Silver Needles could be about almost any victim of the rock star lifestyle so speculation has centered on who it could be about. Silver needles are the downfall of so many stars in the limelight; Hunter is saying he understands the pressure that public figures experience but he is not dead and is still standing. Ian identifies that the song is loosely based on Deep Purple guitarist Tommy Bolin who did not heed Hunter's advice after he had signed a book for him. Bolin died in 1976 from an overdose of heroin and other substances, including alcohol, cocaine, and barbiturates. Ian adds that it might have Sid Vicious in mind as well since he passed in February 1979 and someone else who died but believed what the music papers said about him. He thinks that the papers would mirror and not lead music. For example, if the New York Dolls had not been pushed out too soon, stayed away from drugs, and allowed to develop, they would have been more long lasting.
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Silver Needles
(Ian Hunter)
You're just a stranger in the past
Just another mug that could never last
You came up slow but you burned out fast (didn't ya)
Oh growing up was your sole excuse
Your body was tight but your head was so lose
I guess I could have told you but what's the use
It ain't Silver Needles on the run
No it ain't Silver Needles on the run
It ain't Silver Needles on the run
Shh you make me feel so bad
You thought you was the only one that got messed up
Me 'n all the others never had it so rough
Well how come you're dead and I'm still stood up
Well it ain't Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
No it ain't Silver Needles on the run
Oh I remember....
All your plans were made on some PR floor
'N all your bags were packed, they never reached the door.
All over in your thought exchange
All your brains were acting strange
You never lied in dreams before
There must be more to life than getting sore
(What do you think?)
I seen in some music paper that you was gone
And I went right out and wrote you a farewell song
Boy, they had you dead before you was born
And it's a shame - you were such a great mover
But it ain't Silver Needles on the run
No it ain't Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
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| Silver Needles | 5;56 | Originally issued on Welcome to the Club, also on the compilations From The Knees Of My Heart and The Collection. |
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