| Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Yes, I think you about nailed it. BTW, Jerry Garcia is listed as the "spiritual advisor" for the album "Surrealistic Pillow" as he said the album sounded "as Surrealistic as a pillow is soft." and The Grateful Dead have a great set of lyrics in "Truckin'" that cover the subject as well (IMHO): "Most of the cats that you meet on the streets speak of true love, Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home. One of these days they know they gotta get goin' Out of the door and down on the streets all alone." |
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| Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I like the "break up" analysis and the "hanging around at a party" analysis. I remember seeing an interview with Grace Slick and she said she was like sleeping with everyone at the time and was doing every drug that she could get her hands on. That kind of leads to dark places. I always thought the song was at least partially written by Grace Slick and someone with the last name of Darby because it lists the song writer as Darby Slick (which I thought was Slick and someone named Darby). But I found out that I was completely wrong about the whole thing when I researched it on Wikipedia. It was written by someone else entirely. Here is what it says: "Written by Great Society guitarist Darby Slick and first performed by that band, which included his then-sister-in-law Grace Slick on vocals, the song made little impact outside of the club circuit in the Bay Area." I wonder what Darby Slick was going through when this song was written... |
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| Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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That sounds like a pretty good analysis. I remember seeing an interview with Grace Slick and she said she was like sleeping with everyone at the time and was doing every drug that she could get her hands on. That kind of leads to dark places. I always thought it was written by Grace Slick and someone with the last name of Darby. But I found out that I was completely wrong about the whole thing when I researched it on Wikipedia. It was written by someone else entirely. Here is what it says: "Written by Great Society guitarist Darby Slick and first performed by that band, which included his then-sister-in-law Grace Slick on vocals, the song made little impact outside of the club circuit in the Bay Area." |
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| Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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| Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I read that they were whacked out on everything that they could get their hands on. So who knows what Grace and Darby were on when they wrote this... | |
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