slow boat to china

babygirl

New Member
hi i have just listened to this song slow boat to china as some one recommend it and it made me think who is this song about some say arissa but i guess only he will know.
who do you think this song is about
 

Sue

c/o naughty corner
Probably a fictional character but drawing on his many experiences of break-ups but if I remember correctly the female in the song is dumping the male? I'll have to go and have a listen now to refresh my memory. Any excuse! :D
 

intern

intern
I feel his pain when I hear him singing this. To me I think who ever it was for knows and shame on them for hurting him like that!!!!!!!!!!!
 

tigerfeet

Tigerfeet
Back in my misspent youth, I was with a band, and we wrote a few songs - I wrote the lyrics. Sometimes they were based on my own experiences, but often they were based on the experiences of my friends. So it may be that this was Steven's experience, or maybe the feelings/experience of someone close to him. Who can say?
 

onewhoknows

New Member
Has anyone considered that maybe it was about a past love that couldn't be at that time? If you listen to some of his other songs you will hear more than one about a lost love. :)
 

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Better have been loved and lost then not being loved at all..all his songs have messages in there ..like that one 'girl it's alright' its an very special one i think..isnt that right Brutus..
 

Anneliese

Happy go Lucky
ORANGATUANG;188531 said:
Better have been loved and lost then not being loved at all..all his songs have messages in there ..like that one 'girl it's alright' its an very special one i think..isnt that right Brutus..

I love that song and the video is beautiful!!:)
 
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