Laura
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Post by Laura on Apr 1, 2005 12:44:21 GMT -5
There's tons of songs with men's names (Johnny's Gonna Die, Otto, Take Me To The Hospital, I could go on forever).
Does he mention any female names? (Non famous. Demi Moore and Carson McCullers don't count.)
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toml
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Post by toml on Apr 1, 2005 13:48:38 GMT -5
Black Eyed Susan?.....Not just a flower in that song I think. Just a thought.
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on Apr 1, 2005 17:25:45 GMT -5
good point. the fairer sex tends not to get named.
- Emily Woods (if that's a person and not a forest, in Lush and Green)
- Ma, in lots of songs, but that's maybe not a "name"
- Jane (sporting a chain) in "Androgynous"
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Post by Kathy on Apr 1, 2005 23:34:32 GMT -5
good point. the fairer sex tends not to get named. - Emily Woods (if that's a person and not a forest, in Lush and Green) - Ma, in lots of songs, but that's maybe not a "name" - Jane (sporting a chain) in "Androgynous" I could be wrong but I don't think Emily Woods is in the album version is it? I think it only shows up live, kinda like "Up in the sky now, Katie's getting lonely" (her name is only included live). |
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Post by Cotton on Apr 2, 2005 3:44:45 GMT -5
good point. the fairer sex tends not to get named. - Emily Woods (if that's a person and not a forest, in Lush and Green) On the CFMT dvd extra Lush & Green - he sings "she passed away as best she could- lush & green - sweet Emily Woods" Given the Katie O./ Sylvia Plath and the Plath to Emily Dickinson connections, I think that 'Emily Woods' - is a direct reference to Dickinson, of course it could be Emily Bronte - morose contemporary to Dickinson. Still, I suppose she/they could count as named woman. |
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Post by TomT on Apr 6, 2005 5:59:17 GMT -5
Is it possible that Merry Go Round is about a Mary? He's hinted at this live. Most recently at SF he asked "is Mary out there" before playing it.
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on Apr 6, 2005 11:40:39 GMT -5
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Post by allshookup on Apr 6, 2005 12:12:08 GMT -5
Merry go round in dreams / writes 'em down, it seems
when she sleeps, she's free / merry go round in dreams
This part has always reminded me of Holden Caulfield and his sister Phoebe: when he sneaks into his house and watches her sleeping, that's about the only peace he finds in the whole book. And at the end, watching her going around and around on the carousel, sitting on that bench in the pouring rain, slowly losing his grip...
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