I try again. Love this song, only recently discovered it. (Where was I when it came out?) The line dance is like a super-energized Afro-Celtic Cherokee war dance. Guys especially seem to love dancing this. The song is so rebellious, aggressive, heartfelt, it speaks to many of us. As to the Australian aspect and the bagpipes, Australia, like colonial U.S. and especially the southern Appalachian region, was also settled by many Scots and Irish, some of them convicts in prison colonies, so bagpipes surely must have been played there too. I love that people contribute their thoughts on the meaning of this song, but please don't call other contributors names for voicing their opinions and questions. So there really is a Copperhead Road! Copperhead is also the name of a poisonous snake in the region so there's another meaning and question in the mix. Was the road named for the snakes or the stills?
I try again. Love this song, only recently discovered it. (Where was I when it came out?) The line dance is like a super-energized Afro-Celtic Cherokee war dance. Guys especially seem to love dancing this. The song is so rebellious, aggressive, heartfelt, it speaks to many of us. As to the Australian aspect and the bagpipes, Australia, like colonial U.S. and especially the southern Appalachian region, was also settled by many Scots and Irish, some of them convicts in prison colonies, so bagpipes surely must have been played there too. I love that people contribute their thoughts on the meaning of this song, but please don't call other contributors names for voicing their opinions and questions. So there really is a Copperhead Road! Copperhead is also the name of a poisonous snake in the region so there's another meaning and question in the mix. Was the road named for the snakes or the stills?