Favorite Poetic Lines
Greg
hardly remember the song, but I think it goes like this:
It's a still life water color
of a now late afternoon
as the sun shines through the curtain lace
and shadows wash the room.
Wow - what a visual. A mind's eye snapshot.
(Sorry if I got words wrong. I'm only working on a memory of the song.
Haven't heard it in about 20 years.)
Greg
And she reads her Emily Dickinson
and I my Robert Frost
and we note our page with bookmarkers
to measure what we've lost.
Gergo Barany
>Mine favorite poetic line has to be in the Dangling Conversation. I can
>hardly remember the song, but I think it goes like this:
>
>It's a still life water color
>of a now late afternoon
>as the sun shines through the curtain lace
>and shadows wash the room.
>
>Wow - what a visual. A mind's eye snapshot.
>
>Haven't heard it in about 20 years.)
From memory, I'd say the words are right; and I agree, they are
beautiful.
I don't know if that's really my favorite, but when I heard Kathy's Song
again a few days ago, I was really touched by the lines
I stand alone without beliefs,
The only truth I know is you.
Gergo
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disalvo
appreciation for the poetry of
"Old Friends" sat on their park bench like bookends
Newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
Of the high shoes
or
Winter companions, the old men
Lost in their overcoats
Waiting for the sunset
Sounds of the city
Sifting through trees
Settle like dust
On the shoulders..
Of the Old Friends
Lucy
Greg wrote in message <7pjk7f$35j4$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
SNUMBER6
is ...
He doesn't dig poetry
When you say Dylan ...
He thinks your talkin' 'bout Dylan Thomas... Whoever he was ....
The man ain't got no culture ...
In the Village ....
I am not a number ... I am a free man !!!!
Hannes
Mine are the last lines of train in the distance because they are so simple
yet they describe a feeling I think everybody knows.
What is the point of this story
What information pertains
The thought that life could be better
is woven indelibly into our hearts
and our brains
Hannes
<Life is a dance if you take the steps>
Chris Stern
Gergo Barany wrote:
>
> Greg <infosourceRE...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> >Mine favorite poetic line has to be in the Dangling Conversation. I can
> >hardly remember the song, but I think it goes like this:
> >
> >It's a still life water color
> >of a now late afternoon
> >as the sun shines through the curtain lace
> >and shadows wash the room.
> >
> >Wow - what a visual. A mind's eye snapshot.
> >
> >(Sorry if I got words wrong. I'm only working on a memory of the song.
> >Haven't heard it in about 20 years.)
>
> From memory, I'd say the words are right; and I agree, they are
> beautiful.
> I don't know if that's really my favorite, but when I heard Kathy's Song
> again a few days ago, I was really touched by the lines
>
> I stand alone without beliefs,
> The only truth I know is you.
>
> Gergo
>
> --
As Artie says before he sings it "Paul's prettiest love song". I agree
it is a great love song with a beautiful melody.
Sing it like this, Chris!
Samantha Petro
and all the people said what ashamed that he is dead
from Most Peculiar Man!!!!
Sorry, but that song really cracks me up! :) My favorite poetic line
is actally a whole song --- I Am A Rock. Every word in that song is
just so beautifully written! And sadly enough it describes my life.
:-( I think that I am just too pessimistic!
Cathy Friedmann
agree with the ones mentioned so far - they're among the ones I've mentally
chosen over the years.
Others:
"Decades gliding by like Indians, time is cheap" (he wasn't kidding when he
wrote that one!),
"Faith is an island in the setting sun, but proof is the bottom line for
everyone",
"Sometimes even music can not substitute for tears",
"Take me to the Mardi Gras, in the city of my dreams; Where the dancing is
elite & there's music in the street both night & day",
"moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake" (both for its *sound* & imagery),
Satin Summer Nights - the title itself, and "I been watching the setting sun
as it bounces off the avenue, turning into gold dust at my feet",
"Come on baby now don't be shy, step in the light so I can see; the way you
move, it's got quality",
"Won't you run, come see St. Judy's comet roll across the sky, and leave a
spray of diamonds in its wake" (love the imagery),
From Thelma: "And if life is a blessing that brushes the tops of the trees,
then it's a short walk in the sweet breeze", "the words I speak in the
middle of my night fall on your yesterday's heart", "winter sunlight hits
the family tree, and everything else becomes nothing at all",
virtually *all* of American Tune, How the Heart Approaches What it Yearns,
and Bernadette.
