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   May 4, 2024 · What is “Killing Floor” about? “Killing Floor” is a blues song about a man who finds out that his woman has been cheating on him. As a result, he decides to end the relationship and tells her to leave. The lyrics are full of threats and warning signs, as the man claims that he will “mess with her mind” and “make her pay” for her ...

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   Apr 3, 2012 · In "Killing Floor," Wolf sings: I shoulda quit you, baby, a long time agoI shoulda quit you, and went on to Mexico. and adds: Lord knows, I shoulda been goneAnd I wouldn't have been here, down on the killing floor. "Down on the killing floor -- that means a woman has you down," Sumlin explained.

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   What does Killing Floor mean?

   • One might argue that Wolf picked up the use of killing floor to mean slaughterhouse from "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues," which was recorded by influential Delta bluesman Skip James in 1931. Yet James had never been up north until he was brought to Grafton, Wisconsin, in 1931 to make that recording for Paramount.

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   What does 'Killing Floor' mean in a song?

   • So, the "killing floor" is a metaphor for depression, in Wolf's case triggered by a woman who was so mad she was literally trying to kill him. Wolf wasn't the first to use the phrase "killing floor" in a song; the Mississippi blues musician Skip James recorded "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" in 1931.

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   Where did 'Killing Floor' come from?

   • It's true that many southern African Americans who flooded north during the Great Migration found work on the blood-slick killing floors of Chicago meat-packing slaughterhouses. So it's understandable why even Wikipedia reports that "Howlin' Wolf recorded 'Killing Floor' in 1964. The song's title refers to the active area of a slaughterhouse.

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   Who was the first person to use 'Killing Floor' in a song?

   • Wolf wasn't the first to use the phrase "killing floor" in a song; the Mississippi blues musician Skip James recorded "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" in 1931. James' version was re-released in 1964, a year before Wolf recorded his "Killing Floor." Artists to cover this song include Albert King, Jimi Hendrix and Otis Rush.

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   The lyrics of “Killing Floor” unravel a tale of heartbreak and regret. Howlin’ Wolf sings about missed opportunities and the consequences of his choices. The first verse suggests that he should have ended a relationship a long time ago, recognizing that it was not healthy for him. However, he stayed, clinging to the hope that things would ...

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   Now, he's down here on the killing floor. It's been speculated that the "killing floor" is a slaughterhouse, but according to Hubert Sumlin, who played guitar on the song, it has a very different meaning. Sumlin told American Blues Scene that Wolf played the field, with several ladies in his stable. One of them, a woman named Helen, was so fed ...

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   Information and translations of killing floor in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. ... killing fields; killing floor; killing is my ...

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   Nov 21, 2014 · The Skip James song “Hard Time Killing Floor” lends credence to Sumlin’s assertion that Wolf was using the phrase “killing floor” to refer to depression. James recorded this haunting slow blues in 1931. In it, he paints a grim picture of desperate, grinding poverty, and sings that if he can ever get off “this old hard killing floor ...