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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:44 am
OK,
Having grown up in the sixies/seventies, I am well aware of the age of marijuana and cocaine. I am not saying that the boys were ever into that, but do you think the lyrics to this song are a reflection of that time?
I mean, Bangkok, Thailand, Nepal, all of these countries/cities are known as drug infested areas and to write a song about a train that is going to visit them all and "only stop for the best", says to me that the guy wrote a song about doing drugs.
Does anyone else agree we me on that?
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:04 pm
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Shanra the Dragon Bard Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:29 pm
Menolly, maybe this will help. I am posting the lyrics to the song.
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
Our first stop is in bogota
To check the columbian fields
The natives smile and pass along
A sample of their yield
Sweet jamaican pipe dreams
Golden acapulco nights
Then morocco, and the east,
Fly by morning light
We're on the train to bangkok
Aboard the thailand express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best
Wreathed in smoke in lebanon
We burn the midnight oil
The fragrance of afghanistan
Rewards a long days toil
Pulling into katmandu
Smoke rings fill the air
Perfumed by a nepal night
The express gets you there
We're on the train to bangkok
Aboard the thailand express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:55 pm
Uh, While not to betray any illegal activities I may or may not have knowledge of, yes, I'd say passage to bangkok is an effigy to drug use. Not going to say whether or not i beleive our favorite trio partook or not, but the lyrics to me suggest that kind of lifestyle.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:09 pm
I'm not afraid to say, yeah, I'm sure they had some fun in their hay day, just like most other bands did in those days. But now, I'm pretty sure they're pretty fresh and clean ^.^
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:25 pm
Yea sounds a lot like drugs and stuff to me, but then again there could be hidden meanings.
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Shanra the Dragon Bard Captain
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:03 pm
Wow, I'm glad I posted the lyrics. Noone was talking about this before I did. I have to agree that the boys, if in deed they once partook, are now clean and sober.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:20 pm
I'm pretty sure it's more about the drug trade than the actual use of drugs...I mean, Peart isn't really known for pointless songs about drugs, is he?
Coincidentally, I heard that you can play this song with that scene in Willy Wonka where there's a garden of candy. Anyone else heard that?
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Shanra the Dragon Bard Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:37 am
Lethkhar I'm pretty sure it's more about the drug trade than the actual use of drugs...I mean, Peart isn't really known for pointless songs about drugs, is he? Coincidentally, I heard that you can play this song with that scene in Willy Wonka where there's a garden of candy. Anyone else heard that?
You are right about Neil's songwriting and no, I had never heard that. Interesting.
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:34 pm
Lethkhar I'm pretty sure it's more about the drug trade than the actual use of drugs...I mean, Peart isn't really known for pointless songs about drugs, is he? Coincidentally, I heard that you can play this song with that scene in Willy Wonka where there's a garden of candy. Anyone else heard that? cummon lol! even neil would write a pointless song at least once,... and im gunna try that willy wonka thing lol
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:26 pm
I like peart, I really do, but I have to agree with Seth on this. Remember, he's young and it's bloody 75-76. Idealism with youth, wisedom with age, and fun all the way. I think that says it for 2112 personally.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:55 pm
Cool_Hand_Jay I like peart, I really do, but I have to agree with Seth on this. Remember, he's young and it's bloody 75-76. Idealism with youth, wisedom with age, and fun all the way. I think that says it for 2112 personally. But a single non-serious, let's-get-high song in his entire career? It just strikes me as odd.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:19 pm
Me too, Lethkar, me too...
Who knows, maybe it does have a deeper meaning. Maybe he was pressured into writing it from the band. Maybe someone else wrote it and convinced him to put it under his name. Hmm...
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:02 pm
lol! jay, do you honestly think that NEIL PEART would let someone else write songs for him? seriously, man! and yes, there is probably a meaning in there somewhere, but for us, the Unthinking Majority, it is pure fun!!!
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:01 pm
Lethkhar Cool_Hand_Jay I like peart, I really do, but I have to agree with Seth on this. Remember, he's young and it's bloody 75-76. Idealism with youth, wisedom with age, and fun all the way. I think that says it for 2112 personally. But a single non-serious, let's-get-high song in his entire career? It just strikes me as odd. Well it definitely is about smoking some doobie. When they played this song at the concert they had a video of people just toking away. I thought it was pretty fun to watch. biggrin
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