The visceral appeal of the song is just as easy to understand. This quote from his website said it better than anyone else: “Redding enters with a voice that is emotional and knowing, but also stoic, as even and reliable as the waves that reflect his mood. As a lone guitar slowly rises above the sound of waves breaking, a bass line enters, just simple enough to keep the song moving forward. However, at the same time, others have found a far different constellation of feelings in the song, like overpowering sadness, almost unbearable regret. It’s a song about a person who has found his peace. And that’s certainly one way to hear the song – a song about a man who has experienced life’s trials but is now content to just watch the ships come and go, blissfully wasting time. From this certain standpoint, it’s hard to believe that Redding looked out over the lapping waves of the San Francisco Bay with anything other than satisfaction, the sort of contentment that comes with all things being in their place. According to the Internet, over the preceding six months before he wrote this song, his career had taken huge steps. I thought that maybe I could get more context by learning more about his career when he was writing about this song. Does it tell the story of a man at peace with life, or does it express a more pessimistic sadness, like defeat and regret? This certain verse: Looks like nothing’s gonna change / Everything still remains the same / I can’t do what ten people tell me to do / So I guess I’ll remain the same, listen / has confused listeners around the world, causing discussions to emerge. The lyrics of the song make it challenging to decipher the main idea that he was trying to get across. He was only 26 years old when he passed away. During that time, I knew of the song, and not of the context behind it, so I had to do extra research to fully understand the meaning.Īccording to online sources, Otis Redding finished recording “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” days before a tragic plane crash took his life. Apparently, he was staying on a houseboat in Sausalito, just across the Golden Gate, when he wrote the song. On our way to the Golden Gate Bridge, we passed by Sausalito, and the tour guide told us that it was the place where Otis Redding drew inspiration from when he wrote the popular song (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay. So, I’m just gon’ sit on the dock of the bayĪnd this loneliness won’t leave me alone, listenĪ few years back, around 2013, when my parents and I travelled to San Francisco, we rode a hop on, hop off tour bus that brought us to the different sights. And look like nothing’s gonna come my way
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