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ENO Lyrics

From: "ROSSI J.A." <rossi@nusc.ARPA>
Date: 6 Aug 86 12:50:00 PST
Subject: ENO Lyrics
Reply-To: "ROSSI J.A." <rossi@nusc.ARPA>


The actual lyrics to 'Here Come the Warm Jets' may never be revealed.  I
remember reading an interview with Eno just after the LP (of the same name)
was released in which he said that he purposefully hid the actual lyrical
content in the mix so as to avoid mis-interpretation of them.  In a later
interview in some Jazz magazine, he said something to the effect of HCtWJ
being an example of ambient lyrical content.  Since he wasn't up to the
full steam of ambient experience wey (pre Discrete Music), what he said
contained some mumbo-jumbo about subliminal preception experimentation and
user dependent preception of thge lyrics.  So, I guess If you think he's
singing about pissing, I guess you might be right, however, he could equally
possibly be singing about heated airline cabins, south pacific winds,
attack airplanes, etc.  

'Burning airlines give you so much more' (Than warm jets?)
John
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