Mike Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 So.... My question is.... Was Dewey Bunnell on drugs? Trying to just rhyme in time? Refering to the smell of the animals? Doesn't matter, just incoherent lyrics, let it go? OR WHAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 I don't know and it's a shame because Ventura Highway is one of my favorites of theirs. Anyway, I'll show you mine since you showed me yours.... "And cause never was the reason for the evening Or the tropic of sir galahad." "In the desert you can remember your name cause there aint no one for to give you no pain" "He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye Of a hurricane that's abandoned" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Lullabies look in your eyes, run around the same old town, doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 ... doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you. Those lines make perfect sense to me... I don´t know about the lullabies but that Neil Young sentence has always been one of my favorites. Since I heard "Old Man" for the first time, in 70? 71? I guess I´ll make it my sig... .cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Those lines make perfect sense to me... I don´t know about the lullabies but that Neil Young sentence has always been one of my favorites. Since I heard "Old Man" for the first time, in 70? 71? I guess I´ll make it my sig... .cool: I agree. It's a good sentence, which only makes it funnier to precede it with a nonsensical line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Refering to the smell of the animals? OR WHAT? I always thought the "alligator lizards in the air" were cloud formations. Actually, I love that line, and that song. And, yes, he most likely was on drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) To me, all 3 songs follow the same theme, freedom from the pain, stress and disquietude that can come from just living life. Maybe running away from life. So the lyrics make perfect sense to me, for the most part... "Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair and the day surround your daylight there Seasons cryin' no despair Alligator lizards in the air" These make perfect sense in the context of the theme. Just as Sammy says, the clouds, the peace and freedom you might feel gazing up at them. "In the desert you can remember your name cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain" Some days I'd love to feel as though I could dig out of the stress and pain I've felt at times, and feel just enough peace to remember my name.. "Cause I understand you've been running from the man That goes by the name of the Sandman He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye Of a hurricane that's abandoned" More about peace, the peace of the sky when a hurricane has been abandoned, or is over. The peace of the end of life getting closer, and running from that. Running away from life, with the Sandman hot on your heels. Perfect sense, to me. It's all in the context. Definatly on drugs. Edited June 9, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 I have always been partial to Moonage Daydream: I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' bitch for you Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a big monkey bird And I'm busting up my brains for the words Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me The church of man, love, is such a holy place to be Make me baby, make me know you really care Make me jump into the air Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! Freak out, far out, in out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Futurisic poetry from the past, I like it... Yes, he was on drugs too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 I guess the drugs then are the explanation for: 1-"for there aint no one for to give you no pain" Gee, how about, "For there's no one to give you pain"? 2-If the abandoned hurricane no longer exists then in what eye does the eagle fly? 3-WTF is the tropic of Sir Galahad? And who was it who ever said that cause was the reason for the evening? Because, well...that just doesn't make sense. Drugs indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Freaky, man, frea-ky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 I never did understand what "Joo Joo Eyeballs" (Beatles, Come Together) meant.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Lullabies look in your eyes, run around the same old town, doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you. This is one of my hubby's favorite lines from Neil....He just mentioned this the other day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 ^^ isn't it "Joo Joo Eyeball" (just one) ? that was the main thing I wondered about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 I never did understand what "Joo Joo Eyeballs" (Beatles, Come Together) meant.... I found this: "He got joo-joo eyeball" A joo-joo (or ju-ju) is a candy or sweet, like a jellybean. But this also says to me something shiny, voluminous, bigger than ordinary. The important thing that you might miss is that its only ONE eyeball. Just one eye. Or perhaps the Third Eye of Krishna consciousness, of spiritual awareness. here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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