When Soda posted her slide show tribute to Glenn to the song Still the Same, it got me thinking a lot about the song. Some of this discussion already came up in the YouTube thread , but I thought I'd start a separate topic. First of all, I've heard for a long time that the song was allegedly written about Glenn, but I don't remember where I heard this from. Can anyone help me out here?
It sure does sound a lot like Glenn to me, which brings me to my second question. What do you all think of the lyrics? They are very ambiguous to me as to whether they are meant in a positive way, a negative way, or both. I remember back in the day when the song first came out thinking that it was very harsh. But I can definitely see it both ways. For instance, the lyrics...
"There you stood,
everybody watched you play.
I just turned and walked away.
I had nothing left to say."
I originally viewed this as pretty negative, but I can also see where Seger may have been looking at Glenn in somewhat in awe of him. When they first met, Bob, being several years older, was a mentor to Glenn. However, I've read that after the Eagles success, there was actually a role reversal here, and Glenn became more of the mentor. I can see where Bob could have either been jealous of Glenn's success or in awe of him. And again, maybe there was a little of both.