I could go on & on & on..... Cathy
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Cathy Friedmann
anji <chap...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> I think my favourite line is:
>
> Now the sun has come to Earth
> Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
> Death comes in a blinding flash
> Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
> And the sun has come to Earth
>
> Now the sun has disappeared
> All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
> Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
> Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
> And the sun has disappeared
>
>
>
> Okay, OKay! I know it is more than a line, but you have to know all the
words in
> order to get the full grasp of it!
> I love the words "shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death, death comes in a
> blinding flash..."
>
> and the other,
> "All is darkness, anger, pain and fear..."
>
> Such simple words evoke emotion in me.....!!
>
> Does anyone 'sing' to PS? I mean, if the music is on, and no one is
around??
> Well, *Gasp!!* I do, alone and by myself, this song is perhaps the closest
to my
> vocal range, as well as He Was My brother, and American Tune. But I like
singing
> the others, but I don't have to change octaves (I don't have a manly
voice, just
> the harmonies I create sound good with it!)
> BTW, if you DO sing, who's 'tune' do you usually follow?? I think I end up
> singing a lot of garfunkels parts, because I think he has a lot more
variety in
> his parts! :)
>
>
> Anji
anji
anji
It's a still life water colour,
of a mellow late afternoon....
It could kind of go, maybe...
anji
Gergo Barany wrote:
> Greg <infosourceRE...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> >Mine favorite poetic line has to be in the Dangling Conversation. I can
> >hardly remember the song, but I think it goes like this:
> >
> >It's a still life water color
> >of a now late afternoon
> >as the sun shines through the curtain lace
> >and shadows wash the room.
> >
> >Wow - what a visual. A mind's eye snapshot.
> >
> >(Sorry if I got words wrong. I'm only working on a memory of the song.
> >Haven't heard it in about 20 years.)
>
> From memory, I'd say the words are right; and I agree, they are
> beautiful.
> I don't know if that's really my favorite, but when I heard Kathy's Song
> again a few days ago, I was really touched by the lines
>
> I stand alone without beliefs,
> The only truth I know is you.
>
> Gergo
>
> --
Grvrmonstr
"Time it was and what a time it was..."
"No it isn't after changes upon changes..."
"Many of the times I've been mistaken..."
And SO many more, but these are the ones that have stuck with me.
Keren
"Some people drink, some people don't
Some people think, some people won't."
Dave Matthews
Bill Bill Bill and Bill
Any time I play Me & Julio in my car, I whistle along in the break.
Bill
But what do you call your style, then?
Well, I never heard anybody that plays and sings like me, so I don't know.
Dylan
LHeriford
with depth, love, and anger....and they are all quite beautiful and comical in
their own way.
Lacey
Chris Stern
She seemed so glad to see me I just smiled
Chris
Greg
memory.
disalvo <dis...@erinet.com> wrote in message
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> Since I am among the "seasoned" veterans of Paul Simon fans I have a new
> appreciation for the poetry of
> "Old Friends" sat on their park bench like bookends
> Newspaper blown through the grass
> Falls on the round toes
> Of the high shoes
>
> or
>
> Winter companions, the old men
> Lost in their overcoats
> Waiting for the sunset
>
> Sounds of the city
> Sifting through trees
> Settle like dust
> On the shoulders..
>
> Of the Old Friends
>
>
>
> Lucy
>
>
> Greg wrote in message <7pjk7f$35j4$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
Greg
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anji
I just go by the songs, since it is from one of his earlier albums he didn't
seem to write a lot of his own songs, but still, I like it! I love how it is
sung, he seems to put a lot of emphasis on particular words (the line I'm
thinking most of "Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death")
I just love how it is sung! :)
Cathy Friedmann wrote:
> Sticking point - I don't think Paul wrote The Sun Is Burning. Cathy
>
> anji <chap...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> > I think my favourite line is:
> >
> > Now the sun has come to Earth
> > Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
> > Death comes in a blinding flash
> > Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
> > And the sun has come to Earth
> >
> > Now the sun has disappeared
> > All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
> > Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
> > Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
> > And the sun has disappeared
> >
> >
> >
> > Okay, OKay! I know it is more than a line, but you have to know all the
> words in
> > order to get the full grasp of it!
