This song promotes solidarity between social classes. When you look up solidarity in a dictionary you'll find something like this:
"A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests."
Now most people will probably associate this group or fellowship with a political group or a social class. I'd much rather think of this group as all of humanity. Politics and social situations change all the time, (even if it's ever so slowly) but no matter if you are rich or poor or a lefty or a righty, you'll always be a human being.
By the way, I think that there are way too few post on most Nick Drake songs. Considering that Nick Drake has written some of the most amazingly beautiful lyrics ever, this place should be shock full of interpretations and stories about what this music means to you. As I believe that most Nick Drake fans are fairly intelligent and willing to discuss, I can only interpret the shortage of posts in one way, not enough people know about Nick Drake. Therefore it's up to you people who already know about Nick to enlighten your family and friends, and tell them about all the great music they're missing out on. In my humble opinion, Nick Drake certainly deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, but he'll only achieve that kind of fame through word of mouth, so let's start spreading the evangel!
This song promotes solidarity between social classes. When you look up solidarity in a dictionary you'll find something like this: "A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests." Now most people will probably associate this group or fellowship with a political group or a social class. I'd much rather think of this group as all of humanity. Politics and social situations change all the time, (even if it's ever so slowly) but no matter if you are rich or poor or a lefty or a righty, you'll always be a human being.
By the way, I think that there are way too few post on most Nick Drake songs. Considering that Nick Drake has written some of the most amazingly beautiful lyrics ever, this place should be shock full of interpretations and stories about what this music means to you. As I believe that most Nick Drake fans are fairly intelligent and willing to discuss, I can only interpret the shortage of posts in one way, not enough people know about Nick Drake. Therefore it's up to you people who already know about Nick to enlighten your family and friends, and tell them about all the great music they're missing out on. In my humble opinion, Nick Drake certainly deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, but he'll only achieve that kind of fame through word of mouth, so let's start spreading the evangel!