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Re: Cincinnati

> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 23:17:47 -0500
> From: amck@eden.com (Alan McKendree)
> Subject: Cincinnati
> 
> I've procrastinated on this but a bit of math I did at the time brought
> this up, from Slit Skirts (released in 1982, don't know when it was
> written):

You and me both.

> The opening line:
> 
> "I was just 34 years old..."

Okay, I was reading along, following your arguments, but you hadn't
really convinced me, until ...

> "It's sympathy not tears people need when they're the front page sad news"

That's the exact line I had planned to post to the group as
evidence that perhaps Pete did comment on Cincinnati.  I had just
forgotten that it was from Slit Skirts (and since I never even
bothered to get off my ass and post it, it's no surprise I didn't
go dig out Chinese Eyes to listen to the full song).


> It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to see this as referring to the
> family and friends of the dead, ESPECIALLY since Pete specifically
> mentioned tears during the interview that caused him so much trouble later
> on.  It could be a restatement of what he really meant when he said, "But
> now, whenever a f***ing journalist asks you about Cincinnati, they expect
> you to come up with a f***ing theatrical tear in your eye!"
 

> Could this be the reason that the lover in the song is now
> "cooled and stifled"?

Okay, I'm not sure I buy that last bit.
 
> Alan

	Bill

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