> > I love the words "shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death, death comes in a
> > blinding flash..."
> >
> > and the other,
> > "All is darkness, anger, pain and fear..."
> >
> > Such simple words evoke emotion in me.....!!
> >
> > Does anyone 'sing' to PS? I mean, if the music is on, and no one is
> around??
anji
I was, at work, and those lines just wouldn't leave me!
I just started my new job last week (I'm working in a retail store while
I save up to go to England next year!) and am pleased as peach to find
that S&G are on one of the CD's that play allllll day long (there are
about 10 cds' that are random!)
So, a lot of S&G are played! Yea!
Making the job just *that much more* bearable!
anji
PattyC4303
holes in the knees of my jeans
and how about
oh oh what a night
oh what a garden of delight
even now that sweet memory lingers
i was playin my guitar
lyin underneath the stars
and thankin the lord for my fingers
PattyC
T7OUFOF
and the heart can explode like a pistol on a June night
Who makes the bed that can't be made
Who is my mirror, who's my blade
When I am rising like a flood
Who feels the pounding in my blood
LEG
Joey Berger
I've always wondered about that last line - is it correct to say that
something is *woven* indellibly? Doesn't 'indelible' usually refer to
ink? Better head on over to dictionary.com to clear this up, I guess.
My vote:
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edges of the thunderstorm
And these streets, quiet as a sleeping army
Send their battered dreams
To heaven
>All are beautiful. It's nice to see that everyone has it's own favorites.
>Mine are the last lines of train in the distance because they are so simple
>yet they describe a feeling I think everybody knows.
>
>What is the point of this story
>What information pertains
>The thought that life could be better
>is woven indelibly into our hearts
>and our brains
>
>Hannes
><Life is a dance if you take the steps>
>
>
Joey Berger
pa...@simon.org
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Lasers In The Jungle: http://paul.simon.org
anji
'permanence' of ink, how long it lasts, etc...
So, it is woven permanently....last a long time! :)
anji
Cathy Friedmann
True enough.
> I just go by the songs,
I just assumed the rule was that he wrote it, too. Wasn't specified though,
I don't think.
since it is from one of his earlier albums he didn't
> seem to write a lot of his own songs,
Right, Wednesday Morning is full of lots of others' songs.
but still, I like it! I love how it is
> sung, he seems to put a lot of emphasis on particular words (the line I'm
> thinking most of "Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death")
> I just love how it is sung! :)
Yes, I know what you mean - I can hear it in my brain. But OTOH, I've
always found it rather on the depressing side myself... Cathy
Cathy Friedmann
concept that things should always be better than life tends to be - in
reality, has become permanently ingrained within us. Cathy
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Damon Timm
I slammed into a brick wall.
I said hey, is this my problem?
Is this my fault?
If that's the way it's going to be
I'm going to call the whole thing to a halt."
I like that one.
DT
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anji
ran through my head (she died at the vets for no apparant reason!) and i just
felt everything was unfair! I have lots of other lines though that aren't so
depressing, but I find a lot of S&G stuff is depressing, my favourite song is
probably the bookends theme,
"A time it was and what a time it was, it was a time of innocence, a time of
confidences, long ago it must be I have a photography, preserve your memories,
they're all that's left you..."
Cathy Friedmann wrote:
> anji <chap...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > I know, but he sang it! :)
>
> True enough.
>
> > I just go by the songs,
>
> I just assumed the rule was that he wrote it, too. Wasn't specified though,
> I don't think.
>
> since it is from one of his earlier albums he didn't
> > seem to write a lot of his own songs,
>
> Right, Wednesday Morning is full of lots of others' songs.
