Question for older players about GGAHT

[Blue-Alloy]

Ok, so I can sing the song perfectly (as far as the game is concerned) but, since the song came out before I was even born...

I really have no idea that it is about.

I did a check on Wikipedia and there's hardly any information about it. The lyrics seem rather baffling and obscure.

So, I thought perhaps some of you may remember the song when it was new - maybe you read some interviews or articles explaining it. I would really like to know what it alludes to, if anything.

Thanks in advance :)

[Raven]

Outlaws founding member Henry Paul says this song is not about marijuana, but about rock and roll illuminaries, and the title, he says, was taken from the 1966 "Best Of" collection by the Rolling Stones called High Tides and Green Grass. Says Paul, "From what I gather, there was an album out, the best of the Rolling Stones, called 'High Tides and Green Grass.' That was the name of the Rolling Stones' greatest hits - this is like 1966 - and I think it was a manifestation of that title turned in reverse, 'Green Grass and High Tides.' I know that much. And I know that it was a song written for rock and roll illuminaries, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix, and it had nothing to do with marijuana. But it had to do with, I think, a specific person's lyrical look at rock and roll legends. 'As kings and queens bow and play for you.' It's about Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. 'Castles of stone, soul and glory.' A lot of it is just sort of a collage of words that really don't have all that much to do with anything, they just fit and sounded right. But I have to say it's one of my favorite lyrics. My songwriting is more Steinbeck, really rooted in accuracy and reality; this is definitely Alice In Wonderland. It's the whole 'White Rabbit.' It's sort of like one of those magic lyrical moments that will forever be mysteriously unclearly conceived."

Taken from here...

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7227

[Blue-Alloy]

Thanks! That explains it... well, as best as it can be explained I suppose.