This song, although couched in somewhat esoteric language, is pretty deep. The group was South African, and this is in reference to apartheid, long before most of the public knew that term or anything about it. But it's not just that -- it is also a reference to the changes that were going on in the 60's and the breaking free of the old ways, the establishment's ways, their parents' ways. "I'd like to see the world through my own eyes." The children of the 60's certainly did. Think of the whirlwind of social change that took place between 1960 and 1970.
No, it wasn't in reference to apartheid. From the band's own website, the lead singer states, "Glenys relates the story of "Master Jack": "In certain mines the foreman is called 'Master
Jack', and the song tells the story of a labourerwho works diligently for this master for
years and years and then decides to go outon his own and exercise his desires and
aspirations as an individual to be something other than a labourer."
No, it wasn't in reference to apartheid. From the band's own website, the lead singer states, "Glenys relates the story of "Master Jack": "In certain mines the foreman is called 'Master
Jack', and the song tells the story of a labourerwho works diligently for this master for
years and years and then decides to go outon his own and exercise his desires and
aspirations as an individual to be something other than a labourer."
This song, although couched in somewhat esoteric language, is pretty deep. The group was South African, and this is in reference to apartheid, long before most of the public knew that term or anything about it. But it's not just that -- it is also a reference to the changes that were going on in the 60's and the breaking free of the old ways, the establishment's ways, their parents' ways. "I'd like to see the world through my own eyes." The children of the 60's certainly did. Think of the whirlwind of social change that took place between 1960 and 1970.
No, it wasn't in reference to apartheid. From the band's own website, the lead singer states, "Glenys relates the story of "Master Jack": "In certain mines the foreman is called 'Master Jack', and the song tells the story of a labourerwho works diligently for this master for years and years and then decides to go outon his own and exercise his desires and aspirations as an individual to be something other than a labourer."
No, it wasn't in reference to apartheid. From the band's own website, the lead singer states, "Glenys relates the story of "Master Jack": "In certain mines the foreman is called 'Master Jack', and the song tells the story of a labourerwho works diligently for this master for years and years and then decides to go outon his own and exercise his desires and aspirations as an individual to be something other than a labourer."