I have this song and I didn't realise there was three different versions of Elephant Riders. Mine doesn't have this but I got the mp3 from the nice people at the pro-rock forums. No idea what it means, but it's a great song.
John Brown was a general in the Civil War who fought for the Norh, He led a battle in Bleeding, Kansas as well as a raid in Harpers Ferry West Virginia (at that time it was Virginia. He was caught by the Southern army and hanged in 1860. I would think the David/Phillistine reference is to the David and Goliath in the bible, where david kills Goliath with a rock and a sling (thus John Brown's army was "david" and the forces he was against was "goliath)
John Brown was a general in the Civil War who fought for the Norh, He led a battle in Bleeding, Kansas as well as a raid in Harpers Ferry West Virginia (at that time it was Virginia. He was caught by the Southern army and hanged in 1860. I would think the David/Phillistine reference is to the David and Goliath in the bible, where david kills Goliath with a rock and a sling (thus John Brown's army was "david" and the forces he was against was "goliath)
Side Note, Clutch lived in Harpers Ferry when they recorded...
Side Note, Clutch lived in Harpers Ferry when they recorded this album which was most likely the inspiration. I love clutch and have yet to hear this song as well, but the lyrics make sense to me as a Civil War Buff. Oh yea I'm also from West Virginia
I have this song and I didn't realise there was three different versions of Elephant Riders. Mine doesn't have this but I got the mp3 from the nice people at the pro-rock forums. No idea what it means, but it's a great song.
John Brown was a general in the Civil War who fought for the Norh, He led a battle in Bleeding, Kansas as well as a raid in Harpers Ferry West Virginia (at that time it was Virginia. He was caught by the Southern army and hanged in 1860. I would think the David/Phillistine reference is to the David and Goliath in the bible, where david kills Goliath with a rock and a sling (thus John Brown's army was "david" and the forces he was against was "goliath)
John Brown was a general in the Civil War who fought for the Norh, He led a battle in Bleeding, Kansas as well as a raid in Harpers Ferry West Virginia (at that time it was Virginia. He was caught by the Southern army and hanged in 1860. I would think the David/Phillistine reference is to the David and Goliath in the bible, where david kills Goliath with a rock and a sling (thus John Brown's army was "david" and the forces he was against was "goliath)
Side Note, Clutch lived in Harpers Ferry when they recorded...
Side Note, Clutch lived in Harpers Ferry when they recorded this album which was most likely the inspiration. I love clutch and have yet to hear this song as well, but the lyrics make sense to me as a Civil War Buff. Oh yea I'm also from West Virginia
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