BOC: Imaginos -- Lyric alterations

Paul Mather paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU
Mon Sep 18 12:47:53 EDT 2000


On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Steven Tice wrote:

=> A very good point.  Don't forget that the original version of E.T.I. features
=> the line, "books by the blameless and by the dead," which Bloom soon changed
=> to, "books by the many and by the dead," presumably for ease of singing.  Then

I hear this as "books by Manny," and I seem to recall "Manny" being a
nickname for Eric, which might explain something.  But, I got in real
late from a long drive back from Farm Aid 2000 last night, so I might
not be remembering clearly...

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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 deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
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