She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine. Appetite for Destruction has a similar story to Sticky Fingers. Its speed and hes describing it when you want to do it. This song references an earlier and less-killing crash involving guitarist Gary Rossington, whiskey, coke and an oak tree that would just not get out of the way. If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine. If you wanna get down, down on the ground, cocaine. Cocaine all around my brain.
I would have to agree with josh from westborough. The song has one of the greatest riffs ever created. Some people can handle doing it once or twice. Cocaine use might, however, explain, how train conductors can crash something that sets out on a predetermined track. Does it get any cooler than that? This helped earn Cale a record deal and enough money to make music on his terms, which he did. Anyone who's done it regularly knows that it's hard to have fun, deal with stress, etc, without it. He keeps referring to cocaine as excapism from the daily pressures, big and small, in life.
He also realized how damaging his addiction was to himself and others on a personal level, and became active in helping others get through their addictions; in 1998 he opened the Crossroads rehab center in Antigua, where clients go through a 29 day wellness-centered approach to treatment. His producer, Audie Ashworth, convinced him to make it a rocker, which required some overdubbing by Cale, since he played very simple guitar parts. Apparently being high on crack makes people want to kill cops. There is an entire industry that write songs and sell them to record labels or to singers. And yes it can get old, but you know no one says anything about Elvis did he ever write anything? Oh the young and innocent.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground. He played the bass himself, but had session pro Reggie Young play the guitar solo. As he explained in his autobiography Clapton, when he recorded this song, he had kicked a serious heroin habit but was filling his body with cocaine and alcohol. The first verse is a bit ambiguous. If you study it or look at it with a little bit of thought… from a distance… or as it goes by… it just sounds like a song about cocaine.
The Reverend Gary Davis, who, unlike Brother Horton Heat earlier in the list, actually was an ordained minister, laid down the definitive version of this one, and a young Bob Dylan added it to his repertoire. Cale a man to whom Slow Hand arguably owes his entire career is in our estimation, the definitive blizzard ditty. Look up the cause an effects of cocaine but view it as what the consumer sees an how it makes you feel! Oh, and Clapton is a master guitarist! Editor's Note: This story originally published on August 3, 2012, and was updated for publication on August 20, 2016. General CommentI've heard that this song can also be an allusion a bad relationship, but the girl is as adicting as cocaine, possibly a reference to good sex. I don't know how you could say otherwise, just look at the lyrics, this is how I see it: If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out. Cale saw many new faces at his concerts, but many of them expected him to sound like Clapton.
Quitting coke is hard as hell and it's impressive that you've maintained sobriety, but unfortunately depression is definitely a side effect of quitting. This was one of the songs that Cash sang at Folsom Prison that no doubt had the guards ruining underwear while wondering whether they would soon have a riot on their hands. Cocaine has had a significant impact on popular music. Cocaine all around my brain. Just got finished playing it on my turntable.
Clapton's version has a much more complex guitar line and vocals that are more prominent in the mix. You would be hard pressed to find a band that didn't cover a song or sing someone else's song at some time or another. But in actual fact, it is quite cleverly anti-cocaine. And for Philadelphia Eagles, I'm glad you quit, and please don't start back up again. The farmer cuts the bales open and notices a mysterious powder inside.
And it went on and on and on way longer than it should have. Then its' saying what it does to you in the second verse and saying it's bad at the very end but i dunno. If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out; cocaine. Please or to post comments. You have successfully signed up for your selected newsletter s - please keep an eye on your mailbox, we're movin' in! Cocaine all around my brain. Heroin is boy, coke is girl.