tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956138709974797846.post9211875508443925775..comments2023-12-31T02:25:50.066-06:00Comments on 60x50: Red CloverSam Umlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14327376115570876540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956138709974797846.post-26489826406652741872008-04-25T16:07:00.000-05:002008-04-25T16:07:00.000-05:00Another wonderfully incisive and informative post,...Another wonderfully incisive and informative post, Sam. Obscure as it is, this song has always been a clinging favorite, especially the single version. (Tommy James was actually asked by his record company to record the extended version to satisfy radio demand. The group could not recapture the right vibe in the studio, so simply edited the wah-wah guitar extension into the break already in the original recording. I remember reading somewhere that the inserted material is a semi-tone off from the original tuning, or something like that, and it's not a seamless or particularly inspired extension by any means.)<BR/><BR/>Tommy James, supposedly a practicing Christian, has explained the song as having been inspired by the colors of Christmas, but that doesn't explain much of the lyrical content as lucidly as you have done. Someone once suggested to me that the song might be about Kent State, the title referring to the blood spilled on the campus lawns at KSU, but this reading never sounded right to me; it's not in keeping with the other lyrical content, and the song predates that fateful day by a year or so. <BR/><BR/>My fingers are now crossed that you'll turn your attentions someday to "MacArthur Park" and "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" to see if your interpretations align with my own.Tim Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745651801885417165noreply@blogger.com