Cassy wrote:
> Back in the day a "Pig" was a police officer. Sunset is >a Boulevard (a
dual carriageway for those brits among >us) which is, I believe, in the Los
angeles area. to kiss a >Sunset pig would mean to kiss a police officer
who's >beat is Sunset Boulevard.
That's correct. Most all the music clubs were on Sunset back in the day.
There was a small riot there back in around '67 when the cops tried to
disperse the crowds of mostly teenagers. The riot is immortalized in Neil
Young's "For What It's Worth."
"Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep, starts when you're
always afraid, step out of line, the Man comes and takes you away... you
gotta stop hey, what's that sound everybody look what going on...."
Joni was so homesick to get back she would even kiss one of those
hippie-hatin cops on Sunset ;-)
Kakki
NP: Joni - Hunter
