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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE
Ok. Mind = blown. I always thought that Nautical Disaster (perhaps my most favourite song of all time) was an ode to Dieppe. Nope, it was for the sinking of the Bismarck..."Gord Downie told the authors of the Can-Rock tome Have Not Been The Same that the songs nautical theme is in fact based on the doomed German battleship Bismarck." http://www.hipmuseum.com/nautical.html
This is a pretty rad site that I've just started going through...they detail the meaning/inspiration behind a bunch of their songs. There's also a whole bunch of unreleased material apparently. http://www.hipmuseum.com/ |
Back in mid 90's Amongst my Uni buds we had always heard the song is about dreams he had off of his viewing of the painting 'Sinking of the Bismark' that was, and may still be, at The National Naval Museum. Google the painting. The whole song is there. Very cool.
I am positive they are keeping it for the last show in Kingston.