To me, the whole song reads a bit like a tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Blinded by the Light.
It has a rhyming scheme very reminiscent of Blinded by the Light, relying heavily on in line rhymes. And it's got the same stream-of-consciousness flow in its approach to its subject matters.
The mention of "weather charts" is probably not coincidental either. That and, uhm, they're dropping the title of the song in the chorus ^^
That's not to say it's not a song in its own right though, or that it can't have a meaning of its own. I kind of like it too, it would be cool if anyone had any other thoughts on what it's about.
@Henky if youre still here years later this is a love letter to Philadelphia and the life the bielankos were living there at the time. There is some contrast of upper and lower class happening as well. "The boulevard" in Philadelphia refers exclusively to roosevelt boulevard, a major corridor from northeast Philadelphia (at the time middle to upper middle class white housing area) to the downtown area. Point breeze was at the time a very economically depressed black neighborhood. The contrast is also present in the waitress getting tipped only coin change (head or tails) to the wealthy diners with...
@Henky if youre still here years later this is a love letter to Philadelphia and the life the bielankos were living there at the time. There is some contrast of upper and lower class happening as well. "The boulevard" in Philadelphia refers exclusively to roosevelt boulevard, a major corridor from northeast Philadelphia (at the time middle to upper middle class white housing area) to the downtown area. Point breeze was at the time a very economically depressed black neighborhood. The contrast is also present in the waitress getting tipped only coin change (head or tails) to the wealthy diners with ballet tickets winding their watches (not a cheap digital watch.) The action news verse is more of a working class feel.
To me, the whole song reads a bit like a tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Blinded by the Light.
It has a rhyming scheme very reminiscent of Blinded by the Light, relying heavily on in line rhymes. And it's got the same stream-of-consciousness flow in its approach to its subject matters.
The mention of "weather charts" is probably not coincidental either. That and, uhm, they're dropping the title of the song in the chorus ^^
That's not to say it's not a song in its own right though, or that it can't have a meaning of its own. I kind of like it too, it would be cool if anyone had any other thoughts on what it's about.
@Henky if youre still here years later this is a love letter to Philadelphia and the life the bielankos were living there at the time. There is some contrast of upper and lower class happening as well. "The boulevard" in Philadelphia refers exclusively to roosevelt boulevard, a major corridor from northeast Philadelphia (at the time middle to upper middle class white housing area) to the downtown area. Point breeze was at the time a very economically depressed black neighborhood. The contrast is also present in the waitress getting tipped only coin change (head or tails) to the wealthy diners with...
@Henky if youre still here years later this is a love letter to Philadelphia and the life the bielankos were living there at the time. There is some contrast of upper and lower class happening as well. "The boulevard" in Philadelphia refers exclusively to roosevelt boulevard, a major corridor from northeast Philadelphia (at the time middle to upper middle class white housing area) to the downtown area. Point breeze was at the time a very economically depressed black neighborhood. The contrast is also present in the waitress getting tipped only coin change (head or tails) to the wealthy diners with ballet tickets winding their watches (not a cheap digital watch.) The action news verse is more of a working class feel.