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What is the story behind horse with no name?
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 sang been to the desert on A Horse With No Name?
America
A Horse with No Name/Artists
Did Dan Peek sing Horse With No Name?
LOUIS – Dan Peek, a founding member of the popular 1970s band America and singer of high harmonies on hits that included “A Horse With No Name” and “Ventura Highway,” has died, his father said Tuesday. He was 60.
What year was horse with no name released?
1971
A Horse with No Name/Released
Who did the song American Pie?
Don McLean
American Pie, Pt. 1/Artists
“A long, long time ago,” Don McLean began writing a rock epic with those words. It’s now been 50 years since “American Pie” — all eight and a half cryptic minutes of it— took hold of the airwaves in 1971, and it’s safe to say there’s never been another song like it.
Was America the band on drugs?
It was very, very frightening.” Like many caught up in the rock’n’roll scene of the ’70s, Peek confesses that he indulged in a great deal of drugs and alcohol. “That was all part of the drug culture of the ’70s and sadly that still is very pervasive.
When was I am a woman released?
1972
I Am Woman/Released
What does drove the Chevy to the levy mean?
The line occurs in Don McLean’s song American Pie. Chevy is a Chevrolet motor car and a levy (usually spelled levee) is a pier or quay. It was dry because there was no water where there should have been.
What is the song “a horse with no name” about?
Singer-songwriter Randy Newman dismissed “A Horse With No Name” saying that it sounds like it’s “about a kid who thinks he’s taken acid.”. Penn Jillette asked the band about their lyrics, “there were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things” after a show in Atlantic City, where America opened for Penn & Teller.
Why was the song Horse by America banned from the radio?
The song was actually banned on some U.S. radio stations because of its title and lyrics. “Horse” is a common street term for heroin. Dewey Bunnell and the other members of America completely denied any drug reference connected with the lyrics. The popular song was also ridiculed by several critics for its banal, oddly-phrased lyrics, i.e.
Why is the horse in the song “horse” so controversial?
But the controversy surrounding the song wasn’t that the horse didn’t have a name, it was that some radio stations refused to play it because of its supposed references to heroin use. “Horse” is a slang term for heroin.
Does America’s ‘a horse with no name’ have a name?
Dewey Bunnell of the band America wrote and sang lead on the song “A Horse With No Name.” (Photo by Mike Morsch) There’s a sign that makes the rounds on Facebook that frequently gets posted to my timeline. It reads: “All I’m saying is, at any point during that ride through the desert, he could have given that horse a name.”