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Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #175
- Subject: Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #175
- From: "John W. Leys" <leys@skipnet.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:25:09 -0700
> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:43:26 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jennifer Lee Davies <jen@nt.net>
> Subject: "Athena"
>
> I was for the first time listening to the lyrics (not for the
> "whore" vs "bomb" debate), and the reference to the Tommy movie just about
> killed me! It's priceless!
> (For those who don't know what I mean, it's something about in a
> dream seeing a huge snake in a ribcage.)
>
> JenniferD
I believe the lyric is:
"There was a beautiful white horse I saw in a dream state
It had a snake the size of a sewer pipe planted in his ribcage..."
It's a reference to a dream Pete had. He talks about this dream in more
detail in 'Horses', a story in his book, "Horses Neck".
- --
Alba Gu Brath!
John W. Leys, J.S.P.S., F.L.S.
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