I'm new to this site, so I'll try to do my best.:)
As ChillyKitten has described it, I absolutely agree.
As my first language is not English, for a long time I didn't understand the words.
It seemed for me in that time that it is about California where people arrive at and have a great life, always sunny days and so.
I always wanted to go there in anyway, it's not like because of this song, of course.:)
So I did...with a very good friend of mine, a long time ago...we were only 23-24.
The same expectations like the singer of this song...in a van from Miami to L.A.
We got on board of a 747 in Amsterdam, not in the US.:))
And man, it poured, it poured although never rained.
We had very hard time live in that van for several months, no work permit, so no work..or sometimes just for food.
We have worked in Hollywood in a garden for a man from the same country as we were from and every day we have seen the big white letters: HOLLYWOOD.
Well, needless to say, we didn't make it...I came back at the end of April, 1992 as my tourist visa was supposed to be expired in a couple of days.
Now does that date ring the bell for someone? Rodney King, L.A. riot, etc.?
My friend stayed for another 8 months working for a Hungarian restaruant as a dish-washer and it was the time he gave up.
So this song tells our story, too, although I still wanna go back, this time to Northern California.:)))
ps:: if it seems a bit sad story, don't worry, IT IS NOT. We were young with full of energy and optimism. And this experience you can't buy in a travel agency. We have met so many interesting people, seen a lot of cities and sites, woken up in the middle of nowhere close to road 66 as we had stopped the previous night with that van for a sleep on a roadside, we didn't even know.
You remember Forrest Gump, when he crosses the country on foot?
Now what did you feel when you were watching those scenes?
Yes,exactly...now that's how we felt and still are feeling when we think about it.:))
Sorry for the long and theme different explanation, but for us this song means that story.:)
Hi,
I'm new to this site, so I'll try to do my best.:) As ChillyKitten has described it, I absolutely agree. As my first language is not English, for a long time I didn't understand the words. It seemed for me in that time that it is about California where people arrive at and have a great life, always sunny days and so.
I always wanted to go there in anyway, it's not like because of this song, of course.:)
So I did...with a very good friend of mine, a long time ago...we were only 23-24. The same expectations like the singer of this song...in a van from Miami to L.A. We got on board of a 747 in Amsterdam, not in the US.:))
And man, it poured, it poured although never rained. We had very hard time live in that van for several months, no work permit, so no work..or sometimes just for food.
We have worked in Hollywood in a garden for a man from the same country as we were from and every day we have seen the big white letters: HOLLYWOOD.
Well, needless to say, we didn't make it...I came back at the end of April, 1992 as my tourist visa was supposed to be expired in a couple of days.
Now does that date ring the bell for someone? Rodney King, L.A. riot, etc.?
My friend stayed for another 8 months working for a Hungarian restaruant as a dish-washer and it was the time he gave up.
So this song tells our story, too, although I still wanna go back, this time to Northern California.:)))
ps:: if it seems a bit sad story, don't worry, IT IS NOT. We were young with full of energy and optimism. And this experience you can't buy in a travel agency. We have met so many interesting people, seen a lot of cities and sites, woken up in the middle of nowhere close to road 66 as we had stopped the previous night with that van for a sleep on a roadside, we didn't even know.
You remember Forrest Gump, when he crosses the country on foot? Now what did you feel when you were watching those scenes? Yes,exactly...now that's how we felt and still are feeling when we think about it.:))
Sorry for the long and theme different explanation, but for us this song means that story.:)