I was just listening to Johnny Cash’s concert At San Quentin (prison) and he and the band were playing tune noticeably faster than their norm. And I thought to myself, “They must have decided to race through the playlist so they could get the fuck out of there as fast as possible.”
Speaking as a regularly gigging musician: bands tend to play faster live due to a combination of nerves and excitement. I seriously doubt Cash & band were deliberately playing faster.
You are certainly welcome to a different set of thoughts than me while listening to music. And I’d be extra nervous with an audience of murderers, rapists, arsonists, and assorted mayhem makers too.
He wanted to be there and the crowd loved him. He was the safest guy in the world.
Whenever I hear “Hot Blooded” by Foreigner I always wonder if the singer, when performing, picks a different girl out of the audience to sing it to (the song is from the perspective of a singer singing to an audience member) or thinks back to the original girl that the song was written about. And then I wonder if there was ONE girl the song is about, or was it an amalgam of all the girls looking desirable at Foreigner concerts.
IIRC Cash once remarked that a chill ran down his spine when he sang the line “I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die”, and the inmates all cheered. :eek:
Listening to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon: how can there be so many dull, lifeless people willing to buy and listen to this shite? Insipid, bloated easy-listening music for those who have lost all hope in life.
I tend to make up new lyrics, especially if I can’t quite make out what’s being sung, or if I can’t remember the next line.
Right now, there’s a little pop/hip hop song called “Codes,” and it’s all about area codes. I think the point is the singer has collected a lot of phone numbers and he’s proud of all his area codes.
Only, when he sings, “Codes… I got codes… Area, area, area codes…” I hear “Hoes. I got hoes…” This morning, I changed it to “hose,” so I was singing, “Hose. I got hose. Control Top Panty HOSE.” Totally worked. Usually my new lyrics are extremely goofy and make no sense.