Cocaine is a hell of a drug. The actual ballad isn't really about drugs, unfortunately. Basically, George Sands steals stuff and rapes some women, and pulls others into his crime ring. Then they're all executed. I still love the image...especially the expression on the "pusher's" face. He's all like, "come on, man, the first hit's free! What do you have to loose?"
I like to imagine Sands' "enormous crimes" were related to his nose candy habit. Blow will make you do some crazy/reckless things. Here's how I imagine George Sands at the height of his power:
Early Modern Scarface! But no matter how glamorous cocaine seems, and even though all the cool kids are doing it down at the discotheque, LOL Manuscripts officially says "no" to drugs. We get high on life and early modern print culture.
(Man, I am really good at photoshop.)
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I think it's a safe bet that one of the "enormous crimes" was "getting high on the supply, that selfsame one which wast his own." That'll bring you down every time. That and getting shot by your sister after you killed her husband who was also your best friend. Oh, and then later getting shot like fifty more times...that too.
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