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To: Clappy who wrote (47163)9/30/2005 9:48:12 AM
From: elpolvo  Respond to of 104155
 
QB-

re: Gallup

he was, how shall i say?, padding his resumé.

Know any good books about him?

no. i'm sure there are some.

i know a good song about him:

Well I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midwest
Ten years ago
I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene
Already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes the girl on the half-shell
Would keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
Because I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid
-joan baez © 1975 Chandos Music (ASCAP)



To: Clappy who wrote (47163)10/1/2005 4:40:48 PM
From: elpolvo  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 104155
 
claptain-

russell t:

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-gonesaylin'



To: Clappy who wrote (47163)10/3/2005 11:50:12 PM
From: abuelita  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 104155
 
clappy-

read bob dylan chronicles volume one.

you'll like it.

i'm on the last chapter.

he gives mega credit to woody guthrie
and rambling jack elliot.

after listening to a jack elliott record
dylan writes ....

"elliott had indeed already gone beyond guthrie
and i was still getting there. i had nothing near the
compelling poise of the self that i heard on the
record"

"jack was the king of the folksingers".

and as to joan baez ...

"i couldn't stop looking at her, didn't want to
blink. she was wicked looking - shiny black hair
that hung down over the curve of slender hips,
drooping lashes, partly raised, no raggedy ann doll.
the sight of her made me high. all that and then
there was her voice. a voice that drove out bad
spirits. it was like she'd come down from another
planet."

"she seemed very mature, seductive, intense, magical.
nothing she did didn't work. that she was the same
age as me almost made me feel useless. however illogical
it might have seemed, something told me that she was
my counterpart - that she was the one that my voice
could find perfect harmony with ....."

-rose