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Originally Posted by Kathleen
I understand why you would say that. But I was at a show ages ago where Jon told the story of writing that song - and how Richie admired it. But the day Jon was writing it was a day that Richie just never showed up - so the song is Jon's only. So Jon was writing about Richie and was used to him being gone years ago.
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Interesting that in all the stories Jon's told about writing that song about Richie he never mentioned that it had anything to do with Richie not showing up that day. Kinda messes up the line "I bet it's warm in California, I think it's time to hit the road..." for me. I always assumed he was talking about Richie there, but if Richie was supposed to show up for a writing session, he must have been on the East Coast, I guess, so that blows that.
That story actually sounds a lot like the one Jon tells about him and Des writing HBE alone because Richie was on a date with Heather. He said Richie liked that one, too, and was sorry he didn't have a hand in writing it.
The things we learn...