Fegmaniax Digest Volume 2 Number 29 Today's Topics: ------- ------ Robyn's Electrics et al.. a meeting with the mysterious Robyn Cheese graters and other instruments He is rather shy ... More Robyn stuff for sale! Casting my net ... questions for fegmaniax Respect, etc. Respect, etc. Respect, etc. Casting my net ... [forwarded] Vera Lynn Vera Lynn Vera Lynn Vera Lynn Vera Lynn I rather like "Wafflehead", myself. Knick knack paadywack super inane trivia-- No RESPECT More AOL yipyipyipyipyipyip The Lizard [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 12:01:24 -0400 (EDT) From: TCARLSTO@drew.drew.edu Subject: Re: Robyn's Electrics et al.. To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu In article , 213170596@UCIS.VILL.EDU writes: > That's strange to hear that Robyn is possibly no longer playing > Rickenbackers..... Everytime I've seen him, he's played that same black > 330 (or it might be a 360), or the sunburst 360 that he sports in the > "So you think you're in love" video. (quite a beautiful guitar....) Wasn't he playing a Zen Soto twelve string on the last tour? I think that's the brand. I never heard of it, whatever it was. Anyway, he said after the gig that he had bought it from a guy in Hanoi Rocks. Plus, for anyone interested, he plays Hammond cheese graters exclusively. todd [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 15:24:22 -0300 (EDT) From: Bayard Catron Subject: a meeting with the mysterious Robyn To: HIST1A@jetson.uh.edu Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu I've got a feeling most on-the-street-meetings with him are like yours, or don't go as well as that. I'm surprised he even beckoned you over... from what Iv'e heard, he generally avoids contact with the general public. He must have been hoping you weren't a fan, or wouldn't wait around and try and accost him later. I remember a long time ago(89?) I saw him (on MTV, of all places) playing acoustic in the street somewhere. He seems to be a very shy and awkward man offstage, despite his fabulous stage presence, quick wit, and all-around talent. He was quite nervous on MTV (again) last year and on his network (US)TV debut (89) on LN with David Letterman. Who could blame him? Being an introvert myself, I cannot imagine the various effects fame and the "rock star" mantle would have on a reserved, unassuming person who like to keep to himself. Not to compare myself with the great one. I hope he never ventures into cyberspace, for I fear he hates gushing praise even more than criticism (and you can bet he hates that). My Robyn-meeting story to follow. Other offerings? I hope that this has not been discussed before. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 24 Apr 1994 14:41:22 -0700 (PDT) From: MARTINP@cgsvax.claremont.edu Subject: Cheese graters and other instruments To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Todd notes: >Wasn't he [Robyn] playing a Zen Soto twelve string on the last tour? >....Plus, for anyone interested, he plays Hammond cheese graters >exclusively. I've always been curious about the rats' bones on _Respect_ myself. Is this something they just had laying around the house, in a bag in a drawer? Can you order them from a catalog? A music store? I have moments when I have visions of Morris, romping through the heather or whatever they have on the Isle of Wight, wacking rodents for their parts. ;-) Pam Martinp@cgsvax.claremont.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 09:51:14 -0500 (EST) From: VHAWKINS@oise.on.ca Subject: He is rather shy ... To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu A very polite but RESERVED individual. I met him last year in Toronto and got that impression. Very different on stage though, almost like another person. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 18:26:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Clinton W. Golden" To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: More Robyn stuff for sale! Cc: I'm selling almost everything I own because I'm graduating. Here are all my Robyn things -- prices are negotiable when buying several. Or, the first $90 takes it all. 7"s----- "Man Who Invented HImself / Dancing on God's Thumb" original on Armageddon. Still has bonus flexi of "It's a Mystic Trip" $20 "Queen of Eyes (live) / Foxy Lady (live)" Nigel & the Crosses single from Bucketful of Brains magazine. (with Pete Buck of REM) $10 12" singles------ "Heaven / Dwarfbeat / Somebody" Midnight DONG 