Do you understand The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

Neither do I, but I'll tell ya what- I really love that song. Best sax I've ever had! :rofl:

--Great keyboard, too.

[Kat45]

1. I love the song too.

Don't understand it either.

[riverdeep]

2. From what I can tell,

it was a commentary on the glam rock scene, and not a particularly pleasant portrait. But, it's a great song, and not too many nearly twelve minute songs make it to radio.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Nope. but I love the song!

[AshevilleGuy]

4. I remember that time (1971) very well. I always thought

it was referring to gay guys, not that we wore high heels. I associated it with one of my closest friends, upon whom I had a crush, but coming out then was far more difficult than now. He heard the song once (I played it for him in my dorm room) and he immediately offered me several dollars for the album. Needing the money I sold it to him, and without a word he took it to his room. I could hear him playing it all night. Nothing happened otherwise, I wimped out.

Oh to go back in time knowing what I know now!!!! ;-)

[Robeson]

5. Traffic was an awesome group. It's amazing how they built up....

...such a great catalog of music in such a short period of time.

[REP]

6. Well, Here's The Story

The title refers to an inscription written by actor Michael J. Pollard in band member Jim Capaldi's book while they were both in Morocco. Capaldi and Pollard were planning to work on a movie that was never filmed. Capaldi said:

"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."

[Orsino]

7. I did college radio back in the day.

"Low Spark," clocking in at over ten minutes, was my official DJ Has to Pee song. I used to tell my ten listeners exactly what it meant when that tune played in the middle of my four-hour shows.

[PVnRT]

8. Are those like Tattooed Love Boys?

:shrug: