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"(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River" was the first single to be released off ''Machiavelli and the Four Seasons'' (1995) by Australian alternative rock band TISM. The title never appears in the song, and due to this, it is commonly (though incorrectly) referred to as "I'm On the Drug That Killed River Phoenix". The title references the play ''Show Boat'' and the famous song ''Ol' Man River'', indicating that River Phoenix will never be an "ol' man" because he died at age 23 of a drug overdose. It is arguably TISM's most popular track, or at least, most well known, as it reached #9 in Triple J's 1995 Hottest 100, one number ahead of ''Greg! The Stop Sign!!''. It is also the only TISM song to reach the singles chart in Australia, peaking at number 23.〔() Retrieved 2012-06-02.〕 On the 27th of April 1995, the band appeared on the RMITV show Under Melbourne Tonight and performed the song〔http://www.discogs.com/TISM-Unauthorised-Unofficial-Unendorsed-Underpants/release/3268607〕〔(TISM on Under Melbourne Tonight (Channel 31, 27/04/95) - YouTube )〕〔(Free Music Videos, Video Interviews, Music Video News, Live Sessions and Clips - NME.COM | - NME.COM )〕 In 2002, the band performed the song on John Safran's Music Jamboree with traditional Greek instruments and slightly different lyrics. ==Song== The song opens with the refrain ''I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix'' and, as the song continues, talking about a wide variety of celebrities who died due to some sort of excess. As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the addiction is not about actually doing these things himself; rather, his addiction is vicariously following celebrities and their excesses and premature deaths. As with a number of TISM songs, it is a comment on the fairly vapid state of popular culture. Example verse: ''I drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk;'' ''Injected some of Hendrix' junk;'' ''I booked a seat on Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane;'' ''Mama Cass's sandwich? I ate the same!'' And ending in ... ''Now I'm bored and there's no stoppin ''I need another celeb to fill a coffin'' ''Where will I get my next drug action?'' ''Odds on it'll be Michael Jackson'' The song is performed in drop D tuning. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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