From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V4 #212 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Thursday, September 20 2001 Volume 04 : Number 212 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Banned Songs- My reactions [Ellen Buckley ] Re: Banned Songs- My reactions ["John Ryan" ] Re: Banned Songs- My reactions [Ellen Buckley ] Re: Banned Songs- My reactions [Marie Bowen ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:56:48 -0400 From: Ellen Buckley Subject: Re: Banned Songs- My reactions Liam Sullivan wrote: > > This song is based on Camus?: ?????! > >Ron Rosen wrote: > > > What is that song about? "Ahab the A-Rab" is a funny song, but I'm sure not > > > politically correct. > and i wrote: > it's about "The Stranger," by albert camus. ummm... no. ron was asking about "killing an arab," the Cure sog i'd referred to in a previous post. peace, ellen (THAT's the song that's based on camus) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. - -from The Washington Post's Style Invitational ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:59:06 -0400 From: "John Ryan" Subject: Re: Banned Songs- My reactions Wow, that takes me back. I haven't heard that song in over 10 years.... - ----- Original Message ----- From: Liam Sullivan To: Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:38 PM Subject: Re: Banned Songs- My reactions > This song is based on Camus?: ?????! > > Ahab, The Arab > > Let me tell you 'bout Ahab The Arab > The Sheik of the burning sand > He had emeralds and rubies just dripping off 'a him > And a ring on every finger of his hands > > He wore a big ol' turban wrapped around his head > And a scimitar by his side > And every evening about midnight > He'd jump on his camel named Clyde...and ride > > Spoken > > Silently through the night to the sultan's tent where > he would secretly meet up with Fatima of the Seven Veils, > swingingest grade "A" number one U.S. choice dancer in > the Sultan's whole harem, 'cause, heh, him and her > had a thing going. You know, and they'd been carrying > on for some time now behind the Sultan's back and > you could hear him talk to his camel as he rode out > across the dunes, his voice would cut through the still > night desert air and he'd say (! imitate Arabian > speech) which is arabic for, "stop, Clyde!" and Clyde would > say, (imitate camel voice). Which is camel for, "What > the heck did he say anyway?" > > Well.... > > He brought that camel to a screeching halt > At the rear of Fatima's tent jumped off Clyde, > Snuck around the corner and into the tent he went > There he saw Fatima laying on a Zebra skin rug > Wearing rings on her fingers and bells on her toes > And a bone in her nose ho, ho. > > Spoken > > There she was friends lying there in all her radiant > beauty. Eating on a raisin, grape, apricot, pomegranate, > bowl of chitterlings, two bananas, three Hershey bars, > sipping on a "R C" Co-Cola listening to her transistor, > watching the Grand Ole Opry on the tube reading the Mad > magazine while she sung, "Does your chewing > gum lose it's flavor?" and Ahab walked up to her and he > said, (imitate Arabian speech) which is arabic for, > "Let's twist again like we did l! ast summer, baby." > (laughter) You know what I mean! Whew! She looked up > at him from off the rug, give him one of the sly looks, > she said, (coy, girlish laugh) "Crazy baby". > > 'Round and around and around and around...etc. > > And that's the story 'bout Ahab the Arab > The Sheik of the Burnin' sand > Ahab the Arab > The swinging Sheik of the burnin' sand > > > Written by: Ray Stevens > > ----Original Message Follows---- From: Ellen Buckley Reply-To: > ebuckley@usra.edu To: Ed Heads Subject: Re: Banned Songs- My reactions > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:41:27 -0400 Ron Rosen wrote: > What is that > song about? "Ahab the A-Rab" is a funny song, but I'm sure not > > politically correct. it's about "The Stranger," by albert camus. a point > which is utterly lost on the people who have sought to ban it. peace, > ellen > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------ > Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who > doesn't get it. -from The Washington Post's Style Invitational > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:07:51 -0400 From: Ellen Buckley Subject: Re: Banned Songs- My reactions and here i go replying to my own post. warning: potentially offensive lyrics ahead. although if you're offended, you might better direct your outrage at albert camus. peace, ellen Killing an Arab (by Robert Smith i suppose, but i'm not really sure who does The Cure's songwriting) Standing on a beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring down the barrel At the arab on the ground See his open mouth But hear no sound I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an arab I can turn and walk away Or I can fire the gun Staring at the sky Staring at the sun Whichever I choose It amounts to the same Absolutely nothing I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an arab Feel the steel butt jump Smooth in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring at myself Reflected in the eyes of The dead man on the beach The dead man On the beach I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an arab - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. - -from The Washington Post's Style Invitational ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:24:51 -0400 From: Marie Bowen Subject: Re: Banned Songs- My reactions At 04:38 PM 9/19/01 -0400, Liam Sullivan wrote: >This song is based on Camus?: ?????! As Ellen said, it's this song, "Killing an Arab," by The Cure. The song is based on Camus' The Stranger (or L'Etranger, as I read it in my college French Lit class). If you haven't heard it before, search it out (read the book, too!). The music and lyrics combine perfectly to capture the bleak apathy of the novel's protagonist. Standing on the beach With a gun in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring down the barrel At the Arab on the ground I can see his open mouth But I hear no sound I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I can turn And walk away Or I can fire the gun Staring at the sky Staring at the sun Whichever I chose It amounts to the same Absolutely nothing I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab I feel the steel butt jump Smooth in my hand Staring at the sea Staring at the sand Staring at myself Reflected in the eyes Of the dead man on the beach The dead man on the beach I'm alive I'm dead I'm the stranger Killing an Arab ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V4 #212 *****************************