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abraxas
Fourth Love

USA
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Posted - 24/03/2012 :  00:41:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Is this song about Bryan's dad or something. It seems like he's trying to reach out to his dad or something because didn't his dad didn't appreciate or something.

John9
Old Love

United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/03/2012 :  11:07:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by abraxas

Is this song about Bryan's dad or something. It seems like he's trying to reach out to his dad or something because didn't his dad didn't appreciate or something.



I think of him as a kind of Father Time figure....wandering the Earth for eternity and uniquely gifted with wisdom.

Edited by - John9 on 24/03/2012 11:10:32
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lemonade kid
Old Love

USA
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Posted - 24/03/2012 :  15:53:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If only we would see him (Old Man)....the gift (wisdom) is there for the taking; we just need to accept it.

Some think the "OLD MAN" is Arthur, but I can't see Bryan writing a song like that about Arthur, especially with the way their relationship had gone down hill so quickly by then.

Arthur certainly had a kind of "old man" wisdom in his music & lyrics at that tender age.

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-thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses.
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Joe Morris
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Posted - 25/03/2012 :  19:01:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
didn't Bryan live with his mom and stepdad ?
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abraxas
Fourth Love

USA
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Posted - 25/03/2012 :  21:20:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Bryan didn't have a good relationship with his biological dad based on the interview his mom gave to somewhere.
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Joe Morris
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Posted - 25/03/2012 :  22:36:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
wanted to send him to military cos of the relationship he was having with Crosby, I guess, playing gigs on acoustics at the Troubadour or somewhere

don't think he ever bothered to finish high school before going off to roadie for the Byrds!
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