It has always bothered me that the Devil gave up so quickly against Johnny, especially since I like the Devil's solo a lot more than Johnny's. Johnny's may be more technically proficient, but the Devil's has more soul (no pun intended). Listening tonight, I've come up with a new theory that the Devil actually beat Johnny and that's why Johnny's solo doesn't really have much soul in it. Simply by getting Johnny to take part in the bet, the Devil had already won Johnny's soul. The Devil was happy to give Johnny the gold fiddle and tell him he won, because it fed Johnny's ego and tightened The Devil's grip on Johnny. In the end, it didn't matter who played better because the Devil had already tricked Johnny into giving up his soul.

You are probably right.

Risking ones soul in pursuit of a physical object.

You lose either way.

If only Tenacious D had been there.

Hot take - the gold fiddle was what was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

AustinAg2K said:

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It has always bothered me that the Devil gave up so quickly against Johnny, especially since I like the Devil's solo a lot more than Johnny's. Johnny's may be more technically proficient, but the Devil's has more soul (no pun intended). Listening tonight, I've come up with a new theory that the Devil actually beat Johnny and that's why Johnny's solo doesn't really have much soul in it. Simply by getting Johnny to take part in the bet, the Devil had already won Johnny's soul. The Devil was happy to give Johnny the gold fiddle and tell him he won, because it fed Johnny's ego and tightened The Devil's grip on Johnny. In the end, it didn't matter who played better because the Devil had already tricked Johnny into giving up his soul.

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He dun told you once, you son of a *****, he's the BEST that's EVER BEEN!

Also, the devil had a full band.

Cheater.

"The devil bowed his head 'cause he knew that he'd been beat".

Tells you right there. You've been reading too many books using an unreliable narrator as a plot device.

AustinAg2K said:

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Listening tonight, I've come up with a new theory that the Devil actually beat Johnny and that's why Johnny's solo doesn't really have much soul in it. Simply by getting Johnny to take part in the bet, the Devil had already won Johnny's soul. The Devil was happy to give Johnny the gold fiddle and tell him he won, because it fed Johnny's ego and tightened The Devil's grip on Johnny. In the end, it didn't matter who played better because the Devil had already tricked Johnny into giving up his soul.

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