tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post8185285743529280859..comments2024-01-31T09:10:18.662-07:00Comments on "One Poor Correspondent": The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and It Stayed DownTom Nawrockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766845038505392731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post-61710970451988751172008-03-10T14:16:00.000-06:002008-03-10T14:16:00.000-06:00Thanks, "Anonymous"! I had never thought of interp...Thanks, "Anonymous"! I had never thought of interpreting it that way.Tom Nawrockihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766845038505392731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post-21253147865173223022008-03-10T14:14:00.000-06:002008-03-10T14:14:00.000-06:00This is a reference to the biblical "Cain and Abel...This is a reference to the biblical "Cain and Abel", where Cain kills his brother Abel out of greed and selfishness.<BR/><BR/>This sort of reflects how many southerners of that day felt about the civil war; that the north was a cain-like "brother" that was out to destroy them and take everything they had.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post-8633998626483955412007-05-02T12:12:00.000-06:002007-05-02T12:12:00.000-06:00That lyric continues: "You know where I want to go...That lyric continues: "You know where I want to go/Straight down the Mississippi River/To the Gulf Of Mexico/To Lake Charles, Lousiana [sic]..."<BR/><BR/>Not only are there not any mountains anywhere along the Mississippi, but Lake Charles isn't anywhere near the river, either. So I think the whole song is basically a metaphor for Robbie Robertson's poor sense of geography.Tom Nawrockihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766845038505392731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post-69228907917342091272007-05-02T10:35:00.000-06:002007-05-02T10:35:00.000-06:00Another Band lyric question: Up on Cripple Creek...Another Band lyric question: Up on Cripple Creek begins, "When I get off of this mountain . . . " Do you think he's really on a mountain? Or is it a metaphor for something? A friend thinks he's just out of jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com