Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!ATHENA.MIT.EDU!nessus From: nessus@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Alan) Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Re: Sat In Your Lap - revisited Message-ID: <9001170209.AA01252@GAFFA.MIT.EDU> Date: 17 Jan 90 02:09:44 GMT References: <9001170031.AA00942@GAFFA.MIT.EDU> Sender: nessus@GAFFA.MIT.EDU Reply-To: Doug Alan Organization: The Internet Lines: 18 Approved: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu >> [|>oug:] I think that it is this pattern of becoming disillusioned >> through gaining knowledge -- of climbing mountains only to find >> even taller mountains -- that has made the character in the song >> lazy > [Jon Drukman:] This is great. I hadn't considered this before, but > it really makes the song much more poignant. Although I still can't > understand why the music is so frenzied if the character is so lazy. Well, actually, I think "lazy" was the wrong word to use. I don't think that the character is really all that lazy at all. Rather, she is weary and frustrated. The tone of the music, I think, perfectly captures the frustration. |>oug "E is for ED whose fingers fell off"