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Old 12-26-2010, 11:51 PM
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Well you know...I never could get into that one.
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The song's lyrics tell of a man named Lather, who has just turned 30 years old and is coming to the realization that the world expects him to grow up. The song was written for Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden's 30th birthday. However, the lines
"But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
To lie about nude in the sand,
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
And thrashing the air with his hands."
actually refer to the occasion when bassist Jack Casady was arrested nude on a beach in Santa Cruz, California, while on drugs.
The composer, Grace Slick, was actually poking fun at Dryden, her lover at the time, because he was the first person in the band to reach the milestone age of thirty. Thirty years old was considered to be a "boring" age by contemporaries, as a person had grown up and could no longer have fun.
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Old 12-26-2010, 11:53 PM
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The song's lyrics tell of a man named Lather, who has just turned 30 years old and is coming to the realization that the world expects him to grow up. The song was written for Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden's 30th birthday. However, the lines
"But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
To lie about nude in the sand,
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
And thrashing the air with his hands."
actually refer to the occasion when bassist Jack Casady was arrested nude on a beach in Santa Cruz, California, while on drugs.
The composer, Grace Slick, was actually poking fun at Dryden, her lover at the time, because he was the first person in the band to reach the milestone age of thirty. Thirty years old was considered to be a "boring" age by contemporaries, as a person had grown up and could no longer have fun.
Hey , I appreciate the breakdown very much...was interesting



But now I know why I hate that song.

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Old 12-27-2010, 10:03 AM
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Hey , I appreciate the breakdown very much...was interesting



But now I know why I hate that song.






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Old 12-28-2010, 12:23 AM
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