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Haven’t got a clue on the interpretations of these, I wonder if anyone out there could help me out? However, they’re great to listen to purely for the musicianship. "Walk in the sun" takes us back a bit to the mellow "old" Hornsby sound, while "Tango King" involves some real tight musicianship between piano and organ. Molo also has a big role on drums here, with an extravagant brass part, conveying a sort of Latin feel to the song, coming in around half way.
Carwyn Fowler
| Amanda writes: I've got some pet theories of my own about it, and thought I'd take the opportunity to share them. I think it's along the same lines as "Down the Road Tonight" - a man in love with a woman whose profession is, well, not exactly socially acceptable. In this case she's probably a stripper. "Watching the men always looking down," "No one looks me in the eye/They save it for the girls inside." However, this time the girl actually loves him back, I think. "I don't much care what they see/I know she saves it all for me." Maybe he even runs the strip show, since he's the one taking tickets. What really gets me with this one is the contrast between the lyrics and the music itself - it seems like such a light, happy, fluffy Hornsby tune, but the message (at least the way I interpret it) is really pretty heavy. Anyhow, that's my theory. |
Elyce Turner writes: Vernon James is the man who works in the ticket booth at a strip club. I think his girlfriend is one of the strippers. He is not bothered that all these men are paying to oggle his lady, because at the end of the night she comes to get him and they go home together ( I don't much care what they see/ I know she saves it all for me").
The reference to "someday I'll walk in the sun" may have to do with the fact that in this job, no one sees him. ("No one looks me in the eye/ they save it for the girls inside") and/ or perhaps they think he is just some loser because of his job. He knows that he (and his lady) won't be doing this forever, and one day they will be free to walk together in public, with heads held high. |
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