Its interesting because many of Don Henley's songs are really misinterpreted. Not just loss of a girlfriend, but a loss of an entire way of thinking -- idealism and hope, etc. Don Henley, A real person and one of the most talented in 2 decades.
Writing about sour relationships and broken hearts must be way easier than "happy" songs. I've thought alot about the meaning of the lyrics, and found many interesting comments here. You won't be disappointed by this video and you'll find yourself watching it over and over again, as I ve been doing since it won MTV's Video Of The Year in 1985. Besides conveying nostalgia and a journey to the younger years, it is also a song about life, growing up, and letting go, ('those days are gone forever I should just let them go.... ) I really enjoy lyrics that refer for one part, to the glory days (summer, dreams, youth, restlessness), and for another, to facing the truth, moving on with life and things, just as they turn out to be. So the girl decided, that life can be short, every minute coul be the last and it's time to change her attitude.. well, atleast i think so:). View other songs by Don Henley. Most people say that Bob Dylan was the greatest song-writer of all time but Don, I can tell you that you are as great as Bob Dylan ever was. This song contains one of the great lyrics, dead head sticker on a cadillac. Take my hand, Yes I am. So, the song is a metaphor about a broken bro-mance, so to speak. Ah, but his songs and appearances are scarce now. 2nd, the lyrics really hit home -- How many of us have never looked longingly back on a past romantic relationship? He wants to get her back so he can prove to her that the man he has become is not what he was and not what he wants to be.
So yeah, his girl got a crush on and started seeing a player, and kinda forgot about her boyfriend during the he's just saying that when they're all gone and back to their schools, wherever that might be, that he'll still love her. Drummer Don Henley would go on to the most successful solo career. I sons mother lived there once off season (before the boy was born) and I would visit. "The Boys of Summer" From: 'Building the Perfect Beast' (1984). Judging by this piano-driven ballad from 2000's Inside Job, he has few qualms settling into his older age. We Were Sharks - The Blackout Anthem.
While Henley's band the Eagles went on to sell hundreds of millions of records -- Greatest Hits has become the all-time best-selling album, at more than 25 million served, surpassing Michael Jackson's Thriller and Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, among others -- the laid-back, Southern California hippie outlaw with the love-'em-and-leave-'em attitude never connected with the likes of Rolling Stone and its writerly ilk back in the '70s. Don Henley is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer, best known as a. founding member of the. The future was wide open, anything was possible. Bob from Oceanside, CaI think the next line clinches it: "Don't look back, you can never look back"... once you reach the point in your life where a Cadillac seems like a reasonable vehicle choice for you, it's time to stop putting Deadhead stickers on your car, because you are now officially No Longer Cool and the sooner you face up to that fact the better off you're going to be. Joe from Fairfax, VaI've always felt that this was one of the best pop songs ever written and obviously from all the posts here you get the feeling that I'm not stepping out on a limb. We broke up more than once and I had to step back from this relationship because it became toxic. She doesn't live there anymore.
Liz from Smallville, KsI LOVE this song. It Is Well With My Soul. Lyrics submitted by. When he sees the Deadhead sticker on the Cadillac it reminds him of her but he realizes he can't get that back because she's more into her relationship with The Boys of Summer (The Dead) than one with him. Mike from Park Ridge, IlEven though it's been explained I still don't get what he means by "Boys Of Summer. The I Train from The BerksAlways brings me back to the one that got away. The boys of summer just move on and forget, but for the narrator it's not that simple. That's why he still thinks that, if the boys of summer hadn't been their, their love would still be strong. It's just all put together nicely. He once believed so differently than the way he lives now. When I graduated from high school, Ocean City was the traditional place for "senior week". We settle into our lives, and the future isn't as exciting and mysterious anymore, we've made our choices, now we must live with them.
Elizabeth Mary Riordan & Craig Hayden Beck. G-chord from Alexandria, VaWhy did the Ataris do a cover of Henley's song with such precision? It's about being afraid of the dark, not for monsters in the closet, but rather the thoughts that come when lying awake. 8 inches) | Medium A4 (11. He can see her walking though the parking lot or the shake down. She also made the same mistake in her rise to the top.
But for the girl the name DEAD HEAD associated with this words original meaning - deadhead meens undecided, doubtful person.. so she adapted it to her self and decided to make up her mind, let go, don't look into the past and live for the future: "A little voice inside my head said "don't look back, you can never look back. "