It has already been stated that Interpol said this song's title is about ERIC CLAPTON (slow hand is his nickname as every Clapton fan knows). The Joy Division reference to their song (and name of their complete song discography) "Heart and Soul" has been mentioned as well. Those both clearly indicate that this song is about Interpol's musical influences. Period. Most people think that they were most heavily influenced by Joy Division, but in reality their greatest influence is Eric Clapton. Eric's classic rock songs from "the good old days" basically "makes me want to pick up my guitar." The lyric "can you see what you've done to my heart.. and soul" is Paul giving a big phuck you to all those people who claim that they have copied Joy Division. They are basically like, "Yeah, we like Joy Division, so what?????" Being "spies" means that they have listened to and incorporated other people's music into their own expression, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I LOVE JOY DIVISION and I LOVE INTERPOL. Every musician has influences, and tries to incorporate some of what they love about them along with adding to that bringing some form of uniqueness. Get over it people... (fyi, even though I've been coming to this site for years, this is my very first post, as I felt compelled to say something about this very obvious song meaning)
It has already been stated that Interpol said this song's title is about ERIC CLAPTON (slow hand is his nickname as every Clapton fan knows). The Joy Division reference to their song (and name of their complete song discography) "Heart and Soul" has been mentioned as well. Those both clearly indicate that this song is about Interpol's musical influences. Period. Most people think that they were most heavily influenced by Joy Division, but in reality their greatest influence is Eric Clapton. Eric's classic rock songs from "the good old days" basically "makes me want to pick up my guitar." The lyric "can you see what you've done to my heart.. and soul" is Paul giving a big phuck you to all those people who claim that they have copied Joy Division. They are basically like, "Yeah, we like Joy Division, so what?????" Being "spies" means that they have listened to and incorporated other people's music into their own expression, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I LOVE JOY DIVISION and I LOVE INTERPOL. Every musician has influences, and tries to incorporate some of what they love about them along with adding to that bringing some form of uniqueness. Get over it people... (fyi, even though I've been coming to this site for years, this is my very first post, as I felt compelled to say something about this very obvious song meaning)
wow... that was.. like... really... stupid.
wow... that was.. like... really... stupid.