It's something of a relief to discover that there is room in Browne-world for topics other than benefit shows for wildlife conservation or protests against war and the death penalty - even if his espousal of environmental and social values did win him the John Steinbeck award, given to "artists and humanitarians whose works exemplify values found in Steinbeck's writings" - last year. My mother, who listens to lyrics very thoughtfully, said to me, 'I've finally figured out what that song's about,' and I'm thinking, 'Oh shit.' She said: 'It's about wine, isn't it? Rose? Am I right?' So I really appreciate that my mother didn't get all the way there imagining that." Y'know, Rosie Palm and her five sisters? People have listened to that song and loved it for years without knowing that. Rosie? The one from Running on Empty? "Yeah. But Rosie - now that's about masturbation." It's clearly a song about wanting to introduce this girl to my red-neck friend. "It's anatomically correct, but not in terms of the particular activity. I wanted to know if the Q Encyclopedia of Rock Stars was correct when it suggested that Browne's 1973 song, Red Neck Friend, was about masturbation. I had been talking to Jackson Browne about politics, democracy and American foreign policy for 45 minutes, so a change of subject seemed overdue.
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