It's a good song but not one of her best; it's about the circumstance of being a rock 'n roll star; something her listeners can understand but not generally identify with. I read an interview with Joni many years ago where she said that after the For the Roses album came out, some friends of hers told her they thought she was writing a bit too much about the music biz and they'd like her to write more about real life. She took that to heart and wrote very few songs that had any reference to the business she was in for the rest of her career. This is definitely one of those "music biz, life of a rock 'n roller" songs. Doesn't matter which particular rock star she was writing about; she knew plenty of 'em.
It's a good song but not one of her best; it's about the circumstance of being a rock 'n roll star; something her listeners can understand but not generally identify with. I read an interview with Joni many years ago where she said that after the For the Roses album came out, some friends of hers told her they thought she was writing a bit too much about the music biz and they'd like her to write more about real life. She took that to heart and wrote very few songs that had any reference to the business she was in for the rest of her career. This is definitely one of those "music biz, life of a rock 'n roller" songs. Doesn't matter which particular rock star she was writing about; she knew plenty of 'em.