A lot of people think this song is about Vietnam -
White room - white house and other little metaphors within the song, not to mention it was right in that time period, but i read that Jack Bruce and Pete Brown wrote this song about Brown's flat and it's surroundings and a longing for this girl. If you look at the descriptive words you'll notice that when talking about the outside world and everything in it, they use very flat descriptive words. But when they refers to the girl they use really good imagery and she seems to be the light in the poorly light white room. CLAPTON IS GOD!
Ah, a plausible explanation: "Jack Bruce and Pete Brown wrote this song about Brown's flat and it's surroundings and a longing for this girl." Exactly! The idea that, for the songwriters from that era (I lived it, BTW), the subject matter was frequently drugs, is horse scat. Good lyrics contain imagery, do they not? If someone wants to cherry pick certain images and then force them onto a "Vietnam" template, or a "cocaine addiction" template, it's incredibly easy. Pick ANY song that contains good imagery, and you'll succeed. The tendency for fans to do...
Ah, a plausible explanation: "Jack Bruce and Pete Brown wrote this song about Brown's flat and it's surroundings and a longing for this girl." Exactly! The idea that, for the songwriters from that era (I lived it, BTW), the subject matter was frequently drugs, is horse scat. Good lyrics contain imagery, do they not? If someone wants to cherry pick certain images and then force them onto a "Vietnam" template, or a "cocaine addiction" template, it's incredibly easy. Pick ANY song that contains good imagery, and you'll succeed. The tendency for fans to do this with songs from the late 60s and 70s is so, SO tiresome.
A lot of people think this song is about Vietnam - White room - white house and other little metaphors within the song, not to mention it was right in that time period, but i read that Jack Bruce and Pete Brown wrote this song about Brown's flat and it's surroundings and a longing for this girl. If you look at the descriptive words you'll notice that when talking about the outside world and everything in it, they use very flat descriptive words. But when they refers to the girl they use really good imagery and she seems to be the light in the poorly light white room. CLAPTON IS GOD!
Ah, a plausible explanation: "Jack Bruce and Pete Brown wrote this song about Brown's flat and it's surroundings and a longing for this girl." Exactly! The idea that, for the songwriters from that era (I lived it, BTW), the subject matter was frequently drugs, is horse scat. Good lyrics contain imagery, do they not? If someone wants to cherry pick certain images and then force them onto a "Vietnam" template, or a "cocaine addiction" template, it's incredibly easy. Pick ANY song that contains good imagery, and you'll succeed. The tendency for fans to do...
Ah, a plausible explanation: "Jack Bruce and Pete Brown wrote this song about Brown's flat and it's surroundings and a longing for this girl." Exactly! The idea that, for the songwriters from that era (I lived it, BTW), the subject matter was frequently drugs, is horse scat. Good lyrics contain imagery, do they not? If someone wants to cherry pick certain images and then force them onto a "Vietnam" template, or a "cocaine addiction" template, it's incredibly easy. Pick ANY song that contains good imagery, and you'll succeed. The tendency for fans to do this with songs from the late 60s and 70s is so, SO tiresome.
where did you read this?
where did you read this?