Hi friends, I don't understand the exact meaning of this expression on this paragraph I have read on Bob Dylan's Chronicles book: 'It was hard to sing- didn't seem to have the magic that the previous version had. I shrugged, COULDN'T GET IT, WAS HAVING PISS LUCK trying to cut this version.' Could someone explain it to me? Thanks in advance, Jo.
(Edited to check the obscenity-- MM)
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He was having bad luck recording the song. He couldn't get it = he couldn't do it successfully, he couldn't find a satisfactory way to perform it.
— Mister Micawber
He was having bad luck recording the song.
He couldn't get it = he couldn't do it successfully, he couldn't find a satisfactory way to perform it.
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