I just got "The Game", and I'm wondering if anyone can relate to me the back story of "Sail Away Sweet Sister"? I'ts just very curious to me. I know Brian wrote it, but that's about it. I tried searching this site and others, but I can't find anything:(
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That's always remained sort of a mystery. I was wondering if anyone has heard the In the Studio interviews for The Game. I have the NOTW one, and it offers insights into some songs such as All Dead All Dead and It's Late. I wondered if the one for The Game offered similar insights.... A wonderful track, isn't it?
pretty sure it has been discussed here, since it had really not realation to sex, I didnt pay much attention.
I think it is after his cat.
I think it is after his cat.
All Dead was about the cat
Can't remember if Sail Away is discussed that much during In The Studio.
Can't remember if Sail Away is discussed that much during In The Studio.
Isn't sail away supposedly a song for "the sister brian never had"?
The sister thing is what I had heard. He had a sister die young and so never knew her.
Peace,
Adam.
Peace,
Adam.
Well it clearly states in the sleevenotes for The Game that SASS is "to the sister I never had".
What that exactly means, or why Brian was moved to right a song with such a sentiment, I've no idea. I've never heard that he had a sister die young, and I very much doubt that happened.
What that exactly means, or why Brian was moved to right a song with such a sentiment, I've no idea. I've never heard that he had a sister die young, and I very much doubt that happened.
I doubt Brian had a sister that died young - I'm sure he would've mentioned it in at least ONE interview by now - but I think it was mainly because he grew up as an only child, therefore to the sister he never had.
It's not the actual subtitle of the song, meaning that it's certainly not written on the back of the CD case, but it's more of a dedication on the lyric sheet.
What are the chances of Brian having lost a sister early and then writing a song about the sister he NEVER HAD? Slim, I'd say.
The dedication of SASS reads "...to the sister I never had".
I've asked Brain this a number of times and with no response (via the website). I believe that his mother may have miscarried, but that's just my theory - obviously a very difficult subject for him.
I've asked Brain this a number of times and with no response (via the website). I believe that his mother may have miscarried, but that's just my theory - obviously a very difficult subject for him.
The dedication of SASS reads "...to the sister I never had".
I've asked Brain this a number of times and with no response (via the website). I believe that his mother may have miscarried, but that's just my theory - obviously a very difficult subject for him.
Yea, I hate how touchy he is, I keep emailing him to let me borrow his damn ugly guitar, and that lazy chap never replies.
Is it only me that sees something in SASS that's a little on the incestuous side?
When writing about the 5.1 remixes,
he mentioned that the solo was meant to be reminiscent of Killer Queen - for reasons he wouldn't tell at that time.
There may still be a link to that somewhere on his site.
he mentioned that the solo was meant to be reminiscent of Killer Queen - for reasons he wouldn't tell at that time.
There may still be a link to that somewhere on his site.
Here's the bit from In The Studio where Brian and Roger talk about Sail Away Sweet Sister.
http://www.mercuryparadise.com/sass.mp3
http://www.mercuryparadise.com/sass.mp3