Thanatz echoes Lou Reed?
Henry Musikar
gravity at nicom.com
Wed Mar 12 17:03:06 CST 1997
I hear and have always heard the enunciation of " for a" thousand
years.
Your humble servant <smirk>,
Henry Musikar
On 12 Mar 97 at 14:37, MASCARO at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU wrote:
> Craig alludes to a wonderful song:
> >A-a-a-and there's that _Venus in Furs_ by those Velvets...
>
> Hey Craig, since you're au courant w/ this great tune, can you tell me if the line, going
> down w/ that incredible Cale viola screeching in the b/ground, is:
>
> I am tired, I am weary
> I could sleep four thousand years
>
> or
>
> I am tired, I am weary
> I could sleep for a thousand years
>
> We used to argue about this long into the starry night, me and the droogs, way back when.
>
> john m
>
>
> >
> >Craig Clark
> >
> >"Living inside the system is like driving across
> > the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
> > on suicide."
> > - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
> >
>
>
>
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