It's by Bob Dylan
2007-03-04 08:24:11 · 2 answers · asked by Maninblack 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
People believe it is about many different things. I think Dylan leaves a lot of his work open for interpretation. Anyway, here is an answer to your question:
"Many people believe that the song actually refers to the trials of relationships with women. In Robert Shelton's book No Direction Home (unrelated to the documentary), a biography of Dylan from his birth through to the late 80's, it is claimed that the song was banned by British and American radio stations due to the paranoia about "rock drug songs". (The lyrics feature the repeated phrases "they'll stone you" and "everybody must get stoned". Also, 12 multiplied by 35 is 420.) Another interpretation is that Dylan, as a jab at critics claiming subtle drug references in rock music of the time, wrote a song that seemed to clearly be about drugs, but was actually about the civil rights movement. (Consider the lyric "They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to keep your seat.")"
2007-03-04 08:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Led*Zep*Babe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"it may be about drugs but it also rings true about how friends and the establishment will "stone" you and how really we are all alone."
2007-03-04 08:32:38 · answer #2 · answered by CathyH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