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“Songs can have a life of their own”: Why America’s big 1975 hit spent a year gathering dust
['Paulina Subia']
Far Out Magazine
“Songs can have a life of their own”: Why America’s big 1975 hit spent a year gathering dustAmong some of rock’s most quiet muses is the mysterious ‘Sister Golden Hair’, from the titular song by America.
“Well, I keep on thinkin’ about you, Sister Golden Hair surprise,” Gerry Beckley sings, as he writes of a woman he desperately cannot live without.
‘Sister Golden Hair’ hears the wistfulness of country rock, a slight twang in the guitar met with America’s echoing harmonies that have a keen sense of longing.
It seems that the Sister Golden Hair, herself, may indeed be the most surprising muse of all.
The multifaceted muse(s) behind ‘Sister Golden Hair’ were destined to be eventually heard; it was only a matter of time.