I always visualise Delboy in Only Fools And Horses (UK TV comedy programme) as this song is playing at Rodney/Cassandra's and he's all alone after they've gone ... sad song
Me too! In that respect, I think the song represents a person who has been trying to live in the same way to 'stay young' whilst watching other people in their lives moving on and growing up. For Del Boy, that meant he'd been messing around with different women and nothing had changed over the years - he was still the same whilst Rodders had grown up and moved on. In effect, he's been 'holding back the years' and realised it was time for them to catch up with him i.e. he needed to move on from the life he'd...
Me too! In that respect, I think the song represents a person who has been trying to live in the same way to 'stay young' whilst watching other people in their lives moving on and growing up. For Del Boy, that meant he'd been messing around with different women and nothing had changed over the years - he was still the same whilst Rodders had grown up and moved on. In effect, he's been 'holding back the years' and realised it was time for them to catch up with him i.e. he needed to move on from the life he'd been living. That's my interpretation anyway.
I always visualise Delboy in Only Fools And Horses (UK TV comedy programme) as this song is playing at Rodney/Cassandra's and he's all alone after they've gone ... sad song
Me too! In that respect, I think the song represents a person who has been trying to live in the same way to 'stay young' whilst watching other people in their lives moving on and growing up. For Del Boy, that meant he'd been messing around with different women and nothing had changed over the years - he was still the same whilst Rodders had grown up and moved on. In effect, he's been 'holding back the years' and realised it was time for them to catch up with him i.e. he needed to move on from the life he'd...
Me too! In that respect, I think the song represents a person who has been trying to live in the same way to 'stay young' whilst watching other people in their lives moving on and growing up. For Del Boy, that meant he'd been messing around with different women and nothing had changed over the years - he was still the same whilst Rodders had grown up and moved on. In effect, he's been 'holding back the years' and realised it was time for them to catch up with him i.e. he needed to move on from the life he'd been living. That's my interpretation anyway.