12 $10 "Brenda's Iron Sledge (live) / Only the Stones Remain (Live) / Pit of Souls (Parts (I-IV)" Midnight DONG 17 (Cover showing some wear) $8 "If You Were a Priest / Somewhere Apart" promo on Relativity $6 "Exploding in Silence" 6 songs from the live "Gotta Let This Hen Out" album promo black vinyl on Relativity $6 12" LPs------ "Element of Light" cut out on Relativity w/Lyric sleeve $8 "Invisible Hitchcock" cut out on Relativity $6 "Gotta Let This Hen Out" on Relativity $6 "Gotta Let This Hen Out" on Midnight (w/promo slick) $10 "Fegmania" on Slash Records $6 "Groovy Decoy" on Midnight $6 "Black Snake Diamond Role" on Relativity $6 "Black Snake Diamond Role" Italian on Base/Armageddon $10 clint cg1u@andrew.cmu.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 25 Apr 94 20:52:50 EST From: ST1D000 To: Subject: Casting my net ... I have several questions and comments concerning Robyn that I'm sure some bright fegmaniac can answer for me. 1) Some friends of mine are in a band which covers "Bird's Head," a song they have on tape from when Robyn played in Athens, Georgia at the Uptown Lounge with Pete Buck. I have a copy of the song from a tape a friend gave me of Robyn and Peter playing the song live in a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. Some people I have asked have told me that this is a Richard Thompson song, but I seriously doubt it. Could it be a Syd Barrett song, or did Robyn write it himself? Is there some reason he only seems to play it with Peter Buck? I believe the song was recorded for QE but am not sure. Anyone know anything? 2)I was recently visiting the U.K. and was fortunate enough to spend the day wandering around Cambridge in the freezing cold (for me anyway) weather. Can anyone tell me what Soft Boys landmarks I may have missed? I saw no statues of giant lobsters and was sorely disappointed. 3) There has been much discussion about the merits of various Robyn albums, and I want to know if anyone else out there was disappointed with _Respect_. Some of the tracks are starting to grow on me, but others (such as "Wafflehead" and "The Yip Song") leave me puzzled. Even "Railroad Shoes" (I may have the title wrong) seems to almost go somewhere and never quite make it. I don't want to provoke an ar- gument because I genuinely WANT to like all of this album. So, can those interested let me know why they DO like R. Also, as a coda to the "AOL" discussion, I was disappointed in Robyn's version because I expected (after hearing the ReM cover) that he would record it and blow them away. Instead, there was that annoying synth sound. This is purely a matter of personal taste, but Robyn plays guitar so well that I was hoping he would do so for AOL and was disappointed when he didn't. Even piano would have been preferable - I can well imagine how good that song would sound with Robyn doing it acoustically. I guess this whole thing is snowballing, but I think that the Egyptians play so well as a band, it is almost jarring to hear the synthesized versions of their songs that they did in 92. Just listen to "Only the Stones Remain" on the _Give it to the Thoth Boys_ tape (definitely worth sending your money to Mrs. Wafflehead) and you'll see what I mean. The version is good, spirited etc, but just doesn't compare to its rock n' roll counterpart. Then again, if I heard them play it in concert, I wouldn't care if they were all using ukeleles and flutes... Well, I've said enough. "I don't need no unripe fruits. I don't wear no yellow boots." st1d@music.cc.uga.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: 25 Apr 1994 20:01:26 -0700 (PDT) From: MARTINP@cgsvax.claremont.edu Subject: questions for fegmaniax To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu st1d@music.cc.uga.edu says: > I have several questions and comments concerning Robyn that I'm sure some bright fegmaniac can answer for me. > ...There has been much discussion about the merits of > various Robyn albums, and I want to know if anyone else > out there was disappointed with _Respect_. Some of the > tracks are starting to grow on me, but others (such > as "Wafflehead" and "The Yip Song") leave me puzzled. There was much discussion about "Wafflehead" when _Respect_ came out, with some people viewing it as a bawdy rap parody, some offended at its apparent misogyny, and others just disappointed. Some songs make for fabulous live performances, but fall flat when listened to at home off a recording. In some way they *need* the energy and ambiance of live band and an audience to work. "Wafflehead", I think, and to a lesser extent the "Yip Song", fall in this category. They may not be songs that reward a careful and attentive listening (headphone songs in my own lexcion), but they were highlights at the shows I saw during the Respect tour--especially Wafflehead, which was funny, bawdy, absurd and wonderful. I confess though, I do wish Robyn had put something else on the album. I have the sense with _Respect_ that Robyn and the bank were experimenting, trying out new sounds for the band and new avenues of songwriting. I don't see _Respect_ as a mature work, but as sort of a rough draft of a new direction the band is exploring--sort of an "Invisible Hits" with the master work "Underwater Moonlight" still down the road. This is encouraging to me, because it means RH and the Egyptians are still trying to be creative and fresh rather than coast on tried-and-true formula. Pam martinp@cgsvax.claremont.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 22:45:51 -0500 (CDT) From: AaRrOoNn LlOoWwEe Subject: Respect, etc. To: st1d@music.cc.uga.edu Cc: -feg:;@gnu.ai.mit.edu Although I don't have a *lot* of time to spend writing this message, I felt compelled to put my 20/1000 dollar in on this one... I *love* _Respect_. I would be curious if there are many others, like our friend ST1D (I can't for the life of me find any other indication of a name in that posting), that are truly disappointed by it. From the first listening, the album really jelled together for me, except for perhaps _Wafflehead_, and seemed vaguely reminiscent of some of my favorite Robyn work -- those songs on _EOL_. _EOL_ has always evoked some sort of beautiful and cohesive continuity for me that is really incomparable. I kind of see _R_ as a sort of polished, matured, Robyn at his best. The songs are quite musically developed and lyrically wonderful. I appreciate them even more after hearing him explain the songs on _Spectre_. Re: "Arms of Love": I *like* the version on _Respect_ immensely, and it was one of my faves from the album the first time I heard it. I can't compare it to the R.E.M. version, because I've never heard that. Shortly after falling in love with "AOL" on _Respect_, I acquired the _Live Death_ CD, and I will have to agree with Mr. ST1D here, that the live acoustic version of this song is incomparably better.... It seems somehow more appropriate in this simple arrangement; just Robyn, an acoustic guitar, and that beautifully simple melody and lyrics. The song seems simple and down-to-earth, and is most effective for me when sung this way.... Aaron **************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ * C. Aaron Lowe | "I'm all lost in the supermarket; @ * "Waiting for the Great | I can no longer shop happily. @ * Leap Forwards" | I came in here for the special offer -- @ * st3cr@jetson.uh.edu | A guaranteed personality " --The Clash @ **************************** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 00:31:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Lance Corporal Bluebottle Subject: Re: Respect, etc. To: Fegmaniax List > From the > first listening, the album really jelled together for me, except for perhaps > _Wafflehead_, and seemed vaguely reminiscent of some of my favorite Robyn > work -- those songs on _EOL_. _EOL_ has always evoked some sort of beautiful > and cohesive continuity for me that is really incomparable. Oddly enough, EOL also has a final song which sounds quite different from the ones before it. However, I really can't see "Wafflehead" as anything but a gag song; "Tell Me Abou;t Your Drugs", on the other hand, is a nice conclusion to the album. *All* the upbeat songs on Respect feel out of place to me, even though I love "The Yip Song". > Re: "Arms of Love": I *like* the version on _Respect_ immensely, and > it was one of my faves from the album the first time I heard it. I can't > compare it to the R.E.M. version, because I've never heard that. Shortly > after falling in love with "AOL" on _Respect_, I acquired the _Live Death_ > CD, and I will have to agree with Mr. ST1D here, that the live acoustic > version of this song is incomparably better.... "Arms Of Love" sounds stagnant to me. The instruments used for background are reminiscent of things that turn up on Invisible Hitchcock, except that they seem to be meant for serious effect here. I was disappointed in _Respect_'s unevenness. If