can you help me?

gillis99 · #1 02-06-2004, 12:07 PM

i bought about face the day it came out in 84. i don't know why i didn't ask before but who is or what is *cruise*? i always thought it is some kind of a god but why name it *cruise*?

hey you... can you help me?

Dr Cheese · #2 02-06-2004, 12:43 PM

"Cruise" is a semi-acoustic piece with lyrics that on the surface seem to be about someone (a musician?) named Cruise. A bit of reading between the lines show it to be about cruise missiles: Dave's attempt to do a Waters-style, clever anti-war song, but it isn't particularly successful. http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/d....php?rev=dg-af

"Cruise" has an almost whimsical quality to it, but its really a satire on cruise missiles and war. If you liked his first solo album, you'll probably enjoy this one too. http://pages.sssnet.com/glg/aaadavidgilmour.html

These are from a couple of reviews I found just by doing a quick search on Google.

gillis99 · #3 02-06-2004, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dr Cheese
"Cruise" is a semi-acoustic piece with lyrics that on the surface seem to be about someone (a musician?) named Cruise. A bit of reading between the lines show it to be about cruise missiles: Dave's attempt to do a Waters-style, clever anti-war song, but it isn't particularly successful. http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/d....php?rev=dg-af

"Cruise" has an almost whimsical quality to it, but its really a satire on cruise missiles and war. If you liked his first solo album, you'll probably enjoy this one too. http://pages.sssnet.com/glg/aaadavidgilmour.html

These are from a couple of reviews I found just by doing a quick search on Google.

thanks a lot Dr Cheese

interesting... it makes perfect sense when you think of it to be the famous missiles. thanks again!

The Piper · #4 02-06-2004, 01:24 PM

Quote:

BP (...) On your solo album of, of four years ago you wrote a song called Cruise, which was your fear of a nuclear confrontation.

DG: Mmm.

BP: Do you still occasionally ponder on things like that? Is Dogs of War again a, another thought you might of had about the possibility something like that occurring?

DG: Um, yeah. I mean I think about those things all the time, you know, there are two on that solo album, Out of the Blue and Cruise are both about that sort thing from slightly different angles. Dogs of War is more a, you know, it's more about, it's, it's really mostly about um, I should think, political mercenaries really. You know, er, the Oliver Norths of this world and stuff like that I think is what it came out of mostly.

From: Australian Radio Interview, 1988, by B.Pinnell

gillis99 · #5 02-06-2004, 01:31 PM

thanks piper, i have no more doubts now

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