It actually is a pretty literal interpretation of the time he spent in Lake George NY. You can find the house he stayed in at the top of the village. The church was near Bolton Landing. He stayed up there to kind of do his own rehab thing (which obviously didn't work very well) My mother helped with the house cleaning when he wasn't there.
It actually is a pretty literal interpretation of the time he spent in Lake George NY. You can find the house he stayed in at the top of the village. The church was near Bolton Landing. He stayed up there to kind of do his own rehab thing (which obviously didn't work very well) My mother helped with the house cleaning when he wasn't there.
I think the meaning behind the song is quite literal, but to me it has almost a sad 60's irony to it (to do with what happened with cults etc).
I think the meaning behind the song is quite literal, but to me it has almost a sad 60's irony to it (to do with what happened with cults etc).
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray (spiritual emptiness)
I've been for a walk on a winter's day (start spiritual quest)
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. (currently not his main priority)
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray (spiritual emptiness)
I've been for a walk on a winter's day (start spiritual quest)
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. (currently not his main priority)
The second verse is about how the subject enters the cult:
The second verse is about how the subject enters the cult:
Stopped in to a church I passed along the way (enters cult compound)
Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray, (adopts false spirituatily)
You know the preacher liked the cold (cult leaders selfish motivation)
He knows I'm gonna stay (cult leaders strong brainwashing power)
The last verse sums it up,
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray (had a feeling of spiritual emptiness)
I've been for a walk on a winter's day (started spiritual quest)
If I didn't tell her I could leave today (the subject is now fully trapped having fallen in love with one of the cult followers).
I think "California dreamin' on such a winter's day" tells us where we will be if we cant build our own spirituality.
If the song really is just a pretty, melancholy song like the writers claim it to be, perhaps it is meant as a warning from god to man kind at the birth of post modern thinking, to tell us, that to be comportable in a modern world we must create and build on our own spirituality.
This could also be seem as a dire warning about comming evil (the likes of charles manson etc).
this is just prettty...
it's probably about when john phillips was at the naval academy.
it's probably about when john phillips was at the naval academy.
it's probably about when john phillips was at the naval academy.
it's probably about when john phillips was at the naval academy.
It actually is a pretty literal interpretation of the time he spent in Lake George NY. You can find the house he stayed in at the top of the village. The church was near Bolton Landing. He stayed up there to kind of do his own rehab thing (which obviously didn't work very well) My mother helped with the house cleaning when he wasn't there.
It actually is a pretty literal interpretation of the time he spent in Lake George NY. You can find the house he stayed in at the top of the village. The church was near Bolton Landing. He stayed up there to kind of do his own rehab thing (which obviously didn't work very well) My mother helped with the house cleaning when he wasn't there.
I think the meaning behind the song is quite literal, but to me it has almost a sad 60's irony to it (to do with what happened with cults etc).
I think the meaning behind the song is quite literal, but to me it has almost a sad 60's irony to it (to do with what happened with cults etc).
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray (spiritual emptiness) I've been for a walk on a winter's day (start spiritual quest) I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. (currently not his main priority)
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray (spiritual emptiness) I've been for a walk on a winter's day (start spiritual quest) I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. (currently not his main priority)
The second verse is about how the subject enters the cult:
The second verse is about how the subject enters the cult:
Stopped in to a church I passed along the way (enters cult compound) Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray, (adopts false spirituatily) You know the preacher liked the cold (cult leaders selfish motivation) He knows I'm gonna stay (cult leaders strong brainwashing power)
The last verse sums it up,
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray (had a feeling of spiritual emptiness) I've been for a walk on a winter's day (started spiritual quest) If I didn't tell her I could leave today (the subject is now fully trapped having fallen in love with one of the cult followers).
I think "California dreamin' on such a winter's day" tells us where we will be if we cant build our own spirituality.
If the song really is just a pretty, melancholy song like the writers claim it to be, perhaps it is meant as a warning from god to man kind at the birth of post modern thinking, to tell us, that to be comportable in a modern world we must create and build on our own spirituality.
This could also be seem as a dire warning about comming evil (the likes of charles manson etc).
Or am I way off?