SLSL Intro "As Dion Always Sez"

[Dave Monroe]

"The lesson is sad, as Dion always sez, but true ..."
(SL, "Intro," p. 13)

"Runmaround Sue" --Dion and the Belmonts (1961)

Here's my story, sad but true 
It's about a girl that I once knew 
She took my love then ran around 
With every single guy in town ...

http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1961/11961.html

http://diondimucci.com/

Cf. ...

"But Sloth's offspring, though bad -- to paraphrase
the Shangri-Las -- are not always evil ..."

--"Nearer, My Couch, to Thee," The New York Times Book
Review, June 6, 1993, pp. 3, 57

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_sloth.html

http://www.vheissu.be/bio/eng/eng_sloth.htm

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/uncollected/sloth.html

"Give Him a Great Big Kiss" --The Shangri-La's (1965)

What color are his eyes? 
I don't know, he's always wearing shades
Is he tall? 
Well, I gotta look up
Yeah, well, I hear he's bad
He's good bad, but he's not evil
Is he a good dancer? 
What do you mean? 
Well, how does he dance? 
Close--very, very close ...

http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/trivia/snapper/hours/musicans.html

http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/music/mu1028.php

One of my favorite records to spin, by the way ...

And ...

"Love, as Mickey and Sylvia, in their 1956 hit single,
remind us, love is strange." 

--"The Heart's Eternal Vow," New York Times, April
10th, 1998

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_cholera.html

http://www.vheissu.be/bio/eng/eng_marquez.htm

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/uncollected/cholera.html

"Love is Strange" --Mickey and Sylvia (1956)

Love, love is strange
Lot of people take it for a game
Once you get it
You'll never wanna quit
After you've had it
You're in an awful fix ...

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/dirtydancing/loveisstrange.htm

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/dogma/loveisstrange.htm

Speaking of ESP, that was gonna be my failsafe short
sahrp shock for tonight, but ... well, y'all are
always at LEAST one step ahead of me, and I'm
struggling to find the quality time.  Gettin' up early
tomorrow, is all I can say ...

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monte Davis" <monte.davis at verizon.net>
> To: "Otto" <ottosell at yahoo.de>;
> <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:29 PM
> Subject: RE: SLSL Intro "Dion"
> 
> I think the reference here is to Dion (and the
> Belmonts), pop group c. 1960, and the hit
> song "Runaround Sue," which starts "Here's my story,
> it's sad but true, It's about a girl that I once
> knew..."

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