian Kay in Bret Easton Ellis's novel 'Less Than Zero', who was a heroin addict and male prostitute. This makes sense in the context of the "slow motion suicide" idea. Brian Molko name-checked the character of Julian Kay in the intro to their live version of the song "Special K" played at the Myspace Live Streaming Wednesday, on August 22nd 2007, so it's not some left-field guess.
The line "you're being taken for a ride" could be a reference to the movie version of Less Than Zero, where Julian (played by Robert Downey Jr) dies of an overdose during a car ride at the end of the movie.
The song where they mention the character: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZNlxRyIits Trailer for the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSGS5-7QI4
Exactly what I thought when I saw the song title and heard the lyrics! But then the snow references made me think of cocaine :/
Exactly what I thought when I saw the song title and heard the lyrics! But then the snow references made me think of cocaine :/
Julian in Less than Zero was named Julian Wells, not Julian Kay, so they may be referring to someone else in that video. Also, the Julian from the novel never died, so he wouldn't be referring to that one. Still, I would love to think this song is actually about the movie version of Julian, who's story was considerably different than who was in the book.
Julian in Less than Zero was named Julian Wells, not Julian Kay, so they may be referring to someone else in that video. Also, the Julian from the novel never died, so he wouldn't be referring to that one. Still, I would love to think this song is actually about the movie version of Julian, who's story was considerably different than who was in the book.