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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: America and Japan |
| Date | Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:23:55 -0500 |
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At 12:20 AM 2/4/2003 -0500, Stuart Kazanow wrote:
> Its amazing how much I still enjoy the stuff, especially given how bad it
>is lyrically. I'm not just talking bad, as in a banal sort of way, but in
>more of an Ed Wood style. Phrasing that just makes no sense...concepts that
>turn on themselves. At times its both painful and hysterical.
>
> Take this winner from "A Horse With No Name:"
>
> In the desert, you can remember your name
> For there ain't no one for to give you no pain
You forgot my favorite line: "The heat was hot." Thanks for clearing that
up, Professor Tautology.
I agree with Randy Newman: that song's about a kid who thinks he's taken acid.
S
NP: "Academy Fight Song" -- Mission of Burma
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