Snake Eyes (song)

Snake Eyes (song)

Song_infobox
Name = The Turn of a Friendly Card: ii. Snake Eyes


Artist = The Alan Parsons Project
Album = The Turn of a Friendly Card
Released = November 1980
track_no = 7
Recorded = Late 1979 - Mid 1980 Acousti Studio, Paris
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 3:16
Writer = Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Label = Arista
Producer = Alan Parsons
[ Chart position = ]
Reviews =
* All Music Guide rating-5|4.5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lnr9kezt7q7z link]
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"The Turn of a Friendly Card: ii. Snake Eyes" (also known as "Snake Eyes") is a song by British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project off their 1980 concept album The Turn of a Friendly Card. It charted at #67 on the U.S. Billboard Charts in 1981. It is the second part of a five-part medley that shares the same title as the album. It was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and features Chris Rainbow on lead vocals. The lyrics are spoken first person from a compulsive gambler playing Craps, who doesn't intend to stop until he wins.

In an interview, Eric Woolfson said of the song, "I've often, in common with many other writers, been inspired at the oddest moments. And, one of the things that did start the creative juices flowing was actually sitting in casinos in Monte Carlo, with the din going on of people with machines, people talking, people moving about, and all the hustle and bustle that goes on there. It stimulated the writing of the track in particular, "Turn of a Friendly Card", and of course, there was a track called "Snake Eyes". The joke about the lyric of "Snake Eyes" is that he's betting on something that you can't possibly win, because snake eyes is a bet which loses if seven or eleven comes up, and seven or eleven is a bet which loses if snake eyes comes up. So he's yelling `Snake Eyes! Seven, eleven!', he wants any one of the three, and any of the three is gonna wipe him out." [http://www.roadkill.com/APP/discography/AudioGuide/]

Personnel

*Chris Rainbow - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
*Ian Bairnson - Electric Guitar
*Eric Woolfson - Keyboards
*Alan Parsons - Additional Keyboards
*David Paton - Bass
*Stuart Elliott - Drums


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