Pedro from BrazilWhen was the song exactly made? Stills was 25 when it was released, on 1970.“A different kind of poverty now upsets me so” While the first stanza mentions his father, the song then shifts to and stays about Stills and Collins. Stills may claim this is about an old man, the lyrics say otherwise. This song, like Suite:Judy Blue Eyes, was inspired by his love for singer Judy Collins. Scottsol from Evanston, IllinoisThe song was written in 1969 and Stills sang it on the Dick Cavett show right after Woodstock when he was, in fact, four and twenty years old.But I did get the basic meaning, that he was wishing for death. Likewise, I heard the final line as "my life would soon decease" or "soon be ceased", and I know those were wrong too. The singer never knew literal poverty, so he is more concerned about a different (spiritual or emotional) kind.īTW, I initially heard the words right after the title in the opening line as "a-comin' to this life", but I now realize that was not correct. The singer's father is the one who lived in strife and lifted himself out of being poor and selling door-to-door. Dan Schwartz from Bronx, NyI agree that the song is about a 24-year old, not an 84-year old, possibly Stills himself, regardless of what he said later.Ultimately, though, Stephen and I came to the same general conclusion - when we fall, it's best to pick up the pieces and start over again. I try to live that way, downsized from my old stressful job, try to keep my back to the plow, but I still struggle with my own personal failings - I should have done this, or shouldn't have said that type of thing. It's interesting to me also, because Stills has all the "signs" of success, and to an "any man" like myself, it would be tempting to say, "why should he be down, he's got it all?" But I know life doesn't work that way - sometimes those with the least are the most content. I know the ups and downs of this all too well. In his mind, he was probably feeling 84, ready and wishing for death, neither able to live with her, nor without her. I absolutely agree with Scottsol that this is about a 24-year-old Stills, still in love with Judy Collins. Tim from IndianaPetula Clark had a very upbeat "Song of (her) Life" - "4+20" has been the drearier song of my own 59-year life.Thise song is about a (24 year old) who has lost his girlfriend and in in despair over it.Īlso: Many of us born after WW II had fathers who "were tired of being poor." My own Dad "wasn't in to selling door to door" and like many returning Vets "worked like the devil to be more."Īnyone who has lost their lover can identify. If this song was written in 1969 or 70 for that matter, Stills would be, you guessed it 24 years old. This is not a song about an old man, but a young man. Original Durangotan from Durango ColoradoStills is pulling someone's leg in the above comments.
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