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Re: dali

From: ttuerff@primenet.com (Tom Tuerff)
Date: 25 Jan 1997 09:38:05 -0700
Subject: Re: dali
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In article <970122225053_1144261898@emout07.mail.aol.com>,
ANGLTRED@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-01-22 12:40:14 EST, you write:
> 
> << I can't help but think that there is some error with regard to the Cathy
>  Demo song known as "Ferry Me Over" and, sometimes, referred to as "Dali." 
>  Could it be that, in the wild and wacky world of bootlegging, someone
>  listening to the song might have thought that Kate was singing
>  "Daaaaaa-liiiiiiiiii" when she was really singing
>  "Daaaaaaar-liiiiiiiiiiing?"  I know that when singing "Warm and Soothing,"
>  her "darling" sounds very much like "Dali," too, but we all know that it
>  is, indeed, "darling."  
>  
>  My humble opinion.  Thank you.  
>   >>
> 
> 
> Listen to the rest of the words in the song.  It's no doubt "Dali" she is
> saying.  You can't take on word and completely pull it out of context!
> 
> My humble opinion, from a drunken-state frame of mind, 
> ~~~Samantha

>From the box of the master tape copy from the Gilmour sessions that was
played in Phoenix back in 1987 on the radio, the disc jockey read "Dali,"
which I think answers this question.

This does bring up some interesting ideas, though--Barbra Streisand in a
revival of "Hello, Dali," or maybe "Hello, Darling," which probably woulda
bombed.

TT

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