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03 Jul 02 - 10:37 AM (#741431) Subject: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: GUEST,aesop I have the words to Jez Lowe's song Black Diamonds but I don't understand the first verse: "Oh clubs will make you wonder, so don't make that mistake/Spades are made for digging boys and hearts will only break" Do clubs and spades have to do with the suits of playing cards? What does it have to do with coal mining? |
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03 Jul 02 - 10:45 AM (#741434) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: MMario poetic license? imagery? |
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03 Jul 02 - 12:27 PM (#741525) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: Walter Corey I don't know specifically what he means about clubs, but since all four suits are mentioned in the first verse (counting the black diamonds), he's obviously trying to draw a parallel between a deck of cards and coal mining - probably that going down in the mines is very much a matter of luck. |
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03 Jul 02 - 12:27 PM (#741526) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: Naemanson Well, he does base it all in the black diamonds. I agree that it is poetic license and imagery. |
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03 Jul 02 - 01:10 PM (#741557) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: GUEST,aesop Thanks. I thought it might be some literal reference. Some British thing I wasn't familiar with. |
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03 Jul 02 - 01:13 PM (#741560) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: MMario I don't get the clubs reference myself - the "spades" and "digging" certainly fit in with the mining; and many heart were broken one way or another in coal mining, so that is also appropriate.
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03 Jul 02 - 01:13 PM (#741561) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: GUEST,aesop I can understand spades are made for digging and hearts will only break. But why do clubs made you wonder? I think you're right about the aspect of luck. |
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03 Jul 02 - 02:26 PM (#741621) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: nutty But if you understand the significance of the spades, hearts and diamonds then you might wonder about the clubs. It's all a play on words really. |
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03 Jul 02 - 02:30 PM (#741626) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: MMario *smacks head* boy do I feel shtupd! |
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03 Jul 02 - 02:37 PM (#741636) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: Charley Noble Brilliant! |
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04 Jul 02 - 06:03 AM (#742039) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: Hrothgar Maybe he wrote it for performance in a Miner's Club. :-) |
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04 Jul 02 - 08:18 AM (#742100) Subject: RE: Jez Lowe's Black Diamonds From: Suffet The best rendition of Black Diamonds, at least among the three or four I have heard, is by Water Sign. --- Steve |