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The complete annotated lyrics???

From: Jorn Barger <barger@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 90 16:15:52 CST
Subject: The complete annotated lyrics???


Re Richard Caldwell (in <9002161458.AA16270@eddie.mit.edu>)

I'm not particularly attached to be the designated collator, especially
as I love my job and have lots of busy-ness already...

I do have some annotation experience, having done 100 pages on the first
two paragraphs of Finnegans Wake (a standard of ridiculousness that I hope
will never be surpassed).

My rule-of-editing-thumb there was to put in everything even vaguely relat-
able, but I think even if we be highly liberal here we'll still not tax net
resources excessively.


After running through TKI1 I begin to wonder whether lyrics-plus-annotations
will even double the length of the lyrics alone, if we stick to known facts
and reasonable speculation...

Re Julian West (in <1111581@mac.dartmouth.edu>)

Why _interwar_ Berlin???

Om mani padme hum gets explained every so often in eastern-religion books.
I just have to remember which ones...



It occurs to me that the "You crush the lilly in my soul" line from Moving
might in fact imply that KT had a crush on Kemp-- I don't see any other
interpretation of the negativity of that line in a very positive song...

--jorn