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Re: _Get Out Of My House_

From: Paul.Gillingwater@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 91 10:37:34 GMT
Subject: Re: _Get Out Of My House_
Comment-To: nrc@cbema.att.COM
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
References: <83B8B4A40000010F@sc.intel.com> <1991Apr1.214122.5983@cbnews.att.com>

In article <1991Apr1.214122.5983@cbnews.att.com> nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) writes:
> | And it's very much a play on a traditional song called "The
> | Two Magicians" about someone who's trying to escape someone,
> | and they keep changing their form in order to escape them.
> | But the other thing keeps changing its form.  And that's
> | actually what the whole song is about -- someone who is running 
> | away from something they don't want to face, but wherever they 
> | go, the thing will follow them.  Basically, you can't run away 
> | from things -- you've got to confront things.  And it's using 

The original song is about a male and female magician.  The male
pursues the female, who uses transformations to flee.  He pursues
using similar tricks.  In the end, she surrenders to him for sexual
purposes.
-- 
Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz