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Music Appreciation

Swede

(34,590 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:24 PM Tuesday

America-A Horse With No Name

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America-A Horse With No Name (Original Post) Swede Tuesday OP

Heroin Eddie18 Tuesday #1

horse heroin? Shellback Squid Yesterday #2

Not According To Dewey Brunnel ProfessorGAC 8 hrs ago #3

Eddie18

(57 posts)

1. Heroin

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:36 PM

Tuesday

Song is about heroin in the desert

Shellback Squid

(9,076 posts)

2. horse heroin?

Reply to Eddie18 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:51 AM

Yesterday

ProfessorGAC

(69,851 posts)

3. Not According To Dewey Brunnel

Reply to Eddie18 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:47 PM

8 hrs ago

And he wrote the song.

A metaphor for escape. The song's writer, Dewey Bunnell, said the song is a metaphor for a way to escape the confusion of life and find a peaceful place. Bunnell also drew inspiration from his childhood travels in the Arizona and New Mexico deserts.

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