Jackson Browne wrote this song in response to CS&N's Wooden Ships. Wooden Ships is about a group of people who leave this world on ships and sail away to a better place. After hearing the song, Jackson asked "What about everyone else" and wrote For Everyman. I remember listeniong to this song after Bush won the election in 2004. It hit home so perfectly. I felt like leaving for someplace else - Canada perhaps. After hearing the song, I realized I wasn't the only one with these fealings, and that if I stayed here I could take a stand and perhaps make things better.
Almost. David Crosby said that he was having a conversation with JB, talking about getting away, perhaps buying an island where he and friends could live. JB responded by asking about the people who weren't part of his plan, what about everyone else in the counterculture? He later wrote For Everyman and David's head was set straight, he realized anew what a wonderful person JB was and that his elitist plans were anathema to the spirit of the counterculture. So, it wasn't after hearing Wooden Ships that the song was written, it was after having the conversation with Croz.
Almost. David Crosby said that he was having a conversation with JB, talking about getting away, perhaps buying an island where he and friends could live. JB responded by asking about the people who weren't part of his plan, what about everyone else in the counterculture? He later wrote For Everyman and David's head was set straight, he realized anew what a wonderful person JB was and that his elitist plans were anathema to the spirit of the counterculture. So, it wasn't after hearing Wooden Ships that the song was written, it was after having the conversation with Croz.
Jackson Browne wrote this song in response to CS&N's Wooden Ships. Wooden Ships is about a group of people who leave this world on ships and sail away to a better place. After hearing the song, Jackson asked "What about everyone else" and wrote For Everyman. I remember listeniong to this song after Bush won the election in 2004. It hit home so perfectly. I felt like leaving for someplace else - Canada perhaps. After hearing the song, I realized I wasn't the only one with these fealings, and that if I stayed here I could take a stand and perhaps make things better.
Almost. David Crosby said that he was having a conversation with JB, talking about getting away, perhaps buying an island where he and friends could live. JB responded by asking about the people who weren't part of his plan, what about everyone else in the counterculture? He later wrote For Everyman and David's head was set straight, he realized anew what a wonderful person JB was and that his elitist plans were anathema to the spirit of the counterculture. So, it wasn't after hearing Wooden Ships that the song was written, it was after having the conversation with Croz.
Almost. David Crosby said that he was having a conversation with JB, talking about getting away, perhaps buying an island where he and friends could live. JB responded by asking about the people who weren't part of his plan, what about everyone else in the counterculture? He later wrote For Everyman and David's head was set straight, he realized anew what a wonderful person JB was and that his elitist plans were anathema to the spirit of the counterculture. So, it wasn't after hearing Wooden Ships that the song was written, it was after having the conversation with Croz.
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I would re read the lyrics after reading the play. This is a profound song lyric, written for the ages by a genius.
I would re read the lyrics after reading the play. This is a profound song lyric, written for the ages by a genius.
I left a detailed comment to wearydreamer.
I left a detailed comment to wearydreamer.