RFI lyrical antecedents thread

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That's a children's song though, isn't it?

And?

Burru Men Meet Burryman ina Wicker Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 December 2017 11:26 (six years ago) link

So God knows when it dates from.

Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Monday, 18 December 2017 11:56 (six years ago) link

Benjamin Lee of New York is credited with making the first rubber doll in 1855, so we have a starting point

Josefa, Monday, 18 December 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link

one year passes...

So “timeless flight” is a “Rocket Man” lyric, before that a Moody Blues album title and afterwards another album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. B-b-but where does this phrase originate?

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 April 2019 15:52 (five years ago) link

And don’t forget a book about The Byrds.

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 April 2019 15:55 (five years ago) link

And not a star but shines too bright
On him who takes such timeless flight.

--Lord Byron, The Giaour

lispectah deck (unregistered), Monday, 22 April 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link

https://observer.com/2016/11/bernie-taupin-talks-art-and-the-stars-stripes/

What I had learned about art and literature came from my mother, from, for instance, seeing the works of JMW Turner and the writings of Tennyson and Lord Byron.

lispectah deck (unregistered), Monday, 22 April 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link

Thanks!

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 April 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link


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