From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V5 #24 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Saturday, March 15 2003 Volume 05 : Number 024 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [JP] Thoreau Boudreau Bateau [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:09:57 -0600 From: Subject: Re: [JP] Thoreau Boudreau Bateau Rebecca wrote: > "The Coo Coo": Thoreau constantly mentions various birds -- in fact, a whole > lots of "Sounds" is dedicated to their different warbles -- and even > mentions the cuckoo a couple of time. Okay, so it's tenuous. Just for the record, The Coo Coo is a traditional song that in all likelihood was being performed by American folk musicians during Thoreau's day. > > "Bells & Loaves & Letters": Morning is one of Thoreau's most crucial ideas; > he equates being awake with being alive, and says that ideally we should > live in eternal morning. Furthermore, loaves are simple food, of which T > approved, and after the basic human needs, he believed that reading (like > letters) was the most important. He was also an avid letter-writer. TKs said in their Reston songwriting workshop two years ago that this song was inspired by a modern poem. - -- Jay Votel Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V5 #24 *********************************