18 Dec
2012
18 Dec
'12
12:58 a.m.
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)linuxaudio.org> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:01:29AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
Lyrics by Schikaneder, not Mozart. And they are not
any more or
less stupid than for example:
Hey joe, where you goin' with that gun of your hand
Hey joe, i said where you goin' with that gun in your hand, oh
I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady
You know i caught her messin' 'round with another man
by Jimi Hendrix. In both cases, they serve to paint a quick
picture of a character, in Mozart's case quite a frivolous one,
in Hendrix' case something more dark.
And in Hendrix case, he also didn't write the lyrics, they were
written by Billy Roberts, but he did a masterful job of elaborating
the song in his unique style.
--
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi