La Lioness Priyanka
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Mon Mar-10-08 01:58 PM
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Since the spitzer news, this song has been stuck in my head: Why are all our heroes so imperfect |
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from jill sobule
Why are all our heroes so imperfect Why do they always bring me down Why are all our heroes so imperfect The statue in the park has lost his crown
William Faulkner drunk and depressed Dorothy Parker mean, drunk and depressed And that guy in Seven Years in Tibet turned out to be a nazi The founding fathers all had slaves, the explorers slaughtered the braves, The Old Testament God can be so petty
Paul McCartney jealous of John, even more so now that he's gone Dylan was so mean to Donovan in that movie Pablo Picasso cruel to his wives My favorite poets took their own lives Orson Welles peaked at 25, ballooned before our eyes and he sold bad wine
Heard Babe Ruth was full of malice Lewis Carroll I'm sure did Alice Plato in the cave with those very young boys TS Elliott hated Jews, FDR didn't save the Jews All the French joined the resistance after the war Raymond Chandler drunk and depressed Tennessee Williams drunk and depressed Think I'll just get drunk and depressed.
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Mon Mar-10-08 02:12 PM
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1. Because they are human |
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And none of us is born with more superior morals than anyone else.
As you gain power, the things forbidden to most become easier to get.
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Mon Mar-10-08 02:19 PM
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4. yeah i know. still the minute i saw it the song sort of flashed in my head |
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Mon Mar-10-08 02:17 PM
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2. What Spitzer news?? (Is this the NY governor?) |
La Lioness Priyanka
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Mon Mar-10-08 02:18 PM
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3. yup. check lbn. skinner posted |
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Mon Mar-10-08 02:21 PM
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5. I just got back from a meeting, and yours was the first one I saw about it. |
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I just got back from Skinner's, so I got it now.
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Mon Mar-10-08 03:08 PM
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No more, no less that is why they are heroes. Trouble is that today heroes are expected to be Demigods.
In past times the faults of the hero were in stark contrast to their heroism. Cuchulaine was subject to killing furies which is how he killed his son; Beowulf could not see that others feared their own mortality and was vengeful to boot; Arthur, unable to forgive Lancelot and unable to see the flaws in Mordred; Lancelot, unable to master his own passion;
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Mon Mar-10-08 03:32 PM
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The clarity and light you give to a complex and difficult subject is beautiful, thank you.
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Mon Mar-10-08 03:33 PM
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8. Never heard this song. It's a damn good poem!... |
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..."Dylan was so mean to Donovan in that movie." Wow, that's superb. I would also add-- not to diminish the song in any way--
Dylan belittled that science student Whose questions seemed nerdy and dull But that very same student formed Chrysalis Records and went on to sign Jethro Tull.
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Mon Mar-10-08 03:35 PM
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9. Song playing in my head: Love Potion #9 |
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