Thread: Rules for Poets
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Old 08-14-2009, 02:50 PM   #2
Sundae
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl View Post
Whereas Neil Finn's audacity in I Got You was one of the first things that singled him out for me:

Look at you, you're a pagaent
You're everything, that I've imagined

Trust me - it's beautiful within the confines of the song.
Just found a Pearl Jam cover of said song!
He mangles the words. Like with a combine harvester!
Sigh, ad-lib Shakespeare why don't you?
A good effort at the intensity though.

ETA

Subsequently found the real thing. Yes, of course it's dated now. But forgive the theatrics - it's still spooky-good paranoid songwriting. And he's my hero so shush anyway xxx
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