Although Gord Sinclair made some comment on how this song is about pop culture, and the temporary nature of fame, fireworks replacing songs, it also works on a whole other level as a song about teenaged love, losing your virginity, or both.
He's a kid, and he's all wrapped up in Bobby Orr and childhood heroes. She's more sophisticated (as girls usually are at that age -- see also Ahead by a Century), and she loosens his grip on Bobby Orr. They hang out together all the time because they naively think that's what married people do (remember feeling that way?). The external world, the cold war, etc., doesn't mean a thing to them. He drops out of the flexed arm hang, shows no respect for it, etc.
Isn't it amazing that anything's accomplished when this little sensation gets in your way, when all ambition is replaced by the big crush? Alternatively, don't you feel that you can do anything?
But of course, it's all as temporary as fireworks.
And it has f-all to do with hockey; hockey, nationalism, and the other things associated with the Hip get rejected as childish things when he falls for her. Now, on another level, the love story here can just be a metaphor for his relationship with music, art, or success in the U.S., so we are back to the pop culture idea.
Although Gord Sinclair made some comment on how this song is about pop culture, and the temporary nature of fame, fireworks replacing songs, it also works on a whole other level as a song about teenaged love, losing your virginity, or both.
He's a kid, and he's all wrapped up in Bobby Orr and childhood heroes. She's more sophisticated (as girls usually are at that age -- see also Ahead by a Century), and she loosens his grip on Bobby Orr. They hang out together all the time because they naively think that's what married people do (remember feeling that way?). The external world, the cold war, etc., doesn't mean a thing to them. He drops out of the flexed arm hang, shows no respect for it, etc.
Isn't it amazing that anything's accomplished when this little sensation gets in your way, when all ambition is replaced by the big crush? Alternatively, don't you feel that you can do anything?
But of course, it's all as temporary as fireworks.
And it has f-all to do with hockey; hockey, nationalism, and the other things associated with the Hip get rejected as childish things when he falls for her. Now, on another level, the love story here can just be a metaphor for his relationship with music, art, or success in the U.S., so we are back to the pop culture idea.