I thing this is a sketch of his feelings about the music industry/scene. I think it’s hard to break down line by line but.
Sailors are the drinkers ima crowd with partners watching sirens sing. They sing for well dressed pimps who are likely venue owners/promoters/ well dressed scenesters at the club. Seasick would potentially mean intoxicated.
Learn a lot that way..etc is just reflection on the feeling or snapshot of the industry. Confidence being shattered in the reason faith in what of what he’s doing doesn’t matter.
For the turnstiles. Turnstiles are the metal things at venuesconcerrs/etc. For the numbers, for the money.
All the great explorers. Those who really made the art. The real f***** are dead. Jazz cats, blues singers, old country stars, performers who paved the road for Neil and his generation who we deem as the creators who were really influenced by those who came before.
Bush league batters would be all the folks that are snaking music and performing that will never make it (left to die on the diamond).
Hometown scatters. When you ain’t s$&@ people leave the show…head to the turnstiles to go back out and leave.
I thing this is a sketch of his feelings about the music industry/scene. I think it’s hard to break down line by line but.
Sailors are the drinkers ima crowd with partners watching sirens sing. They sing for well dressed pimps who are likely venue owners/promoters/ well dressed scenesters at the club. Seasick would potentially mean intoxicated.
Learn a lot that way..etc is just reflection on the feeling or snapshot of the industry. Confidence being shattered in the reason faith in what of what he’s doing doesn’t matter.
For the turnstiles. Turnstiles are the metal things at venuesconcerrs/etc. For the numbers, for the money.
All the great explorers. Those who really made the art. The real f***** are dead. Jazz cats, blues singers, old country stars, performers who paved the road for Neil and his generation who we deem as the creators who were really influenced by those who came before.
Bush league batters would be all the folks that are snaking music and performing that will never make it (left to die on the diamond).
Hometown scatters. When you ain’t s$&@ people leave the show…head to the turnstiles to go back out and leave.