No-one has commented on this song? Has to be my favourite song of all time, no other like it.
To me it's about a guy who, through unfortunate circumstances and an addiction he has lost everything he once had and can no longer really see the point of life.
The first 2 verses are just a guy who sees everything as the same, he no longer sees any new joy in life and he knows it will be almost impossible to find his love again, who he still has fond memories of (verse 3). The fourth verse is about him falling prey to his addiction again and the 5th about his 1st experiance that led to it. The 6th is soon after with him recovering from his latest "hit" and commenting on how dealers must have hard hearts to allow people to ruin their life as he has done. The final verse (expressed beautifully with the desperation in his voice but typed wrong here, its overturn tables, disconnect cables) is him having lost any will to live and noy knowing what the point of life is anymore.
Fav song ever...love it. So much desperation. Gotta love that Bob.
However, there are three major clues which should help.
"smell the tail of the Dragon" nuclear connection
"Tales of Yankee Power" nuclear connection
"Senor" personal connection
However, there are three major clues which should help.
"smell the tail of the Dragon" nuclear connection
"Tales of Yankee Power" nuclear connection
"Senor" personal connection
This leads to Louis Slotin. Look up in Wiki. He was a Jewish nuclear physicist from Canada who said he had served in the Spanish civil war but didn't-"Senor." A member of the Manhattan project, he was the second casualty of nuclear criticality, by holding two hemispheres together to go critical. Reaching criticality was called "chasing the tail of the dragon." He could...
This leads to Louis Slotin. Look up in Wiki. He was a Jewish nuclear physicist from Canada who said he had served in the Spanish civil war but didn't-"Senor." A member of the Manhattan project, he was the second casualty of nuclear criticality, by holding two hemispheres together to go critical. Reaching criticality was called "chasing the tail of the dragon." He could smell the event. This was a fascinatingly horrible event. Read the wiki or other good stories on him and it all stands together.
Just put this together at midnight.
Thus a brilliant anti nuke and beyond song. And we need it now more than ever with Obama's plan in Georgia.
Caveat.. I haven't confirmed with Bob.
Yep,love the song and love Jerry Garcia a la Pink Floyd version I just heard on soundtrack of that recent Dylan movie. I am going to work this up with buds for our get together. To be sung in protest also.
No-one has commented on this song? Has to be my favourite song of all time, no other like it.
To me it's about a guy who, through unfortunate circumstances and an addiction he has lost everything he once had and can no longer really see the point of life.
The first 2 verses are just a guy who sees everything as the same, he no longer sees any new joy in life and he knows it will be almost impossible to find his love again, who he still has fond memories of (verse 3). The fourth verse is about him falling prey to his addiction again and the 5th about his 1st experiance that led to it. The 6th is soon after with him recovering from his latest "hit" and commenting on how dealers must have hard hearts to allow people to ruin their life as he has done. The final verse (expressed beautifully with the desperation in his voice but typed wrong here, its overturn tables, disconnect cables) is him having lost any will to live and noy knowing what the point of life is anymore.
Fav song ever...love it. So much desperation. Gotta love that Bob.
Good guesses.
Good guesses.
However, there are three major clues which should help. "smell the tail of the Dragon" nuclear connection
"Tales of Yankee Power" nuclear connection "Senor" personal connection
However, there are three major clues which should help. "smell the tail of the Dragon" nuclear connection
"Tales of Yankee Power" nuclear connection "Senor" personal connection
This leads to Louis Slotin. Look up in Wiki. He was a Jewish nuclear physicist from Canada who said he had served in the Spanish civil war but didn't-"Senor." A member of the Manhattan project, he was the second casualty of nuclear criticality, by holding two hemispheres together to go critical. Reaching criticality was called "chasing the tail of the dragon." He could...
This leads to Louis Slotin. Look up in Wiki. He was a Jewish nuclear physicist from Canada who said he had served in the Spanish civil war but didn't-"Senor." A member of the Manhattan project, he was the second casualty of nuclear criticality, by holding two hemispheres together to go critical. Reaching criticality was called "chasing the tail of the dragon." He could smell the event. This was a fascinatingly horrible event. Read the wiki or other good stories on him and it all stands together.
Just put this together at midnight.
Thus a brilliant anti nuke and beyond song. And we need it now more than ever with Obama's plan in Georgia.
Caveat.. I haven't confirmed with Bob.
Yep,love the song and love Jerry Garcia a la Pink Floyd version I just heard on soundtrack of that recent Dylan movie. I am going to work this up with buds for our get together. To be sung in protest also.
Severn