I actualy read this in a book called "don't be denied"
which is a bio on neil. it says he wrote this song for his bassist in his very old band. They were called the "squires". Neil felt bad because he needed to move on with his musical career and this left his old bassist behind. it says:
Did you see him, did you see him?
Did you see him in the river?
He were there to wave to you.
the waving part shows that the bassist knew neil have to move on and he supported him no matter what he did.
"This is what i read in the book." and i think this a great song and i always listen to this when I put on some music
@expectingtofly Spot on, that makes a helluva lot more sense than frednurk 100's opinion that it was a reference to the JFK assassination. Songfacts.com pulls from a Rolling Stone interview with Young where he says he wrote it when his "head was in a bad place," he makes reference more than once that he dedicated this song to his old The Squires bandmate, Kluh or Klun, something like that, who, they say, was brought into B. S. as a temporary replacement for another band member's absence, and Neil was given the sorry role of breaking the news that he...
@expectingtofly Spot on, that makes a helluva lot more sense than frednurk 100's opinion that it was a reference to the JFK assassination. Songfacts.com pulls from a Rolling Stone interview with Young where he says he wrote it when his "head was in a bad place," he makes reference more than once that he dedicated this song to his old The Squires bandmate, Kluh or Klun, something like that, who, they say, was brought into B. S. as a temporary replacement for another band member's absence, and Neil was given the sorry role of breaking the news that he was out of the band when he had thought he was a permanent replacement.
I actualy read this in a book called "don't be denied" which is a bio on neil. it says he wrote this song for his bassist in his very old band. They were called the "squires". Neil felt bad because he needed to move on with his musical career and this left his old bassist behind. it says:
Did you see him, did you see him? Did you see him in the river? He were there to wave to you.
the waving part shows that the bassist knew neil have to move on and he supported him no matter what he did.
"This is what i read in the book." and i think this a great song and i always listen to this when I put on some music
@expectingtofly Spot on, that makes a helluva lot more sense than frednurk 100's opinion that it was a reference to the JFK assassination. Songfacts.com pulls from a Rolling Stone interview with Young where he says he wrote it when his "head was in a bad place," he makes reference more than once that he dedicated this song to his old The Squires bandmate, Kluh or Klun, something like that, who, they say, was brought into B. S. as a temporary replacement for another band member's absence, and Neil was given the sorry role of breaking the news that he...
@expectingtofly Spot on, that makes a helluva lot more sense than frednurk 100's opinion that it was a reference to the JFK assassination. Songfacts.com pulls from a Rolling Stone interview with Young where he says he wrote it when his "head was in a bad place," he makes reference more than once that he dedicated this song to his old The Squires bandmate, Kluh or Klun, something like that, who, they say, was brought into B. S. as a temporary replacement for another band member's absence, and Neil was given the sorry role of breaking the news that he was out of the band when he had thought he was a permanent replacement.