my take on it.. i just think it's about how children of the 60s (and still today) were so eager to get away from their parents and into the 'real world' but were greeted with a smack of reality in the face
That is exactly my take. "...to be scrounging your next meal????? how does it feel?" He hated being the spokesman for a generation, and now he is mocking them. There could be more explanations. Who is Napolean in Rags? I have heard he is flipping off the "folkies." He usurped the entire movement, and now he is sticking his middle finger out at them, saying, in effect, you are on your own...I will no longer carry your sorry asses. I'm going on to bigger and brighter things. I am going electric....
That is exactly my take. "...to be scrounging your next meal????? how does it feel?" He hated being the spokesman for a generation, and now he is mocking them. There could be more explanations. Who is Napolean in Rags? I have heard he is flipping off the "folkies." He usurped the entire movement, and now he is sticking his middle finger out at them, saying, in effect, you are on your own...I will no longer carry your sorry asses. I'm going on to bigger and brighter things. I am going electric. You folk freaks can linger in limbo, like you did before I rescued your sorry asses. But he seems pretty pissed--shoving it right back at them. He is clealy vindictive, like later, on positively 4th street...and even Idiot Wind. Could also be about a girlfriend, or Joan Baez. Could be an odd combo of all of the above. Some guy wrote an entire book on this song recently!!!
my take on it.. i just think it's about how children of the 60s (and still today) were so eager to get away from their parents and into the 'real world' but were greeted with a smack of reality in the face
I think you're absolutely right, that is exactly the feeling the lyrics gave me when I first listened to them
I think you're absolutely right, that is exactly the feeling the lyrics gave me when I first listened to them
That is exactly my take. "...to be scrounging your next meal????? how does it feel?" He hated being the spokesman for a generation, and now he is mocking them. There could be more explanations. Who is Napolean in Rags? I have heard he is flipping off the "folkies." He usurped the entire movement, and now he is sticking his middle finger out at them, saying, in effect, you are on your own...I will no longer carry your sorry asses. I'm going on to bigger and brighter things. I am going electric....
That is exactly my take. "...to be scrounging your next meal????? how does it feel?" He hated being the spokesman for a generation, and now he is mocking them. There could be more explanations. Who is Napolean in Rags? I have heard he is flipping off the "folkies." He usurped the entire movement, and now he is sticking his middle finger out at them, saying, in effect, you are on your own...I will no longer carry your sorry asses. I'm going on to bigger and brighter things. I am going electric. You folk freaks can linger in limbo, like you did before I rescued your sorry asses. But he seems pretty pissed--shoving it right back at them. He is clealy vindictive, like later, on positively 4th street...and even Idiot Wind. Could also be about a girlfriend, or Joan Baez. Could be an odd combo of all of the above. Some guy wrote an entire book on this song recently!!!