If I remember right, this song came out about 1982. In my area (the Midwestern US) we had up to 15% unemployment, high inflation and interest rates. The relative price of oil was soaring and gold was up to 800+ dollars an ounce. The economy was in a period of drastic change, in the past we had a solid industrial / manufacturing based economy but that was dieing rapidly to dead in 1982. The information / internet based economy had not even been conceived of yet by most people in 1982 so it didn't seem like the future was too bright for anything. I had a job literally digging holes and doing other dirty work for minimum wage and was so lucky to have that. Does anyone know if there is an actual town / telegraph road that inspired this song? Sounds like it could have been any town in the Midwestern US (rust belt) back then. Hearing this song haunts me... takes me back to those days. The sky was always grey and people were unemployed.
Could be Telegraph in Detroit Michigan, but it sounds kinda like hes refering to "telegraph" in a broader sense of communication and (spelling) social fluxuation.
Could be Telegraph in Detroit Michigan, but it sounds kinda like hes refering to "telegraph" in a broader sense of communication and (spelling) social fluxuation.
If I remember right, this song came out about 1982. In my area (the Midwestern US) we had up to 15% unemployment, high inflation and interest rates. The relative price of oil was soaring and gold was up to 800+ dollars an ounce. The economy was in a period of drastic change, in the past we had a solid industrial / manufacturing based economy but that was dieing rapidly to dead in 1982. The information / internet based economy had not even been conceived of yet by most people in 1982 so it didn't seem like the future was too bright for anything. I had a job literally digging holes and doing other dirty work for minimum wage and was so lucky to have that. Does anyone know if there is an actual town / telegraph road that inspired this song? Sounds like it could have been any town in the Midwestern US (rust belt) back then. Hearing this song haunts me... takes me back to those days. The sky was always grey and people were unemployed.
Could be Telegraph in Detroit Michigan, but it sounds kinda like hes refering to "telegraph" in a broader sense of communication and (spelling) social fluxuation.
Could be Telegraph in Detroit Michigan, but it sounds kinda like hes refering to "telegraph" in a broader sense of communication and (spelling) social fluxuation.
@tman look here- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Michigan
@tman look here- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Michigan