Posted by Ari Eisinger on February 10, 2004, 7:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Great idea..." --Previous Message--
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That's about what I have in mind, although as I said I haven't got the whole thing planned completely.
: >I'm leaning towards
: the Message Board, possibly with links to the
: relevant threads placed by me on the pages
: with the relevant lyrics. <
: ...so,if I visit your msg board and see a
: post regarding lyrics for, say Piney Woods
: Money Mama, I click on that and I can view
: general discussion about the song lyrics,
: plus, you'll have posted there a link for
: your take on the lyrics?
: I really like the idea of a place to post,
: discuss and ask questions about the many
: obscure lyrics found in much of the music we
: listen to/play...the priority would be to
: make it 'user friendly' for navigation within
: your site ... I don't think the idea is found
: on any of the 'early blues' type boards I
: read regularly...keep us posted on
: progress...
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: Yes, of course there would be opportunity for
: discussing the expressions. The only thing
: I'm not sure about is where to put the
: discussions. They could be linked to the
: page with the lyrics, or they could be here
: on the Message Board. I'm leaning towards
: the Message Board, possibly with links to the
: relevant threads placed by me on the pages
: with the relevant lyrics.
: Thanks alot.
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: ...plus, would there be opportunity to
: discuss
: the various quaint and regional
: expressions/idioms and their origins/meanings
: ... i.e. it helps to know 'catch the Katie'
: means catching a specific train...
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: See recent CD Blind Lemon Jefferson: :
: "Long Lonesome Blues: Lemon's Texts
: Revealed" from Arbiter Records , on
: which I provided some suggestions on the
: lyrics. Here's what I hear for those two
: parts: If I could shine my light like a
: headlight on
: some train
: I would shine my light in Colorado Springs
: I'm going to the river, gonna walk it up and
: down
: If I don't find ??? (no idea on this part)
: What do people think of this idea I've been
: thinking about? I'd like to put on my
: website a section containing my take on the
: lyrics of alot of blues from the 1920s and
: 1930s. It wouldn't be done in slavish
: chronological order, but perhaps I'd post a
: combination of what I'm most interested in
: and some of what people request. So often
: these lyrics either misunderstood or not
: understood at all.
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: I've been having trouble trying to figure
: out
: a few of the lyrics to Wartime Blues. Like
: "...If I could shine like a headlight on
: some train, I'd shine my light
: and...?..." And "...I'm going to
: the river walking up and down I don't
: find...?... I'm going to jump overboard and
: drown." Any idea what he might be saying
: there? Thanks.
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