I've heard that this song is supposed to be about Syd Barrett. I don't actually get it, myself. I'm a huge fan of him (Syd Barrett, that is), and I don't really see how much here pertains to him. Well, no...I suppose you could take the second verse to be talking about how his nervous breakdown was believed by some to be partly caused by his fame, which is ironic, seeing as he probably fully intended to make it big ("he landed right on target/But the target rolled away/And it left him pointing nowhere). And the last verse also makes sense, somewhat...in the sense that it's the sort of thing that would have been applicable in his situation but not in a specific way. Alright, I sort of get it. It probably makes total sense in Mr. Hitchcock's mind, which, as an artist, I can understand. (You know, saying all this has probably made me sound really weird somehow...)
Another possibility is: Bob Dylan. In a tweet RH referred to Dylan as the man who invented himself, which makes sense in terms of Dylan's self-dramatization, nicely portrayed in the film "I'm Not There."
Another possibility is: Bob Dylan. In a tweet RH referred to Dylan as the man who invented himself, which makes sense in terms of Dylan's self-dramatization, nicely portrayed in the film "I'm Not There."
I've heard that this song is supposed to be about Syd Barrett. I don't actually get it, myself. I'm a huge fan of him (Syd Barrett, that is), and I don't really see how much here pertains to him. Well, no...I suppose you could take the second verse to be talking about how his nervous breakdown was believed by some to be partly caused by his fame, which is ironic, seeing as he probably fully intended to make it big ("he landed right on target/But the target rolled away/And it left him pointing nowhere). And the last verse also makes sense, somewhat...in the sense that it's the sort of thing that would have been applicable in his situation but not in a specific way. Alright, I sort of get it. It probably makes total sense in Mr. Hitchcock's mind, which, as an artist, I can understand. (You know, saying all this has probably made me sound really weird somehow...)
Another possibility is: Bob Dylan. In a tweet RH referred to Dylan as the man who invented himself, which makes sense in terms of Dylan's self-dramatization, nicely portrayed in the film "I'm Not There."
Another possibility is: Bob Dylan. In a tweet RH referred to Dylan as the man who invented himself, which makes sense in terms of Dylan's self-dramatization, nicely portrayed in the film "I'm Not There."
@Pippin the Mercury On this recording: https://archive.org/details/robynhitchcock1987-07-17 just before starting it, he says ‘This is about Bob Dylan… and people like that.’
@Pippin the Mercury On this recording: https://archive.org/details/robynhitchcock1987-07-17 just before starting it, he says ‘This is about Bob Dylan… and people like that.’