<<There is something about her lyrics that
I love and I know that originality is the
biggest factor. Descriptiveness a close
second. Is it due to the way she mixes directness with obscurity? >>
It's all those things; it's the way she can take a lyric like the one I quoted from
"Song For Sharon", and in the midst of describing her own experiences, throw in a line
or 2 that makes it universal. There are lines that ONLY SHE could have written, just
like only Steely Dan could have written:
"I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets,
Make love to these women, languid & bittersweet"...has anyone else ever used the word
"languid" in a rock and roll song?
That's why Hejira is so brilliant to me; Damn near EVERY WORD on it is so original.
Bob
NP: Steely Dan, "Josie", 6/3/00
