... turns out to be based on a true story, which had happened a couple of years before the song was recorded.
The only real embellishment was that in the song, Marsha's friend Sheila tries to break open the box by stabbing it with a sheet metal cutter and accidentally kills Walter. In the true story, Reg Spiers managed to arrive safe and sound.
Friday, 6 March 2015
"The Gift" by Velvet Underground...
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For years I'd remembered the fatal weapon as a carving knife...
B, that's how I remembered it, but I checked the lyrics to be on the safe side and it was a 'sheet metal cutter'.
At last - Something here I can agree with and appreciate!
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