Re: Would Glen have supported Pres. Donald Trump?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:49 pm
Hi Dee,
I guess you could call private John Q a prelude to Galveston. It would probably make a great medley of sorts.
Private John Q is written to describe the personal feelings of ONE man who hears that World War 3 is a real possibility based on the news papers and TV reports. The idea obviously fills him with dread. "Everybodys worried about something or other, who's gonna worry about a Private John Q. John Q i imagine is a general term like John Doe for unidentified murder victims etc. The song is drawing attention to the fact that soldiers who are going to fight are human beings like everyone else and are just as afraid of the potential to be badly injured or killed. "I am so afraid of dying" , is the same point made by another soldier in another conflict. Whatever peoples views about war, these songs try to tell a personal story of one man's experience in the bigger story of the conflict.
Glen did get a lot of stick for Universal soldier. There was an article which was written at the time which I read, I am sure it was put on this forum awhile ago. Glen states that he didn't agree with draft dodging and felt everyone should support the soldiers who had gone to fight in Vietnam.
Jimmy, was quiet clear, that he was inspired to write Galveston when he saw the cannons on display, which had been used during the Spanish/American war. No doubt Vietnam was in the news each day so that would have also been on his mind also. Jimmy has always written from his heart and tries to look for the story of an individual and the emotions he/she may be feeling. That for him is the most important story and the one he can relate too at a very deep level.
His annoyance with Glen, changing the arrangement also went deep with Jimmy. He has told that story every time he discusses the song. And yet I feel Jimmy has been unfair on this point, as even the way Glen performed it, still let the listener feel the agony of the soldier wanting to go home. It made the song more dramatic but held on to the poignancy of the situation and Glen's vocals conveyed the heartbreak.
And because we don't seem to learn from history, the song will still be relevant in decades to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezK2Q69rVtU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I guess you could call private John Q a prelude to Galveston. It would probably make a great medley of sorts.
Private John Q is written to describe the personal feelings of ONE man who hears that World War 3 is a real possibility based on the news papers and TV reports. The idea obviously fills him with dread. "Everybodys worried about something or other, who's gonna worry about a Private John Q. John Q i imagine is a general term like John Doe for unidentified murder victims etc. The song is drawing attention to the fact that soldiers who are going to fight are human beings like everyone else and are just as afraid of the potential to be badly injured or killed. "I am so afraid of dying" , is the same point made by another soldier in another conflict. Whatever peoples views about war, these songs try to tell a personal story of one man's experience in the bigger story of the conflict.
Glen did get a lot of stick for Universal soldier. There was an article which was written at the time which I read, I am sure it was put on this forum awhile ago. Glen states that he didn't agree with draft dodging and felt everyone should support the soldiers who had gone to fight in Vietnam.
Jimmy, was quiet clear, that he was inspired to write Galveston when he saw the cannons on display, which had been used during the Spanish/American war. No doubt Vietnam was in the news each day so that would have also been on his mind also. Jimmy has always written from his heart and tries to look for the story of an individual and the emotions he/she may be feeling. That for him is the most important story and the one he can relate too at a very deep level.
His annoyance with Glen, changing the arrangement also went deep with Jimmy. He has told that story every time he discusses the song. And yet I feel Jimmy has been unfair on this point, as even the way Glen performed it, still let the listener feel the agony of the soldier wanting to go home. It made the song more dramatic but held on to the poignancy of the situation and Glen's vocals conveyed the heartbreak.
And because we don't seem to learn from history, the song will still be relevant in decades to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezK2Q69rVtU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;