I felt it was an anti-abortion song from the first time I heard it in 1977.
Brixton Live - 'Bodies' - Listen to his intro monologue, and the lyrics.
I'm not gonna fill in the backstory on why the song was written.
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I felt it was an anti-abortion song from the first time I heard it in 1977.
Brixton Live - 'Bodies' - Listen to his intro monologue, and the lyrics.
I'm not gonna fill in the backstory on why the song was written.
I will! A combo of some psycho girl they knew who walked around with her abortion in a plastic bag, and John reflecting back on all his mother's miscarriages, which he helped her pass when he was growing up (they were dirt poor so it didn't happen in a hospital). He saw those little bodies and knew them to be his brothers and sisters.
Accurate.