However, because it was very crowded there he decided to take the ferry over to the smaller island called Formentera. At that time many artists and musicians were going there it was a Hippie paradise. He took a break that Summer and went over to the Balearic isle of Ibiza. In 1968 James was recording his first LP in Trident Studios, London where the Beatles were also recording their white Double Album. Brandon from GermanyI've been researching this topic about "Karin" (not Karen) for quite some time now.The ominous sense of impending death has changed to beauty, bringing tears to his eyes, but nevertheless he's apologetically departing and to his beloved Carolina. The sunshine and the moonshine brightens up his thoughts, however now he's thinking of the time and place in Carolina as his own personal heaven to which he's headed. In the face of this shade, he turns to thoughts of a place and a time he once loved being as an 'old friend' hits him from behind. Max from AustraliaThis song is about feeling depressed and like the shadow of death is upon you.Max from AustraliaOr maybe it's just about being homesick in front of some bird you just met and getting overly emotional about it.He also mentioned that Karen (Karin) tried to see him at a concert many years ago but she couldn't get past security and he has never heard from her again. The line "Now with a holy host of others standing round me, still I'm on the dark side of the moon" is about James playing for the Beatles while in studio. McCartney and Harrison played and sang on the original Apple version of the song. While the Beatles were off he ran down to Spain for a week trip and on an island he wrote Carolina in My Mind. The Beatles were recording the White album and James used to record with Peter Asher during the Beatles extra time. His good friend, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar knew Peter Asher and put James in touch (with Asher) which led to James signing with Apple (the first act signed to Apple). He did write the song in Spain while on a 1 week break from the recording studio in London. 00spy from CalgaryTaylor played and talked about this song (May 12, 2015) on the Howard Stern show.The rush, I left the bulls-t n went home. AugustineThis is about snorting or banging a little heroin. AnonymousIts about omens and nuclear war.What a feeling of dreaming to go some where. James King from Cumberland, MdA great song, reminds me that he had a journey in his mind and that was to get back home to the Carolina's.AnonymousI think this song was written about Carol King - they did have a well-known affair back in the day, when James was married to Carly Simon.Truth from MarsKarin is a guy now, named Kaitlyn Karin.Ablokefromengland from EnglandWhy doesn't your Mum want to contact James, Johan?. Sadly, unlike Martin Turner, Taylor appears not to have been reunited with his lady friend, whatever their relationship. Though Taylor was pleased with the real sketch, he said that try as he may he couldn't stop thinking of her now as a criminal. The artist e-mailed him a most unflattering sketch the next day as a joke. She was Scandinavian, about twenty-four years old, and had shoulder length blonde hair, reminiscent of Annalena Nordstrom in the Wishbone Ash song " Blowin' Free." Her ghost was still haunting him 35 years later, and with the advent of the Internet he decided better late than never, located a police artist and commissioned him to draw a sketch of what she would look like after all this time. This appears to have been a fleeting relationship, or perhaps simply a meeting, but he never saw her again. The album was recorded in London the same time the Beatles recorded their White Album and was released on their Apple label at some point Taylor skipped across to the island of Formentera, where he met Karin. Taylor cleared this up in a concert screened by BBC Television in March 2009, when he revealed the identity of the Karin alluded to in this song. There has been a great deal of speculation as to the identity of Karin, the woman he sings about in the line, "Karin, she's a silver sun." Until 2009, Taylor would not reveal her identity, leading listeners to create their own theories: Some felt that Karin was a poetic name for Carolina, others believed that Karin was a beautiful young woman that James met while on a trip to Spain, and many have said that this song is about drugs, since at the time it was written, Taylor was trying so hard to kick a serious addiction to heroin.
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