Gazpacho

The beginning of this track starting with some faint speaking. The first part is quite difficult to pick out, though it includes what is apparantly John Lennon saying "i found myself looking at halucinatory images of my face, changing and becoming cosmic".

The full opening goes as follows:

"Ladies and gentlemen in attendance, and boxing fans joining us around the world, it's show time! The Heavyweight Championship of the World..."

"Even as a child. I would find myself seeing hallucinatory images of my face changing and becoming cosmic and complete..."

"The house is surrounded by helicopters..."

The first part ("Ladies and gentlemen...") is apparantly a reference to Mike Tyson and Jake la Motta.

The second part ("Even as a child...") is John Lennon, and is apparantly a reference to an interview he did where he said that "Surrealism to me is reality. Psychic vision to me is reality. Even as a child. When I looked at myself in the mirror or when I was 12, 13, I used to literally trance out into alpha. I didn't know what it was called then. I found out years later there is a name for those conditions. But I would find myself seeing hallucinatory images of my face changing and becoming cosmic and complete. It caused me to always be a rebel. This thing gave me a chip on the shoulder; but, on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted. Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic musician. But I cannot be what I am not."

The third part ("The house is surrounded...") is also a reference to John Lennon, though it was apparantly Phil Spector who said the line: Startled, Lennon gasped: "What are you talking about?" Suddenly Phil cried: "The house is surrounded by helicopters. They're trying to get them!"

I'd love somebody to tell me what relevance this lot has upon Gazpacho!

Have no idea what this track has to do with cold Spanish soup, which is what Gazpacho actually is?!! This is a great track however, which I think is pretty much written about the price of fame? That's my take on it anyway, maybe the reference to Gazpacho is the disappointment of cold soup perhaps?

There is a great deal of materialism in this song, designer clothes etc., which are just Gazpacho, cold soup, nothing special really, don't mean anything, also many references to the media and the lies they spread trying to destroy individuals ...basically fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.

About men who beat up women, hence the references to Mike Tyson and John Lennon who are both known for being violent towards women. She has bloodstains on her scarf, and somebody's asked about it and it's been covered up by the excuse 'it's just a bit of gazpacho'.

This is one of my favorite songs on "AoS".

"Gazpacho" is a cold soup. While I agree that this song is about powerful men who abuse women, I think the title and track makes specific reference to the O.J. Simpson murders. The title refers to the quote "revenge is a dish best served cold", since Gazpacho is also a "cold" soup, this makes sense. I also agree that since Gazpacho is generally reddish brown in color, references that others have made also makes sense as an excuse for stains on clothing (in a general sense for woman who are abused). O.J.'s revenge on his former wife and boyfriend, was certainly "cold". Other references give hint to this, "Drive the road", "you think they will forgive a hero anything".