Victor Johnson wrote:
> The entire metaphor of a seagull representing freedom is
> > just too b John Livingston Seagullb to really make any sense as anything
> > other that a tired clichC)."
>
> Just for the record, the album "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", recorded by
> Neil Diamond, was not released until 1973, five years after "Song to a
> Seagull".
Richard Bach's book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" was first
published in 1970. There was also an album narrated by Richard
Harris. I thought it was strange when Diamond's work came out
because the whole phenomenon had come and gone.
> The only other song I can think of that uses the image of a seagull is a Bad
> Company song.
There must be lots. I can think of two by David Crosby; "Guinnevere"
and "The Lee Shore" and another by Mark-Almond (title? "Home?")
In fact most songs written by bouys are about gulls....
.....sorry......
RR
