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Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about A Horse With No Name (page 1/1) ------ performed by America great song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/19/09 The song is simply saying that humanity is a desert in its lack of love for one another. The desert is a metaphor which he extends by calling the sea a desert also. At the end of the song, so that even the daft can "get it", he says "but the humans will give no love". According to some people, every song is about drugs or Satan worship - but that simply isn't true. It is mystical song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/30/09 This is mystical song in line with his other songs like "you can do magic" and "ventura highway". On the first part of the journey he ecountered the empty rhetoric of religion "fly with a buzz and sky with no clouds). The spiritual path is a desert at first then his skin begins to turn red on the second day from spiritual inspiration .... which later opened his eyes to see the beauty of the desert which turned to a river bed. A very beautiful song, hard to imagine, he composed when he was only 19. He is a very matured soul... good riddens... wowza | Reviewer: goat_mann | 3/27/09 sure this song is great, but America doesn't need a bunch of half-baked morons to review it for them. it's got bad grammar for a reason mr finniky (george) who can't even spell "sense." it's a "s" not a "c." bad grammar makes this song roll and gives it a good rythym. correct grammar would've messed with the tempo. and yes, i'll agree it was a bit overplayed. IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/25/09 Hmmmm....EVERYBODY that THINKS they know what the song is about should maybe research the rel meaning.....America was formed in England by sons of US servicemen who were stationed there. Lead singer Dewey Bunnell wrote this when he was 19. He based the images in the lyrics on things he saw while visiting the US. This was originally titled "Desert Song." (thanks, Dave - Phoenix, AZ) This was the first single for America. They moved to the US a year later, after this became a hit. "Horse" is slang for heroin. Some radio stations refused to play this because they thought it was about drugs. The band claims it is not. Lyrics make perfect sense | Reviewer: tjam | 8/16/08 This is a song about a heroin addict going cold-turkey: Horse = heroin, Rain = drugs, River bed = vein, After Nine Days = how long it took to come clean, etc. The lyrics are actually the best part of this song when you understand their meaning. bad lyrics | Reviewer: george | 4/15/08 This song has a pretty good melody. It sounds good, IF YOU IGNORE THE LYRICS. For example, "in the desert, you can't remember your name 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain..." Bad grammer combined with a triple negative. Or is it quadruple... and "The ocean is a desert, with its life underground, And a perfect disguise above. Under the cities lies, a heart made of ground, But the humans will give no love." What??? Maybe under the influence of drugs this would make sence. But I doubt it! Bottom line: Good melody, dumb lyrics. Xinithium | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/9/08 Its a good song. I'll give it that. But for a long time it was (And possible still is) the most overplayed song of all time. Therefore, after hearing it nine-thousand times, it does indeed gets old. Then again, its probably just me, being all old-fashioned and such. Strange for a teenager, but whatev'. As I said. Great song, just a bit (talk about an understatement,) overplayed (By radio stations and their ilk.) great song | Reviewer: bar | 11/10/07 reminds me every trip to the desert, nothing but you and all this tremendous view of mountains and river beds no unnecessary left overs of civilization impresive | Reviewer: nonametogive | 8/26/07 love this song...I heard it the first time on GTA SA...I can't beleive a violent game like GTA has that song good good | Reviewer: ramona | 1/20/06 i realli do appreciate and admire the lyrics of this song. the music is wonderful as well. i love the idea behind this song. it's watever u want to make it to be about, ur own interpretation of the whole thing. this song also puts images and events that never happened in my mind and they play like a movie in my mind when i hear the song. funny, i know. but i betcha everyone has a quirky thing or two they undertake. lol. Add Your New Review About The Song