Imaginos remakes and outtakes
Stephen Swann
swann at PHANTOM.COM
Fri Feb 16 13:49:39 EST 1996
Carl E. Anderson writes:
>
> Exactly. The tone, the vocal phrasing here turns a wholly
> mundane phrase ("My boat left new Orleans in 1829") into a match for
> the instrumental intensity behind it.
> And it works great until you get a group of cynical (and easily
> amused ;) rock fans picking apart. Then you'll find us sitting around
> and parodying it with other equally mundane attempts and lines:
> "My boat left New Orleans ... IN EIGHTEEN-TWENTY NINE!"
> "My overstuffed chair ... IS VERY COMFORTABLE!"
> "At breakfast this morning ... I HAD TOAST AND JAM!"
> "People there were killed ... BY THEIR VICHY-SOISSE!"
>
> (Sorry about that last one ... couldn't resist ;)
Carl, have you been listening to Lawnmower Deth? :-)
Steve
Did you spill my pint?
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