» Red John
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I was told a tale once by a friend who had tried to chat up a girl in a pub in Paisley, Scotland, by asking her if she would like a drink. “Yes”, she replied apparantly, “but you’re not getting anything!” Well there you have it. Such experiences are likely to scar sensitive souls for life. I don’t believe my friend was that type but I would certainly have been seriously injured. Social interaction with girls - especially if I had aspirations - was never my strong suit. In fact, I was so inhibited I rarely even tried. Red John is a song about a naïve youth, Iain Dearg, who has moved to the big city (I had London in mind because it mirrors my own migration) from the remote Highlands of Scotland and who has the bravado and persistance to match his lust but lacks any experience or sophistication to have any hope of accomplishing his goal. I’m sure Iain has made it by now. It’s twenty years since this tale was first told, after all. |