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mickeyslim t1_itxptyw wrote

Reply to comment by surgeon_michael in Enheduanna: The World's First Named Author by SirBettington

Wait... It's the song saying, "I rode through the desert (on a horse) with no name," as in, the speaker has no name??? I always assumed the horse itself was nameless.

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scavengercat t1_itxrmev wrote

The song is called "A Horse With No Name" so I'd bet it's safe to assume the horse was indeed nameless. And Dewey Bunnell, the guy who wrote the song, was quoted as saying about his horseback trip into the desert to shoot an album cover photo, "We had fun, but I don’t recall the name of the horse I rode while I was out there". All signs point to a horse that was just "horse".

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mazurzapt t1_ity6s4e wrote

I loved that song. A friend asked me, “What does it mean though?” I didn’t even try to explain, you just enjoy it for what it is.

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DairyNurse t1_itzsog9 wrote

I honestly always thought it was referencing a sex-drought because it came out during the second sexual revolution.

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FunnySynthesis t1_itxro1r wrote

It is the horse with no name, but you got the joke so it doesn’t matter.

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