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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: bittersweet #67793 04/29/02 03:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory There is a song by an Australian band called The Hoodoo Gurus called "Bittersweet," but the song itself isn't bittersweet -- it rocks. It's one of my all time favorite rock and roll songs with three chords, a good beat, and a lot of energy and exhuberance. "Keeping Awake" by the Innocence Mission is sort of bittersweet. Another Beatles number that's bittersweet is "In My life." So is Stan Getz "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)", almost. [see the thread on beauty in all its forms]. I like "Corcovado" because it illustrates how a person in love changes from a pessimist (if they were one to begin with) to an optimist: I who was lost and lonely, believing life was only a bitter, tragic joke have found with you the meaning of existence, oh my love..." At the end of the second line, when the word "you" is sung, it's the most beautiful note in the whole song. Such an amazing composition -- and to think the lyrics in English are just the translation from the original Portuguese! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bittersweet #67794 04/29/02 04:11 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Ya talk about Dylan, he thinks yer talkin bout Bob Dylan (whoever he was). The cat ain't got no kulchuh. You're right, Faldage!...whatever was I thinking? Here's the true Dylan. Sorry, folks...guess I'm just not a super-hipster anymore (sigh)... http://www.dylan.org/home.html The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bittersweet #67795 04/29/02 04:56 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Here's the true Dylan. Not the Dylan I had in mind, but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Nother Dylan #67796 04/29/02 09:49 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean How about this one then? http://www.dking-gallery.com/posters/sale/Promos/DyalnJRS.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nother Dylan #67797 04/29/02 09:57 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... How about this one then? Yeahbut®, he's just a real son of a Dylan. The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: No, no, this Dylan #67798 04/30/02 05:36 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Surely it must be this Dylan. http://www.sugarlumpstudio.co.uk/html/figures/mr_dylan.htm Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,342 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 389 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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