Imaginos remakes and outtakes

[Carl E. Anderson]

> >>        However, my friends and I used to have a running joke about
> >>"proper rock intonation" as appears in this song.  (Tox, if he still lurks
> >>on this list, may recall it).
> >>        With thunderous riffing behind him, Eric sings:
> >>        "My boat left New Orleans ..." (he builds to the lyrical
> >>climax ...)
> >>        "... IN 1829!!"
> >>
> >>        Woah! we all think.  Rockin'!
> >
> >>        Then: Wait? "My boat left New Orleans in 1829?"  What the _hell_
> >>are we doing head-banging to that?  What's going on here?  Why should
> >>we care?  ;)
> >>        But still, you've got to admit, that even when you sing something
> >>completely bizarre like that with the appropriate phrasing and with the
> >>appropriate instrumental arrangement it _does_ get the old adrenilin
> >>pumping! :)
>
> What and would you rather BOC's lyrics consisted of the usual "yeah, yeah
> baby" type? Or perhaps the angry-young-man bit that is so popular these
> days? Lyrics have always been one of BOC's strong points, IMO.. In Imaginos,
> a story is being told.. Part of the story is set in the 1800's.. I don't
> understand your objection to the lyric.

        That's understandable since, in fact, I _wasn't_ "objecting"
to the lyric.  I was merely making an observation on the musical
presentation.  I was actually _highlighting_ the significance of the
story here.

Cheers,
Carl