Yes, it is certainly in the spirit of Ecclesiastes.
I just returned from a week in South Carolina where I visited Brookgreen Gardens sculpture park. I learned there that "lowlands" ( as in: sad eyed lady of the... ) refers to marshlands where the rice plantations thrived on the backs of slave laborers. ( I always heard it as if in relation to highlands and midlands.)
With abolition, the entire slave based rice economy there collapsed, and four plantation properties were purchased by Gilded Age northerner Archer Huntington for the purpose of displaying his wife's sculptures.
Interesting. Do you know the Newport mansion that's all full of sculptures? I tried to look it up but couldn't find it. It has a couple of statues out in the water on columns. I went there, it was a freaky place.
That's one of those famous ones that sounds better, I think, than it actually is. It's hyper-visual, she's electrified, it's superficial, druggy... but way cool.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
My personal favorite - Mr Tambourine Man
I asked the captain what his name was and how come he didn’t drive a truck
He said it was Columbus and I just said good luck
Ezra Pound and TS Eliot fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen throw flowers. -Desolation Row
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played
Your eyen two wol sleye me soddenly
I may the beaute' of hem nat susteyne
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What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross
What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee
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Pull down thy vanity, it is not man
Made courage, or made order, or made grace,
Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down. - Pisan Cantos, Ezra Pound
'Dark Eyes' is a classic Russian language love song.
I know the Ezra Pound quote, out of what, Ecclesiastes? Didn't know Dark Eyes was a Russian song. Dylan sings it in English, though... (joke)
Yes, it is certainly in the spirit of Ecclesiastes.
I just returned from a week in South Carolina where I visited Brookgreen Gardens sculpture park. I learned there that "lowlands" ( as in: sad eyed lady of the... ) refers to marshlands where the rice plantations thrived on the backs of slave laborers. ( I always heard it as if in relation to highlands and midlands.)
With abolition, the entire slave based rice economy there collapsed, and four plantation properties were purchased by Gilded Age northerner Archer Huntington for the purpose of displaying his wife's sculptures.
Interesting. Do you know the Newport mansion that's all full of sculptures? I tried to look it up but couldn't find it. It has a couple of statues out in the water on columns. I went there, it was a freaky place.
I stood unwound beneath the skies
And clouds unbound by laws
The crying rain like a trumpet sang
And asked for no applause
- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
I just want to know what typewriter it is? Olympia?
One of the best poet/songwriters ever.
Good piece nice choices! As you say the choices are "countless".
It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) is the most incredible song and piece of writing I’ve ever encountered.
The greatest song of all time.
I’ll die on that hill.
I used to care, . . . , but things have changed
The fool’s gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn,
Plays wasted words,
Proves to warn.
That he not busy being born . .
🎶the vagabond who's rapping at your door, is standing in the clothes that you once wore🎶 can’t beat that with a big stick!
that's a great line...
The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face
That's one of those famous ones that sounds better, I think, than it actually is. It's hyper-visual, she's electrified, it's superficial, druggy... but way cool.
Willie McTell would have been a perfect addition to the already very good Infidels album! Shame he left it off.
Amen