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    Posted: April 06 2006 at 16:50

Any and All Crimson Experts:

In the beginning of this Beat song, the trio supposed to be driving in a car. They then go up to a hotel room and...well...fill in the rest.  I have two questions: Is this song actually about a 3-way, or am I just interpreting it wrong? Second, is it autobiographical, meaning this actually happened to Belew or someone he knew? It's a bit intriguing.
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2006 at 17:01
Neal and Jack are Neal Casady and Jack Kerouac. Casady was the inspiration behind Kerouac's On The Road (in which he is portrayed as Dean Moriarty if I remember rightly) and the lyrics to Beat are heavily influenced by Beat generation writings, somehting which is achieved most successfully on Neurotica. I'm pretty sure that every song refers to Kerouac one way or another, but I haven't read that many of his books so I can't be sure. 
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2006 at 17:02
Hmm...so the 3-way is probably out then?
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2006 at 18:31
Neal Casady...the electric kool aid acid test?
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