Well, DB Cooper is surely right. H.A.R Philby's nickname was "Kim" and came from Kipling's novel whose action takes place in India. "Kim" Philby himself was born in India.
There is a part of the song that sounds as if Rory played a sitar, and the version in which he actualy used the instrument (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVeyEuOA6g).
I think that this definitely speaks in favor of the Kim Philby interpretation, not the Jack Philby one.
It's a Coral Sitar-Guitar. It plays like a normal guitar but has the buzzing bridge and sympathetically resonating strings of a sitar. Rory played it quite often but it is most prominent on Philby.
It's a Coral Sitar-Guitar. It plays like a normal guitar but has the buzzing bridge and sympathetically resonating strings of a sitar. Rory played it quite often but it is most prominent on Philby.
I don't think it's use is to reflect India - that seems too tenuous to me. I'd guess the sound just worked for the song.
I don't think it's use is to reflect India - that seems too tenuous to me. I'd guess the sound just worked for the song.
I do believe though that the Philby mentioned is Kim Philby. I struggle to understand why Rory would feel like him though.
I do believe though that the Philby mentioned is Kim Philby. I struggle to understand why Rory would feel like him though.
Well, DB Cooper is surely right. H.A.R Philby's nickname was "Kim" and came from Kipling's novel whose action takes place in India. "Kim" Philby himself was born in India. There is a part of the song that sounds as if Rory played a sitar, and the version in which he actualy used the instrument (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVeyEuOA6g). I think that this definitely speaks in favor of the Kim Philby interpretation, not the Jack Philby one.
It's a Coral Sitar-Guitar. It plays like a normal guitar but has the buzzing bridge and sympathetically resonating strings of a sitar. Rory played it quite often but it is most prominent on Philby.
It's a Coral Sitar-Guitar. It plays like a normal guitar but has the buzzing bridge and sympathetically resonating strings of a sitar. Rory played it quite often but it is most prominent on Philby.
I don't think it's use is to reflect India - that seems too tenuous to me. I'd guess the sound just worked for the song.
I don't think it's use is to reflect India - that seems too tenuous to me. I'd guess the sound just worked for the song.
I do believe though that the Philby mentioned is Kim Philby. I struggle to understand why Rory would feel like him though.
I do believe though that the Philby mentioned is Kim Philby. I struggle to understand why Rory would feel like him though.
@thejavu yes I agree it's about a spy" coming out from the cold".
@thejavu yes I agree it's about a spy" coming out from the cold".
@thejavu But Rory compares his own life on the road to the spy's life.
@thejavu But Rory compares his own life on the road to the spy's life.