>
> but still, I like it! I love how it is
> > sung, he seems to put a lot of emphasis on particular words (the line I'm
> > thinking most of "Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death")
> > I just love how it is sung! :)
>
> Yes, I know what you mean - I can hear it in my brain. But OTOH, I've
> always found it rather on the depressing side myself... Cathy
> >
> >
> >
> > Cathy Friedmann wrote:
> >
> > > Sticking point - I don't think Paul wrote The Sun Is Burning. Cathy
> > >
> > > anji <chap...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
Opps
Ben Cook-Feltz
orchestration for "Old Friends" is absolutely dead-on. Especially when he sings
"settle like dust." Just marvelous, and beautiful.
bcf
Ben Cook-Feltz
on this subject a lot easier!! :-)
bcf
Cathy Friedmann wrote:
Ben Cook-Feltz
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues, or your basic rock and roll
You can sit on top of the beat,
You can lean on the side of the beat,
You can hang from the bottom of the beat,
But you gotta admit that the music is sweet!
bcf
Ben Cook-Feltz
Everybody sees you're blown apart,
Everybody feels the wind blow
It took me years to fully appreciate that one. I do now though.
Another one! (It's way too hard to pick one.)
And the sky is a coat of diamonds,
There's a wooden cross over my bed,
The city is lit with candles,
They're shining for you, Burnadette
OR
But he can't leave his fears behind,
He recalls each fatal thrust
The screams carried by the wind
Phantom figures in the dust
And finally. . .
God only knows,
And God makes his plans
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
We're workin our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're glidin down the highway, when in fact we're slip slidin away
Okay, I think that's all of them for now! PLUS all the others everyone's
mentioned!! :-)
bcf
T7OUFOF
> depressing, but I find a lot of S&G stuff is depressing, my favourite
> song is
> probably the bookends theme,
> "A time it was and what a time it was, it was a time of innocence, a
> time of
> confidences, long ago it must be I have a photography, preserve your
> memories,
> they're all that's left you..."
Yes, I was asked to sing this song at the funeral of a girl (mid-30's)
who took her own life. I always think of that when I hear Bookends.
It is quite a moving song and (I thought) very appropriate for that
occasion.
LEG
Cathy Friedmann
brooding - along with the social commentary, and as a result were often
rather depressing - just a product of their times, I think. OTOH - the
later song, Gone at Last - I used to play that after having gone through any
particular bad patch, as a celebratory song! BTW - I'm sorry about your
dog - my cats are very important to me, and I took a day off from work when
my first one died, so I can relate! And, yes - I like that Bookends bit,
too. Cathy
anji <chap...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> cathy, it IS a depressing song very much so! The day my dog died, this
song just
> ran through my head (she died at the vets for no apparant reason!) and i
just
> felt everything was unfair! I have lots of other lines though that aren't
so
> depressing, but I find a lot of S&G stuff is depressing, my favourite song
is
> probably the bookends theme,
> "A time it was and what a time it was, it was a time of innocence, a time
of
> confidences, long ago it must be I have a photography, preserve your
memories,
> they're all that's left you..."
>
Cathy Friedmann
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Hannes
>"Sometimes even music can not substitute for tears",
I agree, this one touches me also very much!
Hannes
<Life is a dance if you tak the steps>
Hannes
Oops that 'll be depressing.
Just kidding guys don't kill me
Hannes
<Life is a dance if you take the steps, (on Europe's main land)>
disalvo
PS material, it is - for me - one of the most touching lyrics...
When your weary
Feeling small
When tears are in
Your eyes
I will dry them all
When your down and out
When your on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part......
Such a statement of unconditional love......
Lucy
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Jennifer
Found a rug in an old junk shop,
Brought it home to you,
Along the way the colors ran
The orange bled the blue...
The imagary of a new, somewhat shakey love runs through this entire song.
Jennifer
Jennifer
"Why don't you love me for who I am where I am?" Simon
Scott C171
<<<Found a rug in an old junk shop,
<<<Brought it home to you,
<<<Along the way the colors ran
<<<The orange bled the blue...
One of my favorites from the same song...
The sting of reason
The splash of tears
The northern and the southern
Hemispheres
Love emerges
And it disappears
Scott
Joey Berger
Right, but who weaves ink? (thoughts, I guess, but ink?)
>Hey joey! Perhaps it does mean ink, but perhaps it is refering to the
>'permanence' of ink, how long it lasts, etc...
>So, it is woven permanently....last a long time! :)
>
>anji
>
>
>
>Joey Berger wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:29:17 +0200, "Hannes" <h...@antigoon.nl> wrote:
>>
>> I've always wondered about that last line - is it correct to say that
>> something is *woven* indellibly? Doesn't 'indelible' usually refer to
>> ink? Better head on over to dictionary.com to clear this up, I guess.
