| Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Personally, I love the song, and the lyrics always seemed fun, but bizarre, and I assumed they were about an acid trip. And I love Grace Slick... She was the complete babe.... :Drool: Smart, sexy, and sassy... Oh to have been a teenager back in the 60s! But what this song is to Grace Slick, according to her autobiography, is the hypocrisy of parents of kids of the 50's and 60's. These parents and society were telling them not to do drugs. But those same parents had read them the story of Alice in Wonderland, which was filled not necessarily with drug references, but references to altering oneself externally. Also, those same parents who admonished kids for using drugs, had their own drugs of choice.... Alcohol, nicotine, Valium, etc. - Steve |
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| Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Actually, this song was originally written and performed by a band called "The Great Society", which was the band that was started by Grace Slick, Jerry Slick (her 1st husband), and his brother, Darby Slick. Grace talks about the song and it's meaning in her autobiography, "Somebody to Love". The song was written by Darby and is about a more grown up version of love... She says they were tired of all of the "Why don't you love me?" songs that were typical of love songs of the era. The song means, if you're feeling down and out, and life is handing you a bunch of shit for whatever reason, find somebody to love... To Love in the human sense, not the sexual or romantic sense. To give love, rather than bemoaning not receiving love. In her words: "Rather than the loving you're whining about getting or not getting, a more satisfying state of heart might be the loving you're 'giving'. Suggesting that adhering to the old Puritan cliche, 'It's better to give than to receive', might actually make you a happier person. The idea of service and selflessness may sound like a tedious task reserved for bald monks, but the way Darby wrote the lyrics, altruism didn't seem like such a lofty and unattainable state. He gave the impression that giving could even be an enjoyable adventure." - Steve |
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