From reading the lyrics and reading the comments here, I have concluded that the 1972 Summit Series was like the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid down here. Most people who were either young or old remember where they were when that moment happened.
Besides that, I love this song for it's simple sound and actually accesible lyricism. From every song I've heard by the Hip, there rhymes and rhythm make them far superior than other bands on Earth.
I think this song is about young love and how it progresses into reality of life. At first it's this fairy tale romance and it ends when the pressures of life become more and more unbearable. In my mind, this song makes a subtle statement about the nature of love. While it may have nothing to do with hockey or popular culture, some marriages only last as long as a fireworks display. When the times are tenuous, that's when the fireworks occur and when the display ends, so does the relationship.
That might be reading way too deep into it, but that's how I see it.
From reading the lyrics and reading the comments here, I have concluded that the 1972 Summit Series was like the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid down here. Most people who were either young or old remember where they were when that moment happened.
Besides that, I love this song for it's simple sound and actually accesible lyricism. From every song I've heard by the Hip, there rhymes and rhythm make them far superior than other bands on Earth.
I think this song is about young love and how it progresses into reality of life. At first it's this fairy tale romance and it ends when the pressures of life become more and more unbearable. In my mind, this song makes a subtle statement about the nature of love. While it may have nothing to do with hockey or popular culture, some marriages only last as long as a fireworks display. When the times are tenuous, that's when the fireworks occur and when the display ends, so does the relationship.
That might be reading way too deep into it, but that's how I see it.
Great great great song by the way.