Wednesday, September 14, 2011

AFTER THE GOLD RUSH

Although I really cannot determine exactly what Neil Young was trying to say in this song, it is one of my favorites.  And this my favorite version:



"After The Goldrush"

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.

3 comments:

Bizzy Brain said...

The fun about this stuff is you can associate practically anything. The Gold could stand for Acapulco Gold, the Rush could stand for the rush resulting from the ingestion of intoxicants. Sun and spaceships indicate psychedelic intoxicants. Silver seed may refer to the spirit seeds that are part of the Eastern Mysticism that was quite popular in the early 70’s. If one REALLY wants to understand the lyrics, ingest some mescaline, or maybe better yet, some psilocybin, light up some weed, put the music on and give a listen.

hoosierdaddy said...

BB - right on. Did you click on the first link in the post? It shows that anyone can attribute anything to these lyrics :-) I think that songwriters sometimes do this on purpose.

Bizzy Brain said...

Finally did click on the first link for other interpretations. Interesting. Guess there must be a lot of James Joyce in pop lyrics writers.