
Fwd: Re: [Powderworks] Capricornia!
Jeff and Jane Scott
jscott@iinet.net.au
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 08:43:40 +0800
At 08-03-02 10:08 AM +1100, Jane Remedio wrote:
>Luritja Way is about an aboriginal community. If you listen with this in
>mind you will find all the references in the song. "There's no highway to
>Luritja Way' means that it is not a place that is choosen as a tourist
>destination, its a place not readily visited by white people. "Gasoline
>junkies" refers to petrol sniffing that unfortunatley takes place in
>outback indigenous communities.
>Listen and you will find more references that will jump out at you.
>Its a wonderful song.
my favourite is "no one gets to get old". that sort of line is usually
used to give an image of a paradise-like place, fountain of youth,
everlasting life sort of thing. but in this case it's literally true - the
life expectancy of the people out there is about 25 years shorter than for
the rest of the population.
jeff...