Greg, if you really didn't get a postcard last time, mate, which can only have been your fault for not asking btw, then you get 2 from Berlin (presuming you can't be bothered to turn up in person), sorted!
and I won't even begin to think about your other post until after cold/flu, after speech in current murder case, and after recovery from a whole weekend of celebrations for Rikki's Batmitzvah.
So, goodbye all until next week some time.
and don't go promoting that Teratogen to Lord in my abscence, Lord T of Manson, whatever.
michael
(who now has a teenage daughter)
Well, I can't sleep so I wrote a poem instead
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Greg wrote:
>A thing I realized just a little while ago was that the last stanza of Chelsea Hotel #2 - the one with "I can't keep track of each fallen robin" - had only one alternative: To die.
One of my favourite Cohen lines, and comes from the teachings of our Saviour - who tells us that not one sparrow falls to the ground unless it be known to the Father. The reason Leonard changed the species from sparrow to robin may have been to hinder fans with a Bible concordance from discovering that he'd raided the scriptures. Or it could have been Leonard's way of emphasising that Jesus wasn't referring specifically to one type of bird. In any case, I am thankful to Greg for mentioning this line. We have recently been analysing this particular song in depth in the 'Everything Else' section - a column purposely created by our kind webmaster to discuss anything we like under the sun - except Cohen stuff. Heh, heh, heh!!!
>A thing I realized just a little while ago was that the last stanza of Chelsea Hotel #2 - the one with "I can't keep track of each fallen robin" - had only one alternative: To die.
One of my favourite Cohen lines, and comes from the teachings of our Saviour - who tells us that not one sparrow falls to the ground unless it be known to the Father. The reason Leonard changed the species from sparrow to robin may have been to hinder fans with a Bible concordance from discovering that he'd raided the scriptures. Or it could have been Leonard's way of emphasising that Jesus wasn't referring specifically to one type of bird. In any case, I am thankful to Greg for mentioning this line. We have recently been analysing this particular song in depth in the 'Everything Else' section - a column purposely created by our kind webmaster to discuss anything we like under the sun - except Cohen stuff. Heh, heh, heh!!!