Why does A Horse With No Name sounds like Neil Young?
In a strange twist, “A Horse With No Name” replaced Young’s “Heart of Gold” at #1 in the US. Dewey Bunnell explained that he was well aware that he sounded like Neil Young on this song, but claimed he wasn’t trying to imitate the singer.
What do the lyrics of A Horse With No Name mean?
Writer Dewey Bunnell also says he remembered his childhood travels through the Arizona and New Mexico desert when his family lived at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Bunnell has explained that “A Horse with No Name” was “a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life’s confusion into a quiet, peaceful place”.
Who sings the song I’ve been to the desert on A Horse With No Name?
AmericaA Horse with No Name / ArtistAmerica is a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Wikipedia
When did the band America break up?
1977
After leaving America in 1977, Mr. Peek recorded Christian pop, including the successful solo album “All Things Are Possible,” released in 1979. In recent years, he lived in somewhat reclusive semi-retirement while continuing to write songs. Daniel Milton Peek was born in Panama City, Fla., on Nov.
When did horse with no name come out?
1971A Horse with No Name / Released
What is the song a horse with no name lyrics?
A Horse With No Name Lyrics. [Verse 1] On the first part of the journey. I was looking at all the life. There were plants and birds and rocks and things. There was sand and hills and rings. The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz. And the sky with no clouds.
Was Neil Young’s’a horse with no name’inspired by Neil Young?
Coincidentally or not, it was “A Horse With No Name” that bumped Young’s “Heart Of Gold” out of the #1 slot on the U.S. Pop chart. “I know that virtually everyone, on first hearing, assumed it was Neil,” Bunnell says. “I never fully shied away from the fact that I was inspired by him.
What is the meaning of the song give the horse a name?
The song was written by Dewey Bunnell when he was in his late teens in his bedroom on a rainy day in England. The song represents freedom, being out in the open desert with no place really to go, and the name of the horse doesn’t matter. Still I always liked what Sam Kinnison said -“Give the horse a name, get a life and GET OUT OF THE DESERT!”
Is the song Horse by Neil Young about drugs?
On the otherside of the Atlantic some college students and hippies had been using the word “Horse” as one of hundreds to describe heroin (Comprising about 0.000000001% of the population at the most)for the past few years. Using all logic the song MUST be about drugs. Kelli from Cedar Rapids, Ia I thought Neil Young was straight? (???!!!???)