Nile Rodgers: The thing that I remember that was so peculiar, which you probably weren't involved in this, was Lionel Richie giving us all a pep talk about not removing the microphone, because Bob Clearmountain, who was the engineer, was way out in center field and the microphones were set up strategically. Graham Nash: We were on tour, right? So we flew in there and we flew to do a gig right after Live Aid. That's why I was asking, because I know I was high. And of course I was probably pretty high at the time. Nile Rodgers: I thought so, because I kept thinking to myself, "I'm on the bus with Crosby, Stills and Nash.” Because I know that David Crosby was on the bus. When we did Live Aid, were you on the bus? There was a bus that carted us from, I don't know, I guess some artist area. Before we get to that though, I just got to ask you one thing. Nile Rodgers: I'm interested in your songs that you've written. but perhaps, if he could sail away, he might find someplace where there's still hope, still some kind of future for humanity.Nile Rodgers talks songwriting with Graham Nash of the legendary Crosby, Stills & Nash on Deep Hidden Meaning Radio, and hears the stories behind classics like “Marrakesh Express,” “Our House” and “Teach Your Children.” Graham tells Nile how his former band The Hollies' version of “Marrakesh Express” was "terrible,” how they needed to get David Crosby drunk to sing one of his most famous songs and how one of CSN's biggest hits was the result of a bet with a drug dealer. The place he's in has been destroyed beyond salvation. The survivor dreams of building a wooden boat, finding some women, and sailing away to someplace better. They don't understand each other's languages, but they exchange smiles and share some berries (which must not be contaminated), which one of them has been surviving on. He asks the soldier, ironically, if he knows which side "won" in this insane war. Weeks after the smoke from the atomic bombs and missiles clears, one survivor meets a surviving soldier from the enemy side. Then, their fantasy took a dark turn, and the resulting song,"Wooden Ships," was about the aftermath of a nuclear war. At first, they were having fun, and started writing a song about living forever on a boat, just floating peacefully forever in perfect freedom and happiness.
Song was written by Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Jefferson Airplane leader Paul Kantner while they were together in Crosby's sailboat in the Caribbean.
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