Comments on: A Horse With No Name

By: Travis Williams

Travis Williams — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:14:53 +0000

We live in Arizona and have a friend who’s son is six years old. Her son unfortunately has autistism. He does canter therapy on horses. While he was trying to tell me one of his canter horse’s names I made a little joke about him “Riding through the Desert on a Horse with No Name”. I did not know how much this would affect him, until his mother stopped over this evening. He continuously talks now about his horse with no name. I went on Music Match and bought the song for a buck. I played it for him tonight and his eyes lit up. I decided I would burn it as a .mp3 for him to listen to in her truck when he wanted. Problem is I cannot convert it to .mp3 because it is .wma drm protected. Does anyone know or have the file in .mp3 already so that I can get it onto CD for him? If so please e-mail it to me or where I can get it for him. My e-mail is tigger@hundred-acres.com (don’t laugh the wife is a huge pooh fan). Thanks In Advance to anyone who can assist.

By: Fish

Fish — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:08:07 +0000

great. love the song.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:32:38 +0000

This song is NOT about drugs.

This is a quote from Dewey Bunnell, the writer:

“I was messing around with some open tunings–I tuned the A string way down to an E, and I found this little chord, and I just moved my two fingers back and forth, and the entire song came from basically three chords. I wanted to capture the imagery of the desert, because I was sitting in this room in England, and it was rainy. The rain was starting to get to us, and I wanted to capture the desert and the heat and the dryness.

I had spent a good deal of time poking around in the high desert with my brother when we lived at Vandenberg Air Force Base [in California]. And we’d drive through Arizona and New Mexico. I loved the cactus and the heat. I was trying to capture the sights and sounds of the desert, and there was an environmental message at the end. But it’s grown to mean more for me. I see now that this anonymous horse was a vehicle to get me away from all the confusion and chaos of life to a peaceful, quiet place.”

you can find the article in its entirety here:
http://www.accessbackstage.com/america/song/song005.htm

By: rudra

rudra — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:06:37 +0000

i really need this song , if u can plz send me a link

By: adam

adam — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:35:28 +0000

i realy love that song to bad that link is down

By: Lavin

Lavin — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:43:26 +0000

The song is about having a hallucinatory trip, on heroin. “Horse” is slang for heoin.

The only way one can have such aesthetic experience is if one is a poet. Normal perople would see something normal or even Hell itself if they got scared.

By: Jorge Bahena

Jorge Bahena — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:23:56 +0000

This song was the first that I did listen in Mexico, first I didn’t understand a wrod but now after 20 years I live here in America is like again to enjoy like first time their music, but now all their songs has a meaning for me, because I can understand then.
Just love America I wish I can see then in Concern once.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:06:10 +0000

THX for these lyrics.
I love this song, it’s full emotion….nostalgia…..