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- Subject: Re: Cultural Appropriation and the New Age
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- References: <1992Dec29.172726.12391@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>,<1992Dec30.022952.8337@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:07:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.022952.8337@athena.mit.edu>, kamorgan@athena.mit.edu (Keith Morgan) writes:
- >Jennifer Heise writes:
- >
- >>Question: Are the author and singer(s) of the pop song "Kyrie Eleison"(Sp?)
- >>committing cultural appropriation? ("Kyrie Eleison"- greek for "Lord, have
- >>mercy." Often used in that form in the Catholic Mass. Many people had no idea
- >>of the significance of the phrase, notably my boyfriend, who insisted that the
- >
- > This is somewhat off the subject (but, hey is this r.a.b. or
- >what?) but Jennifer's comment that her friend thought "Kyrie Eleison"
- >was "carry a laser" reminds me of today's meaninful internet
- >experience. I was browsing the gopher server at U. of Minnesota where
- >they have the "lyric" file - this file has the lyrics to hundreds of
- >(mostly) pop songs - and I was somewhat astounded to actually read the
- >lyrics and then remember what I thought it was on first hearing the
- >song. I dimly remember this as a rab thread sometime ago but it's still
- >weird to see your memories so flatly contradicted. Of course, I'm not
- >completely convinced that the file is 100% correct anyway. Anyone
- >remember the Grateful Dead's *Friend of the Devil? Is it like this:
- >
- >Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
- >The first one's named sweet Ann Marie and she's my heart's delight
- >The second one is prison, babe, and the sheriff's on my tail
- >And if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail
- >
- >Or?
- >
- >The first one's named sweet Ann Marie and she's my heart's delight
- >The second one is prison bait and the sheriff's on my tail
- >....
- >
- >We now return to your regularly scheduled soiree.
- >
- >Keith
- >
- >--
- >
- >Keith Morgan kamorgan@athena.mit.edu
- >In the end nothing could be said of his work except that it was
- >preposterous and true and totally unacceptable. Edward Whittemore
-
-
- Keith, I always heard it as
-
- The second one is prison, baby, and the sheriff's on my *trail* . . .
-
- michael mcdonald
-