Why does bourbon street sting

General Comment I like this song just because it tells a nice story. I've always favored narrative lyrics. Everyone else is right o about its meaning though. I'm not sure if its really tied to Anne Rice at all though I just dont know how the release of the various books line up with the song's release.

Also, if you've read the books, none of the vampires ever stalk a living girl for any length of time. GothicBlade on April 17, Link. General Comment I always thought of it as a werewolf song too. If he's a werewolf, then he would change by the light of the moon. The man would not be seen nor heard during this time Isn't that why there's a howl at the end of the song General Comment Thanks to thedouglas for referring me to the following liner note on DotBT: "Moon Over Bourbon Street was inspired by 'Interview with a Vampire' by Anne Rice" Please look to this line for the were-wolf fans: Oh you'll never see my shade because he is not out during the day or hear the sound of my feet he's flying or at least very light While there's a moon over Bourbon Street You'll only see me walking by the light of the moon obviously walking and not a were-wolf The "moon" stuff is a little confusing, but it is only because Vampires would like the moon vs the sun.

I use this song in my class with "I am Aquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost, which has a line in it "I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet" and has a very eerie sound to it if you have just listened to "Moon over Bourbon Street". Sting was an English teacher and I'd like to think he may have had this poem in mind as well, when he wrote the song, as the images are very similiar, and the poem is standard fair for English classes. Either way, you will enjoy the Frost poem, as much as the Sting lyrics, as I feel that this is where modern poetry has taken a foot hold General Comment For Woolf as this poem may be about a serial killer or vampire?

I have walked out in rain --and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night. General Comment I never made the vampire connection.

I always thought of it as more of a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr Hide and the loss of control and inhibitions with substance abuse. The walk down Bourbon street is an allusion to being drunk. The priestly hands was what his former life was before he became all consumed with darkness and wanders the night as drunk. The idea of being a vampire and being a predator, but regretting it all the time knowing that there was something morally wrong with your lusts and your hunger, and I love the struggle that is going on in that character's head.

There was a kind of movement of people who thought that Lestat who became a rock star in resulting books was based on me. He wasn't the character I was interested in at all. It's told from his point of view. I wrote the song very late one night in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It's about a well-educated gentleman who becomes a vampire. But he's been left with a conscience, which is tragic for a vampire because he has to do all these terrible things.

It's basically a song about loneliness and alienation. But it's also about being pulled toward things you know you should stay away from. I'd just been playing around with those chords on the guitar - strange, modal chords. They sounded kind of medieval actually and so I got into a whole line of thinking about medieval sieges, castle walls, siege guns, armies sleeping under tattered flags and thought it was a nice metaphor for love gone wrong. Armies fighting each other, relationships having collapsed and gone from bad to worse, and what starts as love ends in war.

The duration of this track is and was released on January 1, As of now, this track is somewhat popular, though it is currently not one of the hottest tracks out there. Moon Over Bourbon Street doesn't provide as much energy as other songs but, this track can still be danceable to some people. Since this track has a tempo of , the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro fast, quick, and bright. Based on the tempo, this track could possibly be a great song to play while you are walking.

Overall, we believe that this song has a fast tempo.