One of the tunes off the album, "Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth," about the experience of tackling New York City as an outsider, seems very autobiographical.
"For that one in particular, I pieced together a couple of my own experiences about how it feels to be displaced, but I projected that on to someone else's story that I knew that moved to New York."
I think that clears up most of the guesses and confusions. And points to more literal interpretations of their other songs as well. Though the, this album is all about rock history, guy has some interesting thought experiments. I don't think the songs really support that interpretation.
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One of the tunes off the album, "Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth," about the experience of tackling New York City as an outsider, seems very autobiographical.
"For that one in particular, I pieced together a couple of my own experiences about how it feels to be displaced, but I projected that on to someone else's story that I knew that moved to New York."
I think that clears up most of the guesses and confusions. And points to more literal interpretations of their other songs as well. Though the, this album is all about rock history, guy has some interesting thought experiments. I don't think the songs really support that interpretation.