This guy I know filled me in on a story he was told just after JJJ Hottest 100. He knows a couple of guys in Melbourne who are big Dead Kennedy fans. Well, one of the guys from the Dead Kennedys owns this pub that they drink at regularly. Because Augie plays there once a year or so, he knows the guys well. They got onto the topic of Augie March one day and the owner said that this was actually a tribute song to the Dead Kennedys. That was were the line, "For one crowded hour, you were the only one in the room" came from, after one of the Augie guys watched a Dead Kennedy's gig when he was younger. I know this doesn't really fit in with some of the lyrics because they are so cryptic, but the "she" in the song could possibly be rock n roll, or music in general or maybe the realisation he was to become a musician. Either way, regardless if it is a true story or not, it really does make a beautiful tribute song.
This guy I know filled me in on a story he was told just after JJJ Hottest 100. He knows a couple of guys in Melbourne who are big Dead Kennedy fans. Well, one of the guys from the Dead Kennedys owns this pub that they drink at regularly. Because Augie plays there once a year or so, he knows the guys well. They got onto the topic of Augie March one day and the owner said that this was actually a tribute song to the Dead Kennedys. That was were the line, "For one crowded hour, you were the only one in the room" came from, after one of the Augie guys watched a Dead Kennedy's gig when he was younger. I know this doesn't really fit in with some of the lyrics because they are so cryptic, but the "she" in the song could possibly be rock n roll, or music in general or maybe the realisation he was to become a musician. Either way, regardless if it is a true story or not, it really does make a beautiful tribute song.