For anyone who doesn't already know, Richard Manuel was the piano player/vocalist for The Band. He had the most heartbreaking voice I've ever heard (best example: "Whispering Pines" on the album THE BAND from 1969). Manuel committed suicide in 1986.
Adam writes such great metaphors. for me this song is almost entirely a metaphor for how the death of one of his idols made him finally wake up and realize how much his life had gone sideways while he tuned out.
Adam writes such great metaphors. for me this song is almost entirely a metaphor for how the death of one of his idols made him finally wake up and realize how much his life had gone sideways while he tuned out.
For anyone who doesn't already know, Richard Manuel was the piano player/vocalist for The Band. He had the most heartbreaking voice I've ever heard (best example: "Whispering Pines" on the album THE BAND from 1969). Manuel committed suicide in 1986.
Adam writes such great metaphors. for me this song is almost entirely a metaphor for how the death of one of his idols made him finally wake up and realize how much his life had gone sideways while he tuned out.
Adam writes such great metaphors. for me this song is almost entirely a metaphor for how the death of one of his idols made him finally wake up and realize how much his life had gone sideways while he tuned out.