I actually hung out with Dewey, the lead singer of America, last year and we asked him what the song meant. He said he wrote the song in while he was in Europe, on tour I believe. He said it was so rainy and dark all the time and he was just sick of being there. The song is basically his fantisy of being out of rainy Europe where everyone knew who he was. He went to a sunny place where nobody knew him.
i'm so afraid you won't read this response since its been so long since you posted, but hopefully you do. i am a writer and illustrator. i am currently working on adapting the song horse with no name into a children's book. although i am working on the project, i would of course never attempt to publish or distribute my finished product without consent to do so from the artists. i haven't really attempted to find contact info for dewey bunnell yet, stumbled upon this site while studying people's concepts of the song. but if...
i'm so afraid you won't read this response since its been so long since you posted, but hopefully you do. i am a writer and illustrator. i am currently working on adapting the song horse with no name into a children's book. although i am working on the project, i would of course never attempt to publish or distribute my finished product without consent to do so from the artists. i haven't really attempted to find contact info for dewey bunnell yet, stumbled upon this site while studying people's concepts of the song. but if you knew how i could reach him man that would be SUH WEET! my email address is indigosunrise21@yahoo.com if you have any advice for me! thanks :0) great comment.
I actually hung out with Dewey, the lead singer of America, last year and we asked him what the song meant. He said he wrote the song in while he was in Europe, on tour I believe. He said it was so rainy and dark all the time and he was just sick of being there. The song is basically his fantisy of being out of rainy Europe where everyone knew who he was. He went to a sunny place where nobody knew him.
i'm so afraid you won't read this response since its been so long since you posted, but hopefully you do. i am a writer and illustrator. i am currently working on adapting the song horse with no name into a children's book. although i am working on the project, i would of course never attempt to publish or distribute my finished product without consent to do so from the artists. i haven't really attempted to find contact info for dewey bunnell yet, stumbled upon this site while studying people's concepts of the song. but if...
i'm so afraid you won't read this response since its been so long since you posted, but hopefully you do. i am a writer and illustrator. i am currently working on adapting the song horse with no name into a children's book. although i am working on the project, i would of course never attempt to publish or distribute my finished product without consent to do so from the artists. i haven't really attempted to find contact info for dewey bunnell yet, stumbled upon this site while studying people's concepts of the song. but if you knew how i could reach him man that would be SUH WEET! my email address is indigosunrise21@yahoo.com if you have any advice for me! thanks :0) great comment.