Hi there,
 
It has been confirmed that the lyrics JP wrote for The Count of Tuscany are auto-biographical.
Something happened while he was in Italy in 2004.
Anybody here who knows the complete story about this?
 
Jeroen

It's not like the lyrics are complicated or metaphorical. Should be pretty easy to pick up most of the story.

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GET INTO MAH CAR!!!!

Chaos...Panic...Disorder...My work here is done.

I just don't see, from the lyrics, what scared John. It just sounds like the count showed him some wines and his car.

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"maybe you recall a cannibal curator a character inspired my my brother´s life"
"history recalls during times of war legend has been traced back inside these castle walls whjere soldiers came to hide in barrels filled with wine never to escape these tombs of oak are where they died"


obvious?

Check the next issue of New Voice for a bit more info!

K x

Not really sure, the intro is so beautiful that I always start the song over, over and over again

Is this incident why JP has nice muscle now?

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I wonder if the real count is going to be a bit bummed out when he hears the song.

I rather wonder what he'll look like in the inevitable Count cartoon that'll play in the background when they play the song live.

haha I thought about JP gaining muscles after the italian incident a few days ago...would be way too funny

I wonder how completely hammed up the story is though. I refuse to believe JP feared for his life after going round some bloke's house.

"Xabi Alonso... Hamann... Hit by Smicer... IT'S IN! Vladimir Smicer! Two goals in two minutes for Liverpool! MIRACLES ARE POSSIBLE."

That's what I don't get.  Musically the song is great, but as a storytelling device it doesn't quite work.  The protagonist appears to be in a perfectly ordinary situation, yet he fears for his life.  We never understand why.  There's no establishment of basis for this fear.  It's just like let's go for a ride, check out my house, check out my wine cellar.  Um, you thought what?  Uh, no, wasn't planning on killing you.  By the way, tell everyone about my brother and me, and how we didn't kill you and stuff.

I don't mean to mock the song--I do like it a lot.  Just doesn't hit home with me lyrically.  Maybe in time it will.

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lennartbar


let me introduce....MAH BRUUTHAAAA




"maybe you recall a cannibal curator a character inspired my my brother´s life"

All the finest wines, IMPROVED WITH AGE!!1!!1!!~

And I'm lost in the window And I hide in the stairway And I hang in the curtain And I sleep in your hat

Thing is, JP probably isn't used to the way European people act, we are much friendlier than you'd expect, and it might have seemed suspicious to him. In some countries we even kiss people (on the cheek) as a greeting, in America that will probably earn you anything from a slap to a sexual assault charge.

In Holland we give 3 kisses on the cheek when we greet people. Left, Right, Left lol!  :P

I wonder if JP is afraid the Count will hear this song?

TrueSagan


Thing is, JP probably isn't used to the way European people act, we are much friendlier than you'd expect, and it might have seemed suspicious to him. In some countries we even kiss people (on the cheek) as a greeting, in America that will probably earn you anything from a slap to a sexual assault charge.

lennartbar


"maybe you recall a cannibal curator a character inspired my my brother´s life"

Yes, but a kiss on the cheek is a far cry from trying to eat it. It's either "let me assault you" or "Let me salt you."

JP wrote this song years ago, but was afraid to release it until he was sufficiently bear-like.

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So the Count's brother is Anthony Hopkins??

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Who ya gonna call.....Ghostbusters!

"Sucking on his pipe"

The Count is Hugh Hefner, JP was actually visiting the Playboy Mansion and freaked out.

the count?

I give you...
(\__/) 
(='.'=) <------- The Count of Tuscany!!!!
(")_(") 

HAhahaHAHAEHeaHa;shAghl;adfjghlajfhklaHGHAHAHAhaaha..................

no no no
I can't take it

I can't.
I simply can't!

1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 ...

LittleKezza


Check the next issue of New Voice for a bit more info!

K x

One good reason to renew my membership :D

I asked him if that tuscany had something to do with the tuscuny on a seinfeld episode and he said it was a true life story

spaz


HAhahaHAHAEHeaHa;shAghl;adfjghlajfhklaHGHAHAHAhaaha..................

Quit spazzing out.

Er....

Wait....

Nevermind.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO

When I was?

Never mind.

I think JP took a hit off the Counts pipe.

And then the count got angry and scared JP. But then he was all like: 'Nah lad, I ain't killing ya!'

Daan


And then the count got angry and scared JP. But then he was all like: 'Nah lad, I ain't killing ya!'

But was JP disappointed that The Count didn't meet his expectations?

Babyfaced Ninja

*snip*

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Ohhh...

...I think I burst something

zhifmcd


That's what I don't get.  Musically the song is great, but as a storytelling device it doesn't quite work.  The protagonist appears to be in a perfectly ordinary situation, yet he fears for his life.  We never understand why.  There's no establishment of basis for this fear.  It's just like let's go for a ride, check out my house, check out my wine cellar.  Um, you thought what?  Uh, no, wasn't planning on killing you.  By the way, tell everyone about my brother and me, and how we didn't kill you and stuff.

I don't mean to mock the song--I do like it a lot.  Just doesn't hit home with me lyrically.  Maybe in time it will.

Thank you for writing this better than I ever could :) That is exactly what I feel. The music isabsolutely does not fit the lyrics. 

Imagine to meet someone really deranged. Wouldnt you be scared to death? Aside from all the macho bullshit "I' beat his ass down". Normal people would be afraid.

toky_world


Imagine to meet someone really deranged. Wouldnt you be scared to death? Aside from all the macho bullshit "I' beat his ass down". Normal people would be afraid.

Then why would you get into a car with him? 

Daan


SEVERAL YEARS AGO

When I was?

Never mind.

ohmk

toky_world


Imagine to meet someone really deranged. Wouldnt you be scared to death? Aside from all the macho bullshit "I' beat his ass down". Normal people would be afraid.

Then why would you get into a car with him? 

Your first impression that it's a cool person. But as the evening goes on he reveals more and more about himself.

I'm sure MAH BRUTHAAAAA knows.

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