>>
>> My vote:
>> Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
>> Lightning pushes the edges of the thunderstorm
>> And these streets, quiet as a sleeping army
>> Send their battered dreams
>> To heaven
>>
>> >All are beautiful. It's nice to see that everyone has it's own favorites.
>> >Mine are the last lines of train in the distance because they are so simple
>> >yet they describe a feeling I think everybody knows.
>> >
>> >What is the point of this story
>> >What information pertains
>> >The thought that life could be better
>> >is woven indelibly into our hearts
>> >and our brains
>> >
>> >Hannes
Hannes
Wasn't that Bernadette?
Ben Cook-Feltz
Hey, at least I didn't write they're burning for you, Shinadette.
(Excuse the loopiness of this post, my brain's fried from first day at
college.)
bcf
Cathy Friedmann
Bernadette". I was imagining how as some lights go off & others come on,
they could take on a liquid quality. Oh, well... Cathy
Ben Cook-Feltz <bush...@cfu-cybernet.net> wrote in message
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> Losing love is like a window in your heart,
> Everybody sees you're blown apart,
> Everybody feels the wind blow
>
>
> It took me years to fully appreciate that one. I do now though.
>
> Another one! (It's way too hard to pick one.)
> And the sky is a coat of diamonds,
> There's a wooden cross over my bed,
> The city is lit with candles,
> They're shining for you, Burnadette
>
Bishmark
>>Found a rug in an old junk shop,
Brought it home to you,
Along the way the colors ran
The orange bled the blue...<<
I like this, but prefer, from later in the same song...
Sting of reason
Splash of tears
The Northern and the Southern Hemispheres
Love emerges and it disappears
I do it for your love.
Chris Stern
It's not their style to be so bold
etc etc
genius!
Chris
Bishmark wrote:
>
> Isn't it great that there are so many memorable PS lines? One which came to
> mind last night (during an argument with she-who-must-be-obeyed) is:
>
> Negotiations and love songs
> Are often mistaken for
> One and the same
Bishmark
Ben Cook-Feltz
singing:
Oh, little darling of mine,
I can't for the life of me,
Remember a Saturday,
I know they say let it be. . .
Let the course of the nighttime run, over and over again. . .
I REEELY had no idea what he was talking about.
bcf
Joey Berger
I love the line from ROTS - "fashion is rich people waiting at the
door".
Gergo Barany
>On 25 Aug 1999 00:09:10 GMT, bish...@aol.com (Bishmark) wrote:
>
>>Isn't it great that there are so many memorable PS lines? One which came to
>>mind last night (during an argument with she-who-must-be-obeyed) is:
>>
>>Negotiations and love songs
>>Are often mistaken for
>>One and the same
>
>I love the line from ROTS - "fashion is rich people waiting at the
>door".
It's "waving," but I agree. And "the music suffers, the music business
thrives." How true.
Gergo
--
"I believe the use of noise to make music will increase until we reach a
music produced through the aid of electrical instruments which will make
available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard."
-- composer John Cage, 1937
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J. Haskins
(She was the kind of a girl that could say things that weren't that
funny)
What does that mean, "I really remind you of money?"
She said "Who am I to blow against the wind?"
Derek Zona
In the clearing stands a boxer,
and a fighter by his trade,
and he carries the reminders,
of every glove that laid him down,
or cut him till he cried out
in his anger and his shame,
I am Leaving, I am Leaving
but the fighter sill remains.
Without hearing the rest of the song, this is as moving as anything he
wrote. It's almost like a mini-song within a song.
Greg wrote in message <7pjk7f$35j4$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
>Mine favorite poetic line has to be in the Dangling Conversation. I can
>hardly remember the song, but I think it goes like this:
>
>It's a still life water color
>of a now late afternoon
>as the sun shines through the curtain lace
>and shadows wash the room.
>
>Wow - what a visual. A mind's eye snapshot.
>
>(Sorry if I got words wrong. I'm only working on a memory of the song.
>Haven't heard it in about 20 years.)
>
>
>
anji
at the door)...
