I think it references a major blackout that happened in the Northeastern United States and Maritime Canada in the late sixties. I'm a native of Massachusetts and remember hearing this song when I was young, I thought it was the state song (it should be), and again when I was an exchange student in Germany in the early 1990s (I was at an anniversary dinner at a restaurant outside of Neu Ulm with my host family, the hosts of the dinner hired a musician who played this song).
@MrGoodmorning Thanks, I was thinking something like that. The headquarters of my religion is in Massachusetts so this song has powerful metaphorical meaning for me.
@MrGoodmorning Thanks, I was thinking something like that. The headquarters of my religion is in Massachusetts so this song has powerful metaphorical meaning for me.
I think it references a major blackout that happened in the Northeastern United States and Maritime Canada in the late sixties. I'm a native of Massachusetts and remember hearing this song when I was young, I thought it was the state song (it should be), and again when I was an exchange student in Germany in the early 1990s (I was at an anniversary dinner at a restaurant outside of Neu Ulm with my host family, the hosts of the dinner hired a musician who played this song).
@MrGoodmorning Thanks, I was thinking something like that. The headquarters of my religion is in Massachusetts so this song has powerful metaphorical meaning for me.
@MrGoodmorning Thanks, I was thinking something like that. The headquarters of my religion is in Massachusetts so this song has powerful metaphorical meaning for me.