Thanks again for Dylan suggestions

Robert Mahnke rpmahnke at gmail.com
Tue Jul 5 16:28:10 CDT 2011


I don't know copyright law, but I find it bizarre that quote a couplet or
quatrain or some song lines wouldn't be considered fair use.

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't know music but I do know that "Tangled Up In Blue"
> is about Bobby and Joni Mitchell, who did BLUE (an album).
>
> Joni is one of the toughest protectors of her song lines around.
> Almost never gives permission to use.....we all knew that a
> couplet (or quatrain) from a Mitchell song was in the reading copy
> of Gravity's Rainbow but is not in the published book.
>
> I know of a whole first printing of a decent novel which a publishing house
> had to 'recall", never ship, pulp, because permision for some song lines
> were not gotten and she learned and demanded it.
>
> She's a fierce artist..........
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* "edmoorester at gmail.com" <edmoorester at gmail.com>
> *To:* pynchon-l at waste.org
> *Sent:* Sun, July 3, 2011 1:02:04 AM
> *Subject:* Thanks again for Dylan suggestions
>
> Joe Allonby wrote:
>
> "Try "Tangled Up in Blue". It's a nice exercise for the major-sus4-sus2
> figure that pops up in a lot of songs and the narrative makes it
> easier to remember the lyrics."
>
> I got hooked on Lennon's "Happy Xmas" which has a similar major
> -sus4-sus2 pattern and "Tangled up in Blue" will work nicely esp
> because I learned a lot of those chords already. . cool!
>
>
> "Cool thing about "Hurricane": the opening lines read like stage
> directions in a play. Present tense. Describing the action of the
> characters and setting the scene. Pistol shots ring out...Enter Patty
> Ballantine from the other hall... It's an interesting technique."
>
> Huh. . .it is cool just to look at how Dylan sets up the story.
>
> A lot of times exposition in movies esp bore me to tears
> but because I only watch dvds (hate paying 9 bucks in theaters)
> I have learned the fast forward button with captioning!
>
> ed
>
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