>>But I guess Van's never been overtly political, really. >>Actually, I'm not even sure he's really of this earth.
So is this a rounabout way of saying that whenever Van is next in LA you won't be bursting a blood vessel to get him into the studio and write a bunch of songs with him =o)
Although, love him or be somewhat indifferent to him - would you like to ever hear him work over `Hello Mary` or `A Brand New Morning` or `The Got No Shotgun Hydra Head Octupus Blues`?
Maybe his lack of politics comes from the same root as WB Yeats's. Yeats supposedly said that he found the WW1 poetry of Wilfred Owen distasteful because (in his opinion) it displayed "a passive suffering". With that said, though, Yeats was very politically active in both England and Ireland as the Irish Republic was being founded. But in relation to his writing he kept that reserved for his reflections on love, God and mysticism. (File the above comments under `big deviation`!)
Richard
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>>But I guess Van's never been overtly political, really. >>Actually, I'm not even sure he's really of this earth.
So is this a rounabout way of saying that whenever Van is next in LA you won't be bursting a blood vessel to get him into the studio and write a bunch of songs with him =o)
Although, love him or be somewhat indifferent to him - would you like to ever hear him work over `Hello Mary` or `A Brand New Morning` or `The Got No Shotgun Hydra Head Octupus Blues`?
Maybe his lack of politics comes from the same root as WB Yeats's. Yeats supposedly said that he found the WW1 poetry of Wilfred Owen distasteful because (in his opinion) it displayed "a passive suffering". With that said, though, Yeats was very politically active in both England and Ireland as the Irish Republic was being founded. