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| posted on 1-14-2004 at 04:23 PM |
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Originally posted by Ellen
Ha, when you said "old TV being shut off" the combination of that and the astronaut made me think of the Sundays song
"Monochrome". She sings about watching the first landing on the moon on a monochrome TV. It has great imagery.
omg I had no idea that's what that song was about. I thought it was about kids who sneak downstairs while their parents are having a party. I
always visualized the scene from "Flowers in the Attic" where Christopher and Catherine hide in the china hutch watching the elaborate
party going on downstairs. LOL
But that makes a hell of a lot more sense. That's what I get for being a VC Andrews junkie!!!
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
RAY! You take that diaper off your head, you put it back on to your sister!!
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eppy806
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| posted on 1-15-2004 at 12:26 AM |
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Originally posted by Lara
That's funny...that reminds me of a David Bowie song/line...."Major Tom to ground control...." although if I remember correctly the
astronaut is speaking from inside the ship, not from on the ground.
How freaky! I was reading your post and that very song came on. Except it was the Natalie Merchant cover from her Live in Concert album. But all
the same, it's weird... And doesn't he leave the ship at some point and then die?
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*susan*
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| posted on 1-15-2004 at 04:45 PM |
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I think of this scene whenever I hear Fiona Apple's "Paper Bag" 
*susan* has attached this image:
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
RAY! You take that diaper off your head, you put it back on to your sister!!
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Telecaster
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quote:
Originally posted by eppy806
How freaky! I was reading your post and that very song came on. Except it was the Natalie Merchant cover from her Live in Concert album. But all
the same, it's weird... And doesn't he leave the ship at some point and then die?
Something goes wrong with Major Tom's spacecraft. Or maybe not...Bowie revisited the story some years later:
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
-Dave-
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Telecaster
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| posted on 1-16-2004 at 03:42 AM |
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That memory of the Apollo 11 moonwalk Harriet Wheeler describes so vividly in the Sunday's song "Monochrome" is strikingly similar
to my own. My folks and I were visiting relatives in England at the time. I remember us all huddled around a small TV late at night watching the
blurry images with amazement. This was a real treat for my 8 year old self. When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface everyone started
cheering...and none of us heard "That's one small step for man...." 
-Dave-
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*susan*
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| posted on 1-21-2004 at 11:58 PM |
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ANY SONG BY MICHAEL BOLTON
this is what I see...
*susan* has attached this image:
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
RAY! You take that diaper off your head, you put it back on to your sister!!
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