Helmet - Street Crab live 1995

This is Helmet performing Street Crab at Cafe Campus in Montreal, February 1995.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Helmet
• Betty
• Street
• Crab
• Live
• Page
• Hamilton
• John
• Stanier

[Malpractice2003]

Could someone tell me: what the lyric's about? Who are the Street Crabs? I'm asking because i love this fucking song! ONE OF BEST SONGS OF THE MANKIND HYSTORY!

[xTheOxx]

@Malpractice2003

I think the key line in the song is when he sings: "I'm not making sense/Just ignore me". I don't think Page places a lot of importance on the meaning of the the lyrics. Whatever meaning you take from the lyrics is worth a lot more than whatever he could want you to hear.

[aomoridave]

Fucking stage divers

[xTheOxx]

I agree. Especially that hesitant fucker near the end who has to fake it four times before he builds up the nerve.

[lucaHC]

people has to be free to do what people wants , stage diving for ever , music is fun .... fuck annoying LISTENERS

[xTheOxx]

@lucaHC

What if what people want is to not have to look at a stoner loser bounce up and down on stage, building up the courage to jump?

[blenny11]

my son was concieved during this song

[TestosteronJeremy]

this band was so good live, so tight and sharp. the lineup was key, and i hope whatever page did to lose john stanier was worth it cause that guy is one of the best ever for this genre.

[AcesHighParrots]

Was the best live I ever seen. Best sound, best setup, best lineup, best Stoner Band ever. 1995. Saw them in the middle of 2000's, sadly not the same sound, poor one.

[SlikkTim]

Tightest rock'n'roll band ever. John Stanier has the groove you just can't fuck with.

[StraightPunkEdge93]

Simple yet so fucking heavy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Malpractice2003]

@bcastine1975 Oh yeah! It's makes a lot of sense, because Page was passing through some drug issues at that time...and your teory is more acceptable. The funny thing is that music makes me feel good, i think it's a very positive and "good-feeling" sound, i don't know...But yeah, i agree with your explanation!

[bcastine1975]

@Malpractice2003 I've always thought it was a song about scoring a drug fix. Street Crab being being the drug dealer pusher that "infects the water" meaning he is unavoidable. The first paragraph describes someone needing a fix. "Thirst I had at last, run the water". The second paragraph reads like someone who's gotten their fix" Safe and sound, like the perfect food" Then it later goes on to describe the street crab in a unipersonal light : "Every street crab will push the Vowels the same

[splitsecondlogic]

this is the best helmet line up, betty was the peak of helmets career. would have loved to be at this show!

[Tusko1962]

@Malpractice2003 "Street Crab" always brought to my mind the image of a cop driving slowly by, looking along its side as if it were a crab walking sideways. Whether or not that's accurate, I love the fucking riff at the end of this song.