Now, can we take this > another step along and look at "Edith & The Kingpin" & the "wires in the wall > humming some song, some mysterious song". Is there any relationship between > the song sung in "Electricity" and the wires in the wall?
I don't know about that, Bob, but I always thought there was a relationship between the wires in the wall in 'Edith' and the line 'through i-bars & girders, through *wires* & pipes' in 'The Jungle Line'. The "mantra", as > you suggest? Is she even referring to electrical wires, or something > different? Are they the same "wires in the wall" in Man From Mars? I think Joni must have some special sensitivity to the sounds of electronic current. In the Gene Autrey show she talks about the frequencies of light bulbs and how they're different in this country from, say, in Europe and goes on to make some joke about being attuned to the frequencies of the light bulbs in Ireland in another century or something like that. Her hearing must be very acute and I wonder if she is more cognizant of this humming from the wires in the walls than most of us mortal folk are. Mark E in Seattle
