Hey "heartbeats_xxx" thank you for that, I never heard of that story before.
It's a shame really that people are so reactionary and wouldn't think about something before responding. For all they know, he could have been singing about London and comparing it to Seattle. Etc..
As for what the song is about, I'm not sure. I'm not even sure he is particularly critiquing Seattle. I wonder if maybe he was on a tour or something and was feeling homesick or something, and ended up in Seattle at some point, and got a bad feeling about the place for some reason. It's "unfamiliar" and maybe he felt it was big and easy to feel lost. Or maybe some people were horrified by his punk looks and said something like, "What in the world?!" and he felt hurt, and felt like they wanted him to get out of their world.
That is my guess anyway. I suppose I would have to google for interviews or something to find out the real meaning.
Hey "heartbeats_xxx" thank you for that, I never heard of that story before.
It's a shame really that people are so reactionary and wouldn't think about something before responding. For all they know, he could have been singing about London and comparing it to Seattle. Etc..
As for what the song is about, I'm not sure. I'm not even sure he is particularly critiquing Seattle. I wonder if maybe he was on a tour or something and was feeling homesick or something, and ended up in Seattle at some point, and got a bad feeling about the place for some reason. It's "unfamiliar" and maybe he felt it was big and easy to feel lost. Or maybe some people were horrified by his punk looks and said something like, "What in the world?!" and he felt hurt, and felt like they wanted him to get out of their world.
That is my guess anyway. I suppose I would have to google for interviews or something to find out the real meaning.