Re: get out of my house mule noises

[nessus@mit.edu (Douglas Alan)]

In article <9501100701.AA18185@student2.cl.msu.edu> "Brian J Dillard"
<dillardb@student.msu.edu> writes:

>    from what i hear, the line 'i turn into the mule' and the 'eor'
>   noises are a reference to the mule, a powerful (psychic?) mutant
>   character in isaac asimov's foundation trilogy (actually by now
>   it's more than a trilogy but anyway . . . .  ), which i have owned
>   since the age of 10 and NEVER read . . . . . i was always more
>   heinlein action than asimov cerebral in my SF taste. GOOMH also
>   reportedly was inspired by the film version of stephen king's 'the
>   shining.'

>   i know these oft-reported tidbits, but here's a question, perhaps
>   for IED: what are the sources of this information? has kate
>   mentioned asimov or king and/or their works in any interviews? or
>   is it all supposition?

Having been a cerebral Asimov rather than Heinlein action fan, I read
all the Foundation books when I was a kid, and I think I can safely
say that the chances are vanishingly small that Kate intended any
connection with Asimov's character.  Kate herself has said the
inspiration for mule imagery was the Disney animated film *Pinochio*.
The source for this tidbit is when I chatted with her.  *The Shining*
is indeed also an influence for the song.  In the KBC newsletter many
years ago Kate wrote that the book *The Shining* and the movie *The
Alien* inspired much of the imagery for the song.

|>oug

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