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Lyric Analysis - Do you have your own take on this song? Maybe you have something of your own to add. E-mail the site under the "Home" section of the menu above - why not share your thoughts for all to see? |
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Earlier, we saw how Bruce had tapped into political sentiment in “Look Out Any Window”. Similarly, “Defenders” and “Jacob’s Ladder” reveal a little more about the political animal inside the Bruce Hornsby of 1988 / 89. “Defenders” looks at the theme of personal indiscretion and hypocrisy within public institutions; government, church and judiciary - “Sleaze” - as it has become known on this side of the pond. I heard “Defenders” on a Hornsby concert, recorded years ago for radio, and I believe he made some reference in the general direction of the disgraced Republican administration, Oliver North, and their murky arms deals. It would be interesting to know whether Bruce, with his clear democrat sympathies, has been willing to play “Defenders”, and made a similar statement of discontent, with regards to the personal life of Bill Clinton? Musically, the backing is a sort of semi Status-Quo electric guitar accompanyment. However, the main musical feature is the guest appearance of Huey Lewis on “Harp”. Being a Welsh harpist, I spent several occasions trying to listen for the sound of “harp” strings, and wondering where, and how, the hell Huey Lewis had managed to learn the “harp”. It took two or three years to realise that “harp” is American for “Mouth organ”. D’oh! D’oh! D’oh! |
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