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Interpretations:The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)

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Why is it that I'm hearing a political message in this about the cold war? --Dunklekuh81

Well, the original song comes from the 1950's, arguably the height of the Cold War. Crockett is the ultimate American and here he is participating in the Space Race (the competition being the Reds). There may be something metaphorical about the dog there too. Basically, it's the combination of a 50's icon and outer space naturally brings to mind the Cold War. --dogonfire


What strengthens the case about this pertaining to the Cold War is that in the animated movie released onto the Family Podcast, the ending scene of this song is with Crockett fighting and eventually befriending a bear who claimed the planet at the same time Davy did with a Chinese Flag (Red, Hammer and Sickle on top left corner -> Communism -> Russia).

To me this being after the "theme song" for Here Comes Science foreshadows the next kids' album.... Here Comes History? --MetalDetector 18:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)




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