Re: fractured lyrics (again?)

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I, otoh (or likewise, I guess), *very* often have trouble differentiating 
lyrics, and I think always have; didn't we have a little thread on this 
once?  I *think* I shared, then, my fractured hearing of "Blowin' in the 
Wind" which I really think _improved_ it:  I thought PP&M sang "How many 
tears"--not "ears"--"must one man have before he can hear people cry?"  And 
I still think--I really _do_ think I must have previously posted this--that 
that's a much better line (though, mind you, I didn't intend to improve on 
Dylan; that's what I thought I heard):  *That's* the real point about 
developing empathy and compassion.  "How many ears"--that's just silly.  You 
could have an extra ear--which nobody does, anyway--and still not hear other 
people's tears.

--Robert Cohen


>From: AGREENBA (at) aol(dot)com
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Mamas & Papas
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:02:42 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 7/23/01 1:22:32 PM, rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com writes:
>
><< Is "Sunday Monday" the 1-4-tone-flat version of "Monday Monday"?  That
>seems
>right, somehow.
>
>Insert smile here. >>
>
>Yes, THAT?s the wonderful 1/4 tone flat ?version.? I actually realized that 
>I
>had written what I used to think it was for many years. (I have a 
>particular
>difficulty understanding lyrics in most songs. Perhaps I?m concentrating 
>too
>much on pitch....)
>Thanks for inserting your smile...
>adrianne
>
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