On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:01:29AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Lyrics by Schikaneder, not Mozart. And they are not any more or > less stupid than for example: > > Hey joe, where you goin' with that gun of your hand > Hey joe, i said where you goin' with that gun in your hand, oh > I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady > You know i caught her messin' 'round with another man > > by Jimi Hendrix. In both cases, they serve to paint a quick > picture of a character, in Mozart's case quite a frivolous one, > in Hendrix' case something more dark. And in Hendrix case, he also didn't write the lyrics, they were written by Billy Roberts, but he did a masterful job of elaborating the song in his unique style. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
