The video is great, but focusing on the video too much has caused interpreters to fail to comment on genius of the pun mentioned in the title.
What I am referring to is the "cold one" mentioned in the title. These two words refer to both alcohol and the coldness of death. Since alcoholism and death are two of the classic themes of bluesy country songs, this song succeeds wonderfully well as country blues do to this two word pun.
The video is great, but focusing on the video too much has caused interpreters to fail to comment on genius of the pun mentioned in the title. What I am referring to is the "cold one" mentioned in the title. These two words refer to both alcohol and the coldness of death. Since alcoholism and death are two of the classic themes of bluesy country songs, this song succeeds wonderfully well as country blues do to this two word pun.