Song Meanings and Facts
The refrain of “Tom Traubert’s Blues”, “waltzing Matilda”, references an experience that its writer, Tom Waits, had. That is to say that he literally waltzed with Matilda, that being one Mathilde Bondo, in her native...
“The Skye Boat Song” recounts the plight of a historical figure known as Charles Edward Stuart, aka Bonnie Prince Charles, with that moniker logically explaining the presence of the word “bonnie” in the lyrics....
Dedicated to Rod Stewart’s friend, George, “The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)” speaks about his life and death. George was a gay man that came out to his parents but unfortunately, they...
This is a breakup song, with Baby Jane being the name of the singer’s romantic interest, who is also the addressee. And the way the situation reads is that she more or less dumped him or...
As noted in the trivia section, “All for Love” originally served as a theme song, if you will, for 1993’s “The Three Musketeers” movie. The Three Musketeers are a fictional group of adventurers who are known to use the...
This song is centered on the narrator (Rod Stewart), succinctly put, sensually seducing the addressee. In fact it gets this point across so effectively that “Tonight’s the Night” faced bans and the such during its...
“Farewell” is a highly emotional song released by iconic British rock singer Rod Stewart. The lyrics of the song eulogize a good friend of Stewart’s who died a few years before the song’s release....
