Actually, I'm not quite sure if it is about Jackie and JFK....I'm thinking it's about JFK jr and his wife Carolyn (and her sister). JFK jr died in a plane crash in summer of 1999, just 5yrs after his mother.
The lyrics about "static" and a "grey mistake" make sense because the cause of jr's plane crash was a result of the grey haze that made it difficult to distinguish the horizon from the water. He thought he was turning the plane around but instead went crashing down to "earth"...(actually it was water).
The lyrics about "new machines" and being "crazy" also make sense when you consider JFK jr was not an experienced pilot and had not finished his certification for using the plane's instruments. Since he had NEVER flown at night or even without an instructor before, many thought he was crazy taking such a risk.
If you take all that into account, the song could be about Jackie's ghost coming back to save her son from this plane crash. "you can stop them, where's your baby? He's alone. Kennedy ,your Kennedy"
I think that last line about "you're slipping american suger sweetness 1963" could just be a statement about the end of an era. 1963 being the year of JFK's assisination, was also the begining of a downward spiral for America. Soon after Johnson finished his term, the Nixon/Watergate scandal took place. We haven't been the same ever since....no more Camelot!
Actually, I'm not quite sure if it is about Jackie and JFK....I'm thinking it's about JFK jr and his wife Carolyn (and her sister). JFK jr died in a plane crash in summer of 1999, just 5yrs after his mother.
The lyrics about "static" and a "grey mistake" make sense because the cause of jr's plane crash was a result of the grey haze that made it difficult to distinguish the horizon from the water. He thought he was turning the plane around but instead went crashing down to "earth"...(actually it was water).
The lyrics about "new machines" and being "crazy" also make sense when you consider JFK jr was not an experienced pilot and had not finished his certification for using the plane's instruments. Since he had NEVER flown at night or even without an instructor before, many thought he was crazy taking such a risk.
If you take all that into account, the song could be about Jackie's ghost coming back to save her son from this plane crash. "you can stop them, where's your baby? He's alone. Kennedy ,your Kennedy"
I think that last line about "you're slipping american suger sweetness 1963" could just be a statement about the end of an era. 1963 being the year of JFK's assisination, was also the begining of a downward spiral for America. Soon after Johnson finished his term, the Nixon/Watergate scandal took place. We haven't been the same ever since....no more Camelot!
i agree...
i agree...