You'd think, at some point during that ride through desert he'd given the

[Floyd R. Turbo]

horse a name!

[stopdiggin]

1. silliest song ever

never really did understand the reason behind trying to take someone else's acid trip ...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😎

[quaint]

7. Development doesn't seem to include acid?

America's self-titled debut album was released initially in Europe, without "A Horse with No Name", and achieved only moderate success. Originally called "Desert Song", "Horse" was written while the band was staying at the home of musician Arthur Brown, near Puddletown, Dorset, England. The first two demos were recorded there by Jeff Dexter and Dennis Elliott, which were intended to capture the sensation of the hot, dry desert that had been depicted in a Salvador Dalí painting, and in a picture by M. C. Escher which featured a horse. Writer Dewey Bunnell also says he remembered his childhood travels through the Arizona and New Mexico desert when his family lived at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Bunnell has explained that "A Horse with No Name" was "a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life's confusion into a quiet, peaceful place".

wikipedia

[stopdiggin]

8. Hmmmm .. ?

Nope! I think I'm sticking with the lysergic. At least 2 or 3 tabs. And, like I said, the part I'm really cheesed off about - is it ain't even my trip! Whole thing - just a weird assed mind-F.
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[JoseBalow]

14. "...while the band was staying at the home of musician Arthur Brown"

So definitely tripping, then

[quaint]

15. aaah

[tazkcmo]

29. Yup, definitely tripping.

Ah, the memories.

[True Dough]

3. My sister, Golden Hair, agrees with you

She mentioned it while we were driving the Ventura Highway, passing all the Lonely People.

[stopdiggin]

4. glad we all understand ...

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. 😵‍💫

[lastlib]

25. Yunno, Daisy Jane said pretty much the same thing.....

[unblock]

5. Ha! I just love tropical humor!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. 🏝️😁

[CCExile]

6. Coomon misconception.he said he'd been through the desert on a horse with Noah Name.

Noah was his traveling companion.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 😵‍💫

[LudwigPastorius]

12. He didn't do it because, "I been through the des-ert on a horse that's named Phil" wouldn't have been a hit.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. 😁

[Conjuay]

16. I always sang it

As "A horse with no legs"

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. 😬

[lastlib]

26. The Godfather sang about....

a horse with no head............never understood that.........

[sl8]

18. Do dyslexic listeners hear "horse with no mane"? nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 🤔

[Emile]

19. I always thought horse was about heroin.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. 😎

[Niagara]

22. I currently have twelve horse names picked out and written down in a notebook.

I don't even own a horse, nor do I have the land to have a horse.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

23. 😃

[lastlib]

24. If he had, how could he have sold all those records??

[Wonder Why]

27. I'll bet he didn't split his earnings with the horse, either.

[Srkdqltr]

28. As i remember it was a good song for the time.

Right up there with Spirit In The Sky.
Late 60s early 70s. Fun music. You had to be there.

[SarahD]

30. Needs a comma or two.

I been through the desert, on a horse, with no name.

[underpants]

31. Can't find it but I remember it being voted to the worst US #1 song

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

34. I thought that was Zaeger & Evans. I won't even mention the song's name it was so bad. n/t

[underpants]

35. Interesting. I think it was a survey of critics or writers

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[Sneederbunk]

32. His name was Dan and they were searching for water.

[OAITW r.2.0]

33. I thought it was a song about Heroin.

[edhopper]

36. They eventually ended on

the Ventura Highway with alligator lizards in the air.

BTW, I love America. Saw them last year, still great.

[Wolf Frankula]

37. You are in the desert! You have nothing else to do! Name the frigging horse!

Wolf