From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V1 #26 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Monday, October 12 1998 Volume 01 : Number 026 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Your favorite Gorka-ism ["Kevin Rent" ] Re: Your favorite Gorka-ism [Achimera@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 15:05:53 PDT From: "Kevin Rent" Subject: Re: Your favorite Gorka-ism I've always wondered what John means when he says: "An ace of spades turned upside down.... I've tried analyzing it... looking at the context of the song, comparing an ace of spades... but no luck. If I'm missing something completely obvious please let me know! Or if you've found out what is meant by this... please let me know! Take care, Kevin ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 23:36:47 EDT From: Achimera@aol.com Subject: Re: Your favorite Gorka-ism Dear Kevin, I too have spent some time pondering the meaning of "the ace of spades turned upside down". If you consider that he is singing about having a heart filled with bitterness so dark and so close to violence, the ace of spades turned upside down looks like a heart with a dagger or a thorn sticking in it. A wounded heart. And the next line, "nothing beat in my hopeless chest I could not detect a sound". A heart with a dagger in it does not beat or make a sound. Anyway that is what I came up with. This song to me, is the most beautiful love song I have ever heard. Last summer he sang this one and when he got to the line,"and when she is far away still I feel her here", he sang it with such emotion it was stunning. I think that line has special meaning for him now that he has a wife and son to miss while on the road. One day I will ask John about the ace of spades thing and will let you all know his answer. semper fi, shirley ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V1 #26 *******************************