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John performed the song for his spring 1972 concert. A portion of the live performance appeared in the bootleg recording releases Scope 72 and Apple Pie. [10] The song's lyrics refer to the character Levon as being born on Christmas, and John's first son Zachary, who was born on December 25, 2010, has Levon as one of his middle names. [11]
The meaning of the lyrics: Levon wears his war wound like a "crown", because he was used as a "pawn" in warfare. A pawn advancing to the enemy's home rank receives a "crown", so his head injury makes him fixate on elite status symbols and disrespect populist religious symbols. (Which is another way of fixating on religious symbols.)
Aaron rates "Jemima Surrender" as one of the group's greatest songs. [3] He finds the "recurring, stuttering riff" to be "irresistible" and the burlesque section to be "clever." [3] Hoskyns refers to the song as a "crunching little rocker" but notes that its lyrics reflect the Band's "occasionally rather Neanderthal attitude towards women. [1]
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"Levon" (song), a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin; Levon & the Hawks, an original alternative name for The Band; Love for Levon, a concert held on October 3, 2012 in New Jersey as a tribute to the late drummer/singer Levon Helm of The Band; Levon (band), a country music band
"Took Her to the O" is a song by American rapper King Von released on February 21, 2020, through labels Only the Family and Empire representing the third and last single extracted from his debut album Levon James (2020). The song was written by Von and Chopsquad DJ, with the latter solely producing the beat. [1] The song is among Von's most ...
Bowman rated "Acadian Driftwood" as "one of Robertson's finest compositions, equal to anything else the Band ever recorded." [2] According to The New Rolling Stone Album Guide critic Mark Kemp, "Acadian Driftwood" is one of three songs on Northern Lights – Southern Cross, along with "Ophelia" and "It Makes No Difference," on which "Robertson reclaims his reputation as one of rock's great ...
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.