Chain Lightning Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ProfessorKnowItAll 

Cover art for Chain Lightning lyrics by Steely Dan

I always thought it was a about the jazz scene--especially the rise of bop--and how it's not supposed to be music for the uninitiated (don't bother to understand/don't question the little man), "brotherhood"/"brother " being a term of camraderie between black musicians.

But the Hitler/Nazi interpretation works well, too.

@ProfessorKnowItAll I always thought it was about seeing Charlie Parker in NYC. The electricity of seeing one of the greats in a jazz club, an intimate setting, when the band was cooking.