This one always struck me as doubly clever. The first verse uses Looking Back literally - the long-haired rocker look Seger mused about in Turn The Page literally makes them turn their heads, do a double take, and judge, but he’s living his free, best life.
The remaining verses use Looking Back in a political sense, referring to backward-looking conservative thinking, especially regarding Vietnam. Interestingly, it’s the same groups looking back in both cases.
This one always struck me as doubly clever. The first verse uses Looking Back literally - the long-haired rocker look Seger mused about in Turn The Page literally makes them turn their heads, do a double take, and judge, but he’s living his free, best life.
The remaining verses use Looking Back in a political sense, referring to backward-looking conservative thinking, especially regarding Vietnam. Interestingly, it’s the same groups looking back in both cases.