Like much of Maclean’s 70s work there is often meaning piled on meaning and often not easily accessible but always interesting and sung with that very melodic expressive voice….. often the beauty is in the uncertainty….. the prostitute notion certainly works and the juxtaposition of the sacred and profane, the good and the bad, is a common theme in his work. This is a beautiful wistful sad song and I can’t say with certainty it’s exact meaning or indeed if it has one but it moves me and I feel the better for having heard it.
Like much of Maclean’s 70s work there is often meaning piled on meaning and often not easily accessible but always interesting and sung with that very melodic expressive voice….. often the beauty is in the uncertainty….. the prostitute notion certainly works and the juxtaposition of the sacred and profane, the good and the bad, is a common theme in his work. This is a beautiful wistful sad song and I can’t say with certainty it’s exact meaning or indeed if it has one but it moves me and I feel the better for having heard it.