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Re: Cincinnati
- Subject: Re: Cincinnati
- From: William Sherman -Visualization <wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 02:09:19 -0500 (CDT)
> 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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