You know, when you hear something over and over, you either subconciously
understand it or just ignore it completely. Well, I hear it often, but
sometimes a line just jumps out, and I have to sort of 'disect' it in order to
fully understand it! :)
anji
Joey Berger wrote:
> On 25 Aug 1999 00:09:10 GMT, bish...@aol.com (Bishmark) wrote:
>
> >Isn't it great that there are so many memorable PS lines? One which came to
> >mind last night (during an argument with she-who-must-be-obeyed) is:
> >
> >Negotiations and love songs
> >Are often mistaken for
> >One and the same
>
> I love the line from ROTS - "fashion is rich people waiting at the
> door".
>
David Moreau
"There may come a time
When I will lose you
Lose you as I lose my light
Days falling backward into velvet night
The open palm of desire
Wants everything
It wants everything
It wants soil as soft as summer
And the strength to push like spring"
David
Ben Cook-Feltz
from?
Cathy Friedmann
> Just out of curiosity (please don't hurt me), but what song is that
> from?
No problem - It's from the song "Further to Fly", on The Rhythm of the
Saints. Cathy
Cathy Friedmann
J. Haskins <hask...@teleport.com> wrote in message
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The *first* lines of that song crack me up: after looking him over she
thought he was all right, "Well, all right for a sort-of limited
off-night"! <g> Cathy
Daniel Henderson
And the strength to push like spring"<<<
Is the last line in this correct? I always thought it was "and the strength to
push the rite of spring." Of course the cd booklet is in the car and I am much
to lazy right now to go get it....I could be wrong...
Daniel
Joey Berger
<bush...@cfu-cybernet.net> wrote:
I used to think it was Saturday also. I figured it was genius, as if
saying that what stands out in life are the plain old ordinary things
(a Saturday long ago forgotten), and that the singer was so upset that
he/she missed out on such a seemingly small but important detail. I
like it that way, so it'll always be "Saturday" to me.
Joey Berger
Cathy Friedmann
was "some roly-poly little bap-faced girl" rather than a "bat-faced girl".
Isn't a bap (in the UK) the same as a soft roll? So I was imagining a soft
doughy-type faced girl - fits in with roly-poly, anyway. Cathy
Cathy Friedmann <c...@borg.com> wrote in message
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> I used to hear it as: "The city's liquid candles, they're shining for you,
> Bernadette". I was imagining how as some lights go off & others come on,
> they could take on a liquid quality. Oh, well... Cathy
>
> Ben Cook-Feltz <bush...@cfu-cybernet.net> wrote in message
Cathy Friedmann
sort-of limited way for an off-night"! Cathy
Friedmann <c...@borg.com> wrote in message news:37c4a...@nntp2.borg.com...
Opps
>was "some roly-poly little bap-faced girl"
Snap
Serge Stijnen
Woman, you can't live with em, .........
Bishmark <bish...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Serge Stijnen
But I would notbe convicted by a jury of my peers
Gandalf
SNUMBER6
>I've got one for you to, it's from Norm.
>
>Woman, you can't live with em, .........
Pass the beer nuts ...
In the Village ....
I am not a number ... I am a free man !!!!
Hannes
Serge Stijnen <ganda...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've got one for you to, it's from Norm.
>
> Woman, you can't live with em, .........
>
Cathy Friedmann
Opps <kidl...@aol.combat.spam> wrote in message
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> >Another one I had misunderstood is in "You Can Call Me Al" - I thought it
> >was "some roly-poly little bap-faced girl"
>
> Snap
Oh, good - looks like I wasn't the only one! Actually, I think I like
"bap-faced" better than "bat-faced"... Cathy
Serge Stijnen
Hannes <Han...@antigoon.nl> wrote in message
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You'd wish....
Maybe you'll know more about PS but I know My cheers.
Next time you'll try to be smart first join alt.cheers
1-0 daddy
Gandalf
>
SOLSEN876
Cathy Friedmann wrote:
>
> Another one I had misunderstood is in "You Can Call Me Al" - I thought it
> was "some roly-poly little bap-faced girl" rather than a "bat-faced girl".
> Isn't a bap (in the UK) the same as a soft roll? So I was imagining a soft
> doughy-type faced girl - fits in with roly-poly, anyway. Cathy
>
>
And I always heard the line as roly-poly little fat-faced girl.
