In a message dated 1/16/2003 11:06:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My absolute favourite moment from HOSL is the lead > into "Harry's House/Centerpiece." It gives me chills > each time I hear it. I would wager a guess that it is perhaps Joni's favorite from that project as well...it's the only HOSL song she did on her '98 tour, not that that's any kind of real proof. Just that it's one she tends to keep in her 'arsenal'. And you're right...HH is a real masterpiece from beginning to end. I love this little example (including your subject line) of her writing acumen: Battalions of paper minded males Talking commodities and sales While at home their paper wives And paper kids Paper the walls to keep their gut reactions hid Yellow checkers for the kitchen The way she uses the word "paper"...such a simple word, yet it means one thing to the husband/businessman, shuffling papers in his briefcase, and another thing to the housewife who uses wallpaper to change what she can while she suffers through what she cannot, and transitions that thought to the next stanza. And in the middle of it all, describes the whole scene as a collection of paperdolls (at least as seen through the eyes of the husband, as if his family can be put away and brought out as if they were toys)...wow, some piece of writing. Bob NP: Dylan, "Million Miles"
