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"First number-one hit"

The comment "*This single became the first number-one hit single in Japan." does this mean "their first number-one hit", meaning the first number one hit for the BeeGees? Or "the first number one hit" meaning the first song tracked and recorded as a hit in the country of Japan. Common sense implies the former, but the actual words imply that latter. Andrew.langmead 00:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm glad that someone is still interpreting the lyrics of the song, even if there is no citation. It seems to me that these interpretations should go on the discussion page instead of the main page, but they should still be here. For my part, I don't even think he's arrived in San Francisco and that he's "trying" to hitch a ride. On his way there, he's having second thoughts and is thinking he should return. San Francisco seems to me to be just a symbol of another place and there doesn't seem to be any comment on the flower-power movement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.223.17.82 (talk) 10:04, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of O.R. interpretation

I removed this passage from the article:

"The song was the brothers' response to the flower power movement, of which they were growing weary. The lyric turned songs like Scott McKenzie's 'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)' on their head by telling the tale of a man who had been to San Francisco at the height of the Haight-Ashbury era and was now homesick for his home state. The reason the lights had all gone out in Massachusetts was because everybody had gone to San Francisco."

This is just one possible interpretation of the song. The song's meaning is by no means straightforward. (And, on another note, as the coda features the words "I will remember Massachusetts..." repeated to fade, one can just as rightfully assume that he's leaving Massachusetts for San Francisco, not the other way around.) Either way, it is original research. Unless there are citations for claims as to the song's meaning (say, from an interview with the Gibbs)--not to mention a citation for the bit about how they were "growing weary" with the flower power scene, then it has no place in Wikipedia.

I always thought this song to be a copy of With a Girl like You by The Troggs from 1966.Popytrewq (talk) 22:13, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia......

refering to the great New England Blackout (1965)......

"....The Bee Gees song "Massachusetts" discussed events of the blackout in its lyrics....." [1]

Is this accuarate, or merely coincidence, or a good metaphor for leaving the dreary North East Winter for the reliable California Sunshine?

Pete318 (talk) 18:57, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Robin as lead vocalist?

I think that's pushing it. Barry's just as prominent in most of the song. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.224.73.109 (talk) 06:35, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]