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Post by Equus on Jan 27, 2020 19:28:54 GMT
Maybe there is an: "Explain the lyrics" thread... (It's a jungle...) Where is it?? Well, never mind... Here you can ask about, and explain the lyrics that you don't understand, or know the answer to... Of course, we foreigners are probably having the most problems understanding the lyrics of the great Ian Anderson... I hope that you will help solving these riddles...
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Post by newdayyesterday on Nov 10, 2020 10:02:46 GMT
The lyrics to Deadline, a song by Blue Oyster Cult off their album called Cultosaurus, obsessed me for eons until I discovered what it was all about: You said you'd be here at a quarter to five I didn't know if you were dead or alive How long d'you think that I could sharpen my knife I've got better things to do with my life
It's almost the deadline Don't miss the deadline, darling When all your bad dreams will come true Don't miss the deadline It's almost the deadline, darling I wouldn't want it to happen to you
Bill screamed at him, and he hung up the phone I wonder if he ever felt more alone He never finished his coffee that night The ? oh! Dave, it was a terrible sight
He missed the deadline He passed the deadline, darling And I believe that somehow he knew He crossed the deadline He passed the deadline, darling There wasn't a thing anybody could do
Listen my darling, now, don't play with fire You find a way to balance hate and desire
It's almost the deadline Don't miss the deadline darling Consequences are easily misconstrued Don't miss the deadline It's almost the deadline, darling I couldn't live if it happened to you
Explanation: According to Albert Bouchard, the person in question was booking agent Phil King (who booked gigs for the band before they were signed to Columbia).
Phil was apparently pressuring this guy to pay back a gambling debt, and the guy ended up shooting him. Phil King is also mentioned in the song, "Hot Rails to Hell" (in the lyric, "The King did not know").
Allen once described Phil King (also known as Phil Friedman) as a "big dude in a cheap vinyl leather jacket, two-tone blue '64 Lincoln Continental, wore a Fu Manchu mustache, combing his hair at all times, he had a perfect Shaft hairdo, chrome shades he never took off, wore 'em to bed..." Soon after BOC's first album was released, Phil was able to convince a New York DJ to play "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll" on the radio.
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