Every character in the song is based on a real person. Apparently, Robertson said he was inspired by the surrealist filmmaker Bunuel when he wrote the song. There's a great article discussing all the possible meanings of the song.
@Lolita5025 Oh, give me a break! DaVinci, Beethoven and Mozart were all artistic geniuses. Jobs was simply a money and power hungry businessman who knew how to put good teams together. He wasn't the brains behind any of the technology. I'm so sick of this idolization of one of the nastiest a...
Every character in the song is based on a real person. Apparently, Robertson said he was inspired by the surrealist filmmaker Bunuel when he wrote the song. There's a great article discussing all the possible meanings of the song.
theband.hiof.no/articles/the_weight_viney.html