From Wikipedia, "Hynde wrote the song for her former bandmate James Honeyman-Scott after he died prior to beginning work on the band's third album." 2000 miles is a gentle euphemism for the infinite distance of death.
@steve10157 This is an interpretation of the song I have just found out about, I can’t believe I never put it together in my head that 2000 Miles is about JH-S (and Pete Farndon)…the Learning To Crawl lp’s songs are, for the most part, about Chrissie’s life at the time, which of course included the double tragedies of the deaths of James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon (including Back On The Chain Gang), so I’d think it would’ve been more obvious to me that 2000 miles wasn’t only about missing someone who’s apart from you at Christmas, it’s also about remembering...
@steve10157 This is an interpretation of the song I have just found out about, I can’t believe I never put it together in my head that 2000 Miles is about JH-S (and Pete Farndon)…the Learning To Crawl lp’s songs are, for the most part, about Chrissie’s life at the time, which of course included the double tragedies of the deaths of James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon (including Back On The Chain Gang), so I’d think it would’ve been more obvious to me that 2000 miles wasn’t only about missing someone who’s apart from you at Christmas, it’s also about remembering those who’ve touched your life but aren’t around anymore, anywhere but in your heart…\r\n\r\nThe title ‘Learning To Crawl’, to me, has a double meaning. It refers to the birth of Chrissie Hynde and Ray Davies daughter, as she was literally learning to crawl as the lp was being made… it also speaks of the ability of life to just unexpectedly thrust us into tragedy (or triumph, it must be acknowledged), as Chrissie was floored by the deaths of those two Men who were half of the original membership of the Pretenders, she was, as time came to record again (this time without those two brilliant young men who filled out what was such a promising group), Chrissie was finally pulling herself together, vowing To go on, but just “learning to crawl”…She must have felt like she and her daughter were both just waking up to a new life…
From Wikipedia, "Hynde wrote the song for her former bandmate James Honeyman-Scott after he died prior to beginning work on the band's third album." 2000 miles is a gentle euphemism for the infinite distance of death.
@steve10157 This is an interpretation of the song I have just found out about, I can’t believe I never put it together in my head that 2000 Miles is about JH-S (and Pete Farndon)…the Learning To Crawl lp’s songs are, for the most part, about Chrissie’s life at the time, which of course included the double tragedies of the deaths of James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon (including Back On The Chain Gang), so I’d think it would’ve been more obvious to me that 2000 miles wasn’t only about missing someone who’s apart from you at Christmas, it’s also about remembering...
@steve10157 This is an interpretation of the song I have just found out about, I can’t believe I never put it together in my head that 2000 Miles is about JH-S (and Pete Farndon)…the Learning To Crawl lp’s songs are, for the most part, about Chrissie’s life at the time, which of course included the double tragedies of the deaths of James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon (including Back On The Chain Gang), so I’d think it would’ve been more obvious to me that 2000 miles wasn’t only about missing someone who’s apart from you at Christmas, it’s also about remembering those who’ve touched your life but aren’t around anymore, anywhere but in your heart…\r\n\r\nThe title ‘Learning To Crawl’, to me, has a double meaning. It refers to the birth of Chrissie Hynde and Ray Davies daughter, as she was literally learning to crawl as the lp was being made… it also speaks of the ability of life to just unexpectedly thrust us into tragedy (or triumph, it must be acknowledged), as Chrissie was floored by the deaths of those two Men who were half of the original membership of the Pretenders, she was, as time came to record again (this time without those two brilliant young men who filled out what was such a promising group), Chrissie was finally pulling herself together, vowing To go on, but just “learning to crawl”…She must have felt like she and her daughter were both just waking up to a new life…