Sandy
Wanda Sherratt
I'm alive!
Lah-lalalah lalalah
I'm alive...etc.
Ben Cook-Feltz wrote:
> Originally, when I heard "Mother And Child Reunion," I was convinced he was
> singing:
>
> Oh, little darling of mine,
> I can't for the life of me,
> Remember a Saturday,
> I know they say let it be. . .
> Let the course of the nighttime run, over and over again. . .
>
> I REEELY had no idea what he was talking about.
> bcf
>
> Cathy Friedmann wrote:
>
Bill Bill Bill and Bill
>>
>Totally off topic but it was Woody who said that!
The Woodpecker?!?
Bill
But what do you call your style, then?
Well, I never heard anybody that plays and sings like me, so I don't know.
Dylan
sammy
anji heeft geschreven in bericht <379CC29B...@sympatico.ca>...
>Hey, just TODAY I finally understood that line (fashion is rich people
waiting
>at the door)...
and what *does* it mean...?
Gergo Barany
Rich people waving at the door is what you see at the Oscars and other
meaningless but popular events. What those rich people wear becomes
popular and fashionable. Or at least that's how I interpret it.
Gergo
--
According to the obituary notices, a mean and unimportant person never dies.
Daniel Henderson
meaningless but popular events. What those rich people wear becomes
popular and fashionable. Or at least that's how I interpret it.
Gergo>>>>
I always thought it was Rich people WAITING at the door....and I always assumed
that meant rich people watch what "real people" are buying and wearing and then
grab it real quick (they are at the door, after all) and make like it is their
own....
Daniel
Gergo Barany
I like that idea. Many people seem to hear "waiting," but the CD booklet
says "waving," and a quick listen suggests the same.
Gergo
--
Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet.
anji
method for rich people to communicate and that they unfortunately can not
communicate with the 'normal lower-class' people. I mean, okay, turn onto a
fashion channel, and watch those million dollar trashy looking gowns NO ONE
ever in their right mind would wear walking down your street. However,
maybe to them, spending their money on such foolish and unconventional
gowns is their way of culture, etc...we can not possibly ever (and by we, I
mean most of us in the NG and the rest of the world) dream of wearing that
kind of culture. I'm probably not making any sense, but perhaps to sum it
up, If you are rich, you wear rich.
anyway, I just think fashion (in runway sense) is for rich people who could
clearly afford it. the 'other' culture...
that's what it means to me (I think!)
anji
sammy wrote:
> anji heeft geschreven in bericht <379CC29B...@sympatico.ca>...
> >Hey, just TODAY I finally understood that line (fashion is rich people
> waiting
> >at the door)...
>
> and what *does* it mean...?
Joey Berger
Good point(s). Rhythm Of The Saints is a special album because it's
full of seemingly loose-jointed striking images, that often
intertwingle with other striking images at different parts of the
album to form clear thoughts. That's one of the reasons that people
seem to have trouble getting into it, but once they do, well, there's
no going back :-)
That line ("Fashion is rich people waving <not "waiting" as I had
posted before> at the door") is just so visual - the singer is at some
big time who's who affair, and feels like a stranger ("when strange
isn't fashionable"), and he gets this moment of clarity -
capital-F-Fashions is just what snooty rich people pretending to care
about one another say it ought to be.
Joey Berger
stephen irons
< Time it was and what a time it was, it was>
Joey Berger <pa...@simon.org> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:29:17 +0200, "Hannes" <h...@antigoon.nl> wrote:
>
> I've always wondered about that last line - is it correct to say that
> something is *woven* indellibly? Doesn't 'indelible' usually refer to
> ink? Better head on over to dictionary.com to clear this up, I guess.
>
> My vote:
> Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
> Lightning pushes the edges of the thunderstorm
> And these streets, quiet as a sleeping army
> Send their battered dreams
> To heaven
>
> >All are beautiful. It's nice to see that everyone has it's own favorites.
> >Mine are the last lines of train in the distance because they are so
simple
> >yet they describe a feeling I think everybody knows.
> >
> >What is the point of this story
> >What information pertains
> >The thought that life could be better
> >is woven indelibly into our hearts
> >and our brains
> >
> >Hannes
> ><Life is a dance if you take the steps>
> >
> >
>