Robyn and the boys are still experimenting, then more power to them. That's just not how the album struck me when I first heard it. Aaron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oh, that's right, Vyvyan. If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, smash the drawing room to pieces! That's very Buddhist, isn't it! - Rik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 10:26 BST From: andyh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu, amandel@husc.harvard.edu Subject: Re: Respect, etc. > > Oddly enough, EOL also has a final song which sounds quite different from > the ones before it. However, I really can't see "Wafflehead" as anything > but a gag song; "Tell Me Abou;t Your Drugs", on the other hand, is a nice > conclusion to the album. *All* the upbeat songs on Respect feel out of > place to me, even though I love "The Yip Song". > But TMAYD wasn't on the original album - that finished with "Lady Waters". -&. [][][][][][][][][][] To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Casting my net ... [forwarded] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 07:56:05 EDT From: Thomas Narten >1) Some friends of mine are in a band which covers "Bird's Head," It's "Birdshead". Sadly, yet another robyn gem buried in the vaults. He played it a lot during the GOF tour with Peter Buck. The song works well with the two of them, with Peter playing mandolin (I'm assuming). A solo version is available on the promo "pave the earth" compilation. >others (such as "Wafflehead" and "The Yip Song") leave me puzzled. Speaking of 'the yip song', Vera Lynn is alive and kicking. Monday's NYT reports that Brit veterans are in a bit of a tiff with the govt about the upcoming 50th anniversary d-day celebration. Seems that the vets feel that too many of the festivities are trivial and don't show proper respect for the event. They would like to see more introspective and reflective rememberances, leaving the fun times for next years v-day celebration. Anyway, Vera Lynn jumped into the fray by saying that she'd support whatever the vets decide and if they boycott events, so will she. The article goes on to report that even today, "Dame Lynn" can still stir up the emotions in unpredictable ways. She has quite an emotional hold on the vets. The article describes her as a singer and listed a couple of songs she was famous for. I seem to recall earlier discusions on this list saying she was more of a movie star. Is my memory going bad? Thomas [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:48:22 BST From: smeats@lincoln.gpsemi.com (The Suburbs of your Mind) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Vera Lynn Vera Lynn was never a movie star unless my brain is in fact a sprig of broccoli. She lives in Sussex somewhere. Ask Andy H. He'll know. I went to Gatwick once. It rained. Excuse the stupidity of this post. I'm retiring. sm [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:57 BST From: andyh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu, smeats@lincoln.gpsemi.com Subject: Re: Vera Lynn > > Vera Lynn was never a movie star unless my brain is in fact a sprig of > broccoli. She lives in Sussex somewhere. Ask Andy H. He'll know. I went to > Gatwick once. It rained. Excuse the stupidity of this post. I'm retiring. > sm > Hello? Yes, Vera Lynn was a singer, especially on the radio. She does indeed live in Ditchling, about 5 miles from here (and not a million miles from such other Robynesque sites as East Grinstead). She was the "forces sweetheart", and her most famous song, "There'll be blue birds over the White Cliffs of Dover" is especially linked to the D-Day invasion. I think it's very unlikely you'll get through the next two months without encountering something to do with her :-/ While we're on the Yip song, do you colonials get the reference to Nick-Nak-Paddywack? Or is that yet anouther anglecism which doesn't export? [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 08:46:09 -0500 (CDT) From: HIST1A@jetson.uh.edu Subject: Vera Lynn To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Its off subject but always heards that The Britishthe British fought WWII so Vera Lynn could make a come backhave a second carreera come back career. With respect to _Respect_ I, it seems to be growing on me. At first I thought it was way too Beatle-esque, particularly the When I was not a bad thing, but now after rotation on one of my driving tapes "When I wWas