The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

[WilliamPitt]

on the headphones, lightly buzzed on Newcastle, staring out into the Los Angeles night.

Discuss.

[wtmusic]

1. Pitt what the hell are you doing out here

There awta be a law... :P

[WilliamPitt]

4. I thought I made that adequately clear

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys on the headphones, lightly buzzed on Newcastle, staring out into the Los Angeles night.

It wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest.

What else would I be doing here?

[HEyHEY]

8. Is there a penalty for attempted Hiakuing on DU?

[WilliamPitt]

13. *ahem*

HEyHEY stifles the
depth of my Los Angeles
pathos. I hate that.

[HEyHEY]

15. *snaps fingers* instead of clapping

[HEyHEY]

2. Hacking from the air?

[Bouncy Ball]

3. Why?

Are you going to participate in this one?

[WilliamPitt]

5. ?

[Bouncy Ball]

I asked why discuss?

Are you going to participate in this thread you started?

[WilliamPitt]

9. Geez

I work. Apologies for sometimes starting a thread and then, well, needing to work.

I think this may be the last time I bother with you.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. You bother with me?

How disingenuous.

It's a pattern. I've noticed. That's all.

[WilliamPitt]

19. You're deep like the ocean

and I work.

[Bouncy Ball]

20. Eh?

I work, too. It's no big deal, just was wondering if you were going to "be" in this thread or not. Apologies for the snarkiness. It's probably best if I scoot on out of this thread.

[WilliamPitt]

21. Mmmm

Instead of snarking and fleeing, try to avoid snarking in the first place. Saves us all some time.

[Bouncy Ball]

22. Ah so

couldn't just accept the apology? It wasn't fleeing, it was recognizing when I probably just need to go away from a thread, leave things alone.

Nevermind then. I had a really incorrect perception of you at first.

[WilliamPitt]

23. Meh

I think, actually, I'm just being an ass. I am 3000 miles from home, brainscrewed because I can't sleep in hotels, recovering from 10 hours of meetings that spanned the day, haven't been able to leave this building, and have to get on a goddam plane again tomorrow.

How about I apologize. I'm sorry. You snarked, and I overreacted. I'm sorry.

[Bouncy Ball]

24. Hey no problem.

Your day sounds shitty.

[WilliamPitt]

25. Thanks

Sorry again. I'm only a douchebag 42% of the time. I'm apparently spending my Frequent Douche Miles now or something.

[tavalon]

35. Dude

you so need a travel prescription of Ambien.

And no, I don't work for big Pharma, but they have a great product there.

If not that, at least get yourself some benadryl - 50mg at bedtime should do ya. Of course, you're likely to wake up with a benadryl hangover. That's why I favor the Ambien - most folk don't get a hangover, but they do get a fine night's sleep.

All this I tell you at 5am. I suck as a healthcare provider. Oh, well.

[whirlygigspin]

7. for a minute there I thought you

ended up on Santa Monica Boulevard!

enjoy the view

[chaska]

6. The air is nasty out here tonight. It literally stinks where I am.

Smells like a cross between a trailer full of rubber tires and a skunk.

[WilliamPitt]

11. It's nice in my hotel room

with the window closed and the air conditioner on high.

[chaska]

28. yeah, I'm up on a mountain, where the really nice chunky bits are.

[KitchenWitch]

14. Hi Chaska

:toast:

[chaska]

27. WITCH! WITCH! WITCH!!!!!

You don't scare me.

[KitchenWitch]

29.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[chaska]

30. You should post more, you lowly newbie.,,

Please don't turn me into a newt. :scared:

[enigmatic]

10. Great song......

Think I'm going to put that on tonight for my show....

Radio Enigma- Genre-less, Independent, Internet Radio:

http://www.radioenigma.com

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. Good old fashioned medicated goo

OK, so what *is* this song about? Jim Capaldi, in _Goldmine_ #97, explained
that he and actor Michael J. Pollard were in Morocco preparing for a movie
that was never actually made:
Pollard and I would sit around writing lyrics all day, talking about
Bob Dylan and the Band, thinking up ridiculous plots for the movie.
Before I left Morocco, Pollard wrote in my book 'The Low
Spark of High Heeled Boys.' For me, it summed him up. He had this
tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his
leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to
sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. <...>
The 'Low Spark', for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know,
standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning
that strong undercurrent at the street level.

[RandomKoolzip]

16. When I was a kid......

I used to stay home from school and listen to the FM "AOR" station, WHCN in Hartford, CT.

One day, they played:

"Wind Up," Jethro Tull
"Is She Really Going Out With Him?," Joe Jackson
"Low Spark of High Heeled Boys," Traffic
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," Bob Dylan
"Jamming," Bob Marley
"We Can Be Together," Jeffrson Airplane
and
"Pictures of Matchstick Men," Status Quo.... in the space of about an hour.

This was in 1983.

Clear Channel sucks.

[WilliamPitt]

18. Indeed

[necso]

26. Traffic, dude?

"Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"

If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound

Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys

The percentage you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
Was the low spark of high heeled boys

If you had just a minute to breathe
And they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something similar as this?

Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
As sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys

The percent that you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams

But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest
Was the low spark of high heeled boys
High heeled boys

If I gave you everything that I owned
And asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride
And strip me of everything including my pride

But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high heeled boys
Heeled boys

...

I read "low spark of high heeled boys" as "the dance of life", more or less.

But what do I know.

...

Dude, you need a little AFI.

"Ever and a Day".

lie in the comfort of sweet calamity
with nothing left to lose.
lie in the darkness, i'm slowly drowned to sleep
with nothing left to lose.
three tears i've saved for you.

i'd retrace the steps that lead me here but nothing lives
behind me.
so i lie in this field bathed in the light that loves me,
with nothing left to lose.
three tears i've saved for you.

will you be my, be my beloved?
will you help, help me to get through?
will you be my, be my destruction?
will you help, help me to be through?

will you be my, be my beloved?
will you help, help me to get through?
will you be my, be my destruction?
will you help,
three tears I've saved for you

...

"Through our bleeding we are one."

[quaoar]

31. Enough of Traffic

If I gave you everything that I owned
And asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you
Or take me for a ride
And strip me of everything, including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys

And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high-heeled boys


Put on Aja by Steely Dan.

[WCGreen]

32. One of my all time favorite songs...

Got me away from the strict Rock and Roll structure and made me look out at other kinds of music...

For this I can thank Jim and Stevie and Chris and of course Dave....

They always were so far away from the mainstream and yet stillmanaged to survive......

Just slipped the disk in and am hearing the bass and paino, now comes the sax, now the bongo's add a little organ and then Little Stevie Windwood.......

Oh man get me some weed.......

[keischin]

33. You know what's really cool is when...

the Santa Ana winds first start blowing and the humidity is just right, you can see occaisional power transformers blowing up all across the city one after the other.

[MikeG]

34. Mr. Pitt. I say this with all due respect...

GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!!!!!!