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question about Live's "Throwing Copper"

StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
edited August 2007 in Other Music
my friend and i have a bet about what the title "throwing copper" means.....i remember hearing someone explain what it means and he said he heard something else.....anyone?
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  • happyhourherohappyhourhero Posts: 204
    I think it came from shooting guns or bb guns. the boys were out back shooting or "throwing copper" and decided that would be the name of the album.
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    happyhourhero wrote:
    I think it came from shooting guns or bb guns. the boys were out back shooting or "throwing copper" and decided that would be the name of the album.

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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    thats what i said.....i heard they played at the old Malibu club right by where i live and someone was shooting a BB gun and thats where they got it from.....my friend said it is cuz they are from pennsylvania and copper is their state's chief export
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
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