User talk:Steeldan33

In the "Lyrics" section of Wikipedia's article on the Rock/Jazz group Steely Dan, reference is made, correctly for the most part in my opinion, of their frequent mention of alcoholic beverages such as the root-beer-float-based "Black Cow" and "drink Scotch Whiskey all night long" in the song "Deacon Blues", among others. The reference made to "cherry wine" in the song "Time Out of Mind" is, however, more metaphoric than literal, and fits right in with their frequent lyrical references to drug use which is also, again accurately, mentioned in the Lyrics section. I'm not sure how to reference this, other than to mention the "South Park" episode where the boys get heavily into the video game "Guitar Hero", and Stan (I think) is given the suggestion to take up a "Chase the Dragon" video game (which, of course, is completely fictitious!) that depicts a man with a syringe in one hand and the other arm with a tie to raise the veins, junkie-style. The more the player shoots up, the closer he is able to get to a taunting dragon, which can never be truly caught. I have personally heard junkies refer to their repeatedly shooting-up, and in so doing risking overdose, after getting high initially, even though they KNOW that they can never replicate that initial "high". This futile practice is commonly referred to as "chasing the dragon". In "Time out of Mind" the Lyrics I'm writing this "edit" about go: "Tonight when I chase the dragon, the water may change to cherry wine". The term "cherry wine" is a metaphorical reference to the clear, drug-laced liquid in the junkie's syringe, which turns red (hence the "water may change to cherry wine") when the injector hits the vein and pulls back, filling the needle with very red and cherry wine-like blood to make sure the vein has in fact been penetrated, and then pushes in the plunger, sending the "cherry wine" into the bloodstream. So, in my opinion, the cherry wine mentioned in "Time out of Mind" is not alcoholic at all. It's a reference to something most people would regard as being somewhat more nefarious. (Steeldan33 (talk) 18:51, 13 March 2011 (UTC))