2007-03-05 16:55:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It means keep collecting rocks, b/c the free world loves to buy boulders
2007-03-05 16:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Goosh T 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The song is by Neil Young and the lyrics mean...
This was inspired by the political changes going on at the time, and was highly critical of the George Bush presidential administration (the first one). Some of the lyrics mock Bush's campaign speeches: "We got 1,000 points of light, for the homeless man," "We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand."
This was released a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It became kind of an anthem for the event as freedom spread through Eastern Europe.
Frank Sampedro, who was in Young's band Crazy Horse, came up with the title when he and Young were watching Chinese protests on TV. Sampedro said their tour should just "Keep on rockin' in the free world."
2007-03-05 17:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by Here2Help 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually Neil was making a Sarcastic comment about our Supoosed freedom . You imagine your free , but take a look more closely.
Here are some lyrics to that song .
Colors on the street
Red, white, and blue
People shuffling their feet
People sleeping in their shoes
There's a warning sign in the road ahead
There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try forget them any way I can
I see a girl in the night
with a baby in her hands
Under an old street light
near a garbage can
Now she put her kid away, she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life, and what she's done with it
That's one more kid, that'll never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool.
freedom? anyone.......
2007-03-05 17:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by TC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a statement (like most of the song) that the government wants us to "keep on rocking in the free world" so we don't complain, revolt, or realize that the "free world" isn't truly free. Granted, better than a lot of places, but not 100% free.
2007-03-05 17:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by Son of a Mitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meaning we are in the free world and not some opressive totalitarian corrupt state.
2007-03-05 16:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by steve d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means if you enjoy a freedom that someone else does not have, don't take it for granted. Use it.
2007-03-05 17:00:08 · answer #6 · answered by Ras 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Enjoy your freedom
2007-03-05 16:59:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stupid lyrics from that dude up north.
2007-03-05 16:57:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