10 cc: Dreadlock Holiday Meaning
Dreadlock Holiday Lyrics
Concentratin' on truckin' right
I heard a dark voice beside of me
And I looked round in a state of fright
I saw four faces one mad
A brother from the gutter
They looked me up and down a bit
And turned to each...
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I actually think it is written with a slight sense of awe and respect, when someone realised they are out of their depth and met their match on the wordsmith and cool dude front. The ‘don’t walk through my words‘ are priceless.
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The lyrics are about a white man lost in Jamaica, and being confronted by an unpleasant dreadlocked man looking for money, were based on a true event that happened to Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward and Eric Stewart in Barbados. The reference to cricket in the first chorus, reggae in the second, and Jamaica in the third, reflects finding common ground with the antagonist.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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The song is about a tourist in Jamaica who is constantly bothered by people who want to have money. It is based on Eric Stewart's vacation on Barbados with Justin Hayward.
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I read that this is about what happened when one of The Moody Blues visited Jamaica and apparently every word of what happened is true. Graham Gouldman was friends with Justin Hayward AFAIK.
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I think this song just tells the story of a tourist vacationing in Jamaica who runs afoul of some locals and is offered some ganja at his hotel.
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