I am going to guess Hey St. Peter has something to do with drugs because of the line " The stranger couldn't pay the bill". Because of the line " Sang a song, now he's back in the game" the song may have something to do with trying to get into show business in New York. But, it does not say what is wrong with being in New York, other then "money was kind of low." I heard about a case of singers trying to make in Nashville and the paid money to be listed in a magazine called Cash Box. I wondered if maybe this was a similar thing, but in New York. Maybe Billy is a singer trying to make it in New York? The money was kind of low and could not pay the bill could mean Billy is running out of money to pay the promoters to push his songs. The Cash Box Murder happened after this song was written however, so it can't be related to the incident at Cash Box Magazine. The lyrics are very vague. I found the video on You Tube, and I did not like it. It did not bring any new meaning to light. The only part that was watchable was when the two guys were singing the song on a microphone, but they were probably lip syncing. If someone has insider information from the group Flash in the Pan, which by the way has a connection to Angus Young of AC/DC, I would like to know what this songs means, and what they were thinking when they wrote the song and made the video.
I doubt it had anything to do with drugs or anything that out of the box like you mentioned. New York truly did feel like hell in the 70’s and I think that’s what inspired this song. The line “Manhattan was years ago” to me means that the city has gotten so bad that it’s not even recognizable anymore which was true; the amount of travesties that occurred is unreal and buildings were literally going for a few dollars. Ugh I have a lot to relate to this song because New York is right back were it is was in...
I doubt it had anything to do with drugs or anything that out of the box like you mentioned. New York truly did feel like hell in the 70’s and I think that’s what inspired this song. The line “Manhattan was years ago” to me means that the city has gotten so bad that it’s not even recognizable anymore which was true; the amount of travesties that occurred is unreal and buildings were literally going for a few dollars. Ugh I have a lot to relate to this song because New York is right back were it is was in the 70’s now enhanced with communism. This is the begging and the worst is yet to come!
I am going to guess Hey St. Peter has something to do with drugs because of the line " The stranger couldn't pay the bill". Because of the line " Sang a song, now he's back in the game" the song may have something to do with trying to get into show business in New York. But, it does not say what is wrong with being in New York, other then "money was kind of low." I heard about a case of singers trying to make in Nashville and the paid money to be listed in a magazine called Cash Box. I wondered if maybe this was a similar thing, but in New York. Maybe Billy is a singer trying to make it in New York? The money was kind of low and could not pay the bill could mean Billy is running out of money to pay the promoters to push his songs. The Cash Box Murder happened after this song was written however, so it can't be related to the incident at Cash Box Magazine. The lyrics are very vague. I found the video on You Tube, and I did not like it. It did not bring any new meaning to light. The only part that was watchable was when the two guys were singing the song on a microphone, but they were probably lip syncing. If someone has insider information from the group Flash in the Pan, which by the way has a connection to Angus Young of AC/DC, I would like to know what this songs means, and what they were thinking when they wrote the song and made the video.
I doubt it had anything to do with drugs or anything that out of the box like you mentioned. New York truly did feel like hell in the 70’s and I think that’s what inspired this song. The line “Manhattan was years ago” to me means that the city has gotten so bad that it’s not even recognizable anymore which was true; the amount of travesties that occurred is unreal and buildings were literally going for a few dollars. Ugh I have a lot to relate to this song because New York is right back were it is was in...
I doubt it had anything to do with drugs or anything that out of the box like you mentioned. New York truly did feel like hell in the 70’s and I think that’s what inspired this song. The line “Manhattan was years ago” to me means that the city has gotten so bad that it’s not even recognizable anymore which was true; the amount of travesties that occurred is unreal and buildings were literally going for a few dollars. Ugh I have a lot to relate to this song because New York is right back were it is was in the 70’s now enhanced with communism. This is the begging and the worst is yet to come!