Dead" and Driving  "Driving Aloud" keep getting stuck in my head. This is not the best album in the world, but it sure beats a lot of the crap thats out there now. Jay [][][][][][][][][][] Subject: Re: Vera Lynn To: smeats@lincoln.gpsemi.com (The Suburbs of your Mind) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 14:43:20 +0100 (BST) From: "Waldo Farfegnugen plc" Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu > > Vera Lynn was never a movie star unless my brain is in fact a sprig of > broccoli. She lives in Sussex somewhere. Ask Andy H. He'll know. I went to > Gatwick once. It rained. Excuse the stupidity of this post. I'm retiring. > sm > Vera Lynn is my gran. She doesn't have a tail fin though. Waldo Lynn-Farfegnugen plc [][][][][][][][][][] From: seven@cs.utwente.nl (Susan Even) Subject: Re: Vera Lynn To: andyh@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 15:55:51 MET DST Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu (pleasure of the aching void) > While we're on the Yip song, do you colonials get the reference to > Nick-Nak-Paddywack? Or is that yet anouther anglecism which doesn't export? > yeah. Nick Nak Paddywack, give the dog a bone. this old man came rolling home. but what does it mean? a wheel chair then? I had no idea it was something other than a children's rhyme. 7 [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 11:00:18 -0500 (EST) From: VHAWKINS@oise.on.ca Subject: I rather like "Wafflehead", myself. To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu A great Barry White parody, with surreal food/sex lyrics (favorite RH subjects). Can't imagine why the song would be considered misogynist!! Wondering, VAH. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 11:09:23 -0400 From: bj835@cleveland.freenet.edu (Tim Connors) To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: Knick knack paadywack > While we're on the Yip song, do you colonials get the reference to > Nick-Nak-Paddywack? Or is that yet anouther anglecism which doesn't export? asks Andy Holyer. Hmm, funny you should ask about this. This is a traditional folk song and we sing it thusly: This old man, he played one He played knick knack on his thumb With a knick knack paddywack Give the dog a bone This old man came rolling home. Perhaps your lyrics are different; I know you guys stole one of our patriotic anthems and changed the words to "God Save the King/ Queen"... Hold your fire, I was just pulling your chain. Having you on, is that how you guys say it? Anyway, despite the fact that nobody here has any idea what this means (is it perhaps an allegory about some old king like some of those other bizarre nursery rhymes?) people in the states have been singing this to their children for untold generations. I believe there is even a children's album in which Bob Dylan sings this song. But in the past few years a problem has arisen. We have this show for children called "Barney and Friends" which is hated by all right-thinking people because it makes children stupid. ("Yeah, wait 'til you have kids, they love it and there's nothing you can do about it," say many parents when I tell them we're having a Barney embargo when my kid arrives in November.) Barney is a some moronic lady in a big furry purple dinosaur suit which evidently is so hot that it makes her light-headed. She sings and teaches children valuable lessons. The real purpose of the show is to sell millions of dollars of cheap Barney merchandise to the parents of toddlers who have been infected with the Barney meme. (And this show runs on our public, i.e. non-commercial, i.e. funded by gov't and grant money, TV stations!) Anyway, because the creators of the show are too busy clockin' ducats (counting their money, I mean) they can't be bothered to come up with original songs for the show. So the theme to Barney is really "the Paddiwack song" with new, dumber lyrics, to wit: I love you, you love me We're a happy family With a great big hug And a kiss from me to you Won't you say you love me too? (Incidentally, the line about the "happy Family" prompted me to tell a parent friend of mine about the Ramones song "We're a happy family." When I got to the line, "Daddy likes men," she said I had ruined Barney for her forever, whcih gave me a warm feeling inside.) The result of Barney stealing "The Paddiwack Song" is that all over this greta land of ours, hapless grandparents sing "The Paddiwack Song" to their spoiled, unpleasant