By identifying them in this way, Dylan invokes a sense of timelessness. We find out that the two people speaking are “the joker” and “the thief.” These are archetypal characters that have existed in one form or another for thousands of years. We don’t know where the “here” is from which the speaker wants to escape, but we know he wants out. Notice how Dylan starts the song by throwing us into the middle of a conversation, and begins with an urgent statement. Let’s take a look at the song itself, shall we? Reason to Rock suggests the meaning behind the song’s famous first lines: What’s so special and so fitting about All Along The Watchtower? Well, why do they wear suits and ties? Why do they look so much like us? What is the connection between them and us? It would put in stark relief the idea that there is a connection between the people on Galactica and our experience on Earth.īut you could make the case that any song would serve the narrative purpose of linking the world of Galactica to our own. One of the ideas I wanted to play was, okay, if you found a song that we, the audience, recognize, you realize that you have a connection to this world too, and suddenly other pieces start to fit. There was this idea developed early in the series, that one of the Colonial scriptures says, All of this has happened before and all of it will happen again, that certain elements and situations and even people repeat in a cycle of destruction and rebirth and exodus and chase, etc. I had always had this idea of using that particular song in the show as a marker that there were other things going on here. Moore, had to say about the use of the song: Let’s begin by looking at what the writer, Ronald D.
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