2006-08-06 10:32:50 · 11 answers · asked by MaryBeth 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
PS--I just saw America in concert--they were awesome!
2006-08-06 10:42:35 · update #1
mel--that is what I have heard.
2006-08-06 10:46:28 · update #2
Drying out from drug addiction
2006-08-06 10:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 5⤋
America was formed in England by sons of US servicemen who were stationed there.
Lead singer Dewey Bunnell wrote this when he was 19. He based the images in the lyrics on things he saw while visiting the US.
This was the first single for America. They moved to the US a year later, after this became a hit.
Many people thought this was Neil Young when they heard it. It replaced Young's "Heart Of Gold" at #1 in the US.
"Horse" is slang for heroin. Some radio stations refused to play this because they thought it was about drugs. The band claims it is not.
2006-08-06 10:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by ejholle1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was just nonsense to make rhymes. But because "Horse" was the street name for heroine, the song was banned from a lot of radio stations, which just made it more popular.
2006-08-06 10:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by NannyMcPhee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All songs start out as poems and since that makes them officially pieces of literature, the meaning is up to you.
2006-08-06 10:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means too many people did too much "recreational chemistry" in the 1960s and 1970s, LOL!
2006-08-06 10:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he did somethin without the needed tools of some sort,
it's a metaphor, lol,
u have a cute pic âº
2006-08-06 10:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally, I think it has to do with identity - the horse and rider have no name except when they get out in the open where noone can tell you who you are
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
2006-08-06 10:37:11 · answer #7 · answered by ryandebraal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe this song is about someone trying to come off of heroin.
2006-08-06 10:50:06 · answer #8 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-06 10:50:18 · answer #9 · answered by Infection of space 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I love that song and that group.
2006-08-06 11:01:07 · answer #10 · answered by pregnant & praying now has baby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your HOT!!! And CUTE!! Thanx!!
2006-08-06 10:37:10 · answer #11 · answered by Everett Pelletier 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