grandchildren, only to have those self-same children scream and wail at them, "That's not how it goes! Sing it right! I'm telling Mommy! This reminds me of how pleasantly surprised I was (as a big XTC fan) to learn about the nursery rhyme that goes "Oranges and Lemonssay the Bells of St. Clemens..." Suddenly "The Bells of Rhymney," "Clash City Rockers," and the title of the XTC album all made sense. Those of you from the UK will be pleased to learn that although the words are not well known to us Yanks, the tune is very familiar to those of my generation as the "Chef Boy-ar-dee Spaghetti & Meatballs commercial jingle." It went, not surprisingly, like this: Spaghetti and meatballs and Chef Boy-ar-dee. -- TJC "Surprisingly tasty..." The Jazz Butcher ("JB v. Prime Minister") Internet: bj835@cleveland.freenet.edu [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 12:02:27 -0500 To: bj835@cleveland.Freenet.Ed From: ckiv@minerva.cis.yale.edu Subject: super inane trivia-- Cc: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu there's an alternate version to: >I love you, you love me >We're a happy family >With a great big hug >And a kiss from me to you >Won't you say you love me too? goes thusly: I hate you, you hate me let's go out and kill Barney a shot rang out and Barney hit the floor no more purple dinosaur.... thought you'd like to know. not strictly Robyn related, but hey tangential is in vogue...... [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 12:32:35 -0500 (CDT) From: GOOSENMK@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu Subject: No RESPECT To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Hello all! This is in response to the venerable Woj's recent posting: Personally, I like RESPECT quite a lot, including "The Yip Song" (I remember scribbling it down as "Vera Lynn" when I saw them do it in '92 before the album came out), which is the way it is, I think, a) because of the sheer vocal madness of the sound of "yipyipyipyipyipyipyip"; b) to capture the frenzy of WWII--you do know who Vera Lynn ("painted on my tailfin") is. The rest of the album, especially "Serpent at the Gates of Eden" and "The Wreck of the Arthur Lee," is also impressive. BUT I agree about "Wafflehead"--I never understood why it was on the album and "Allright Yeah" or "The Live-In Years," real concert highlights in '92, were relegated to b-sides. Indeed, while I'm glad "Wafflehead" saw the light of day its bizarro Barry-White-isms make it a novelty piece, and it diminishes the value of the other songs by its inclusion on the album proper--it's as if Robyn is asking us to consider it in the same light as songs like "Serpent," a light which it cannot bear. If it had been a b-side, I would have said, "What an odd throwaway" and never thought a whit more about it. It alone kept _Respect_ out of my top five albums of 1993. Later, all, Miles Goosens [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 12:36:01 -0500 (CDT) From: GOOSENMK@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu Subject: More AOL To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Just thought I'd add to the AOL discussion that, while I'm on record here as a fan of both the _Respect_ and R.E.M. versions of AOL, my favorite is the acoustic version Robyn did on the 4-91 _Mountain Stage_ (the same show w/R.E.M., Bragg, Gregson & Collister), which by far is the best at showing the elegant longing and grace of the song. Later, all, Miles Goosens [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 14:45:37 EST From: "hollie satterfield" To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu Subject: yipyipyipyipyipyip I have not heard "Spectre", so I have no idea what Robyn thinks "The Yip Song" is about, but a local junior psychologist/record reviewer thought it was about the recent death of Robyn's father. Consequently it has become my favorite song on the album, I just love fast, upbeat songs with a dark underbelly. I must reluctantly admit that I have no idea who Vera Lynn is, though. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 00:57:29 -0800 To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu From: sid@dew.org (Sid Glenn) Subject: The Lizard Just wondering if this song has any meaning or, as a friend put it "maybe he just wanted to make a song that rymed". Sid Glenn I would glady lose my three brains for you sid@dew.org [][][][][][][][] End of this Fegmaniax Digest. 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