Dig into the lyrics of classic rock songs and the storytellers that created them in "Behind The Song," a podcast of essays by The Drive's Janda Lane. Hear what was happening behind the scenes while some of the most iconic songs in rock history were being written.
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Any Pink Floyd song until 1994 with the song wearing the inside out on the division bell album. It all swirls perfectly with rights organ in the intro, and then Gilmore's first verse explodes into your ear. And the lyrics go like this. Taking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Haking around on a piece of ground in your hometown, waiting for someone or something to show you the way. And isn't that what our youth is? We spend the 1st part of our lives looking for guidance or a path on what to do with the rest of it. And ideas supported by the bridge that comes next with the soaring backing vocals of Leslie Duncan, Liza Strike, Berry Saint John, and the American R and B singer Doris Troy. Who are fans know as the singer of the 1 and done hit, just one look back in the early sixties. After her one smash hit, the Beatles signed her to Apple Records, which is how she came to be in London and working on this session. Richard Wright takes the lead vocal next with Gilmore also harmonizing. Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain. And you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find 10 years have got behind you. No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun. The idea that when you're young, you think you have plenty of time to kill until all of a sudden you realize that time is a thief as the old saying goes. 10 years got behind you, just like that. No time to waste when you realize, like Roger Waters did when he wrote these lyrics, that while you've been waiting, life has been moving fast all along. I would put David Gilmore's
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Acceptance with Driver's character telling Cusack's admittedly flawed character that he isn't broken, just badly sprained. And that's the through line through much of Pete Townshend's work, actually, whether on his solo work in this song or with many of the songs he wrote for The Who, searching for meaning and comfort from the perspective of someone who really needs help finding it. And that's one reason his music connects so deeply with us fans too. Of the surprising connection this song has made, Townshend has long ago silenced the critics, who claimed that he kept the best songs for himself here. These days, Townson simply says, it's a Pete hit. I'm Janda, and this has been Behind The Song. If you like this episode, give it a like and subscribe to the channel. Special thanks as always to Christian Lane for the music you hear on these podcast episodes. Check us out on TikTok, and you can find me on the air weekdays from 92 CST and 9071 FM, the drive in Chicago, and at wdrv.com. On the way, much more classic rock and roll.
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