Misapprehensions

Byrnes Weir weir at interlog.com
Thu Jul 3 23:25:04 CDT 1997


At 05:28 PM 7/3/97 -0400, Meg Larson wrote:
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>
>> From: dennis grace <amazing at mail.utexas.edu>
>> To: Greg Montalbano <greg.montalbano at ucop.edu>
>> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: Re: Misapprehensions
>> Date: Thursday, July 03, 1997 2:11 PM
>> 
>> Greg s'poses:
>> 
>> Jackson Browne?  It was an Eagles hit, and it sounds like a good deal of
>> Glen Frey's repertoire.  Did JB write it?  Has he ever recorded it?  If
>so,
>> where?
>
>>Yes, JB wrote that, in conjunction with Frey and ? Jack Tempchin? JD
>Souther?
> 
>> And what the hell is Elton Jonhn saying in the chorus of ROCKET MAN?   It
>> sounds like "Rocket Man--burning out his speedos in the sun."
>>
>"Rocket Man--burnin' out his fuse up there alone."  EJ is notorious for
>bending the sounds of words to fit his melodies . . .
>
>Used to work in a record store,
>Meg
> 
>> dgg--who's still grateful to Weird Al for that lucid cover of "Smells
>Like
>> Teen Spirit"
>Just plain grateful for Weird Al . . .
>> 
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