Re: fractured lyrics (again?)

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

One of my faves was in Hendrix's "Purple Haze", where he sang "Scuse me while I
kiss the sky" and many people said it was "Scuse me while I kiss this guy".
Well, at the Atlantic City Pop Festival (1970?) when he sang that line he leaned
over and grabbed Noel Redding.  Pretty funny.
Lorele

Robert Cohen wrote:

> 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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