This song is about Detroit in it's more finer days.. Obviously Henry is the famous Henry Ford, owner of the first car brand in the world.
'Barry' is Berry Gordy, founder and owner of the Motown record label, the most successful label in USA.
The message of this song is for all the entrepreneurs: you can make something out of nothing. You just have to be different and DO IT.
However, things in Detroit nowadays look very different... The town became a ghost town, and the roaring engines from Ford moved to different locations and the joyful sounds from Motown moved to LA etc... Since Mayer Hawthorne is a Detroit-based artist, he tries to put Detroit in a better daylight. He tries to build up the once great north American city, but as he states, 'But it just takes so long'
This song is about Detroit in it's more finer days.. Obviously Henry is the famous Henry Ford, owner of the first car brand in the world.
'Barry' is Berry Gordy, founder and owner of the Motown record label, the most successful label in USA.
The message of this song is for all the entrepreneurs: you can make something out of nothing. You just have to be different and DO IT. However, things in Detroit nowadays look very different... The town became a ghost town, and the roaring engines from Ford moved to different locations and the joyful sounds from Motown moved to LA etc... Since Mayer Hawthorne is a Detroit-based artist, he tries to put Detroit in a better daylight. He tries to build up the once great north American city, but as he states, 'But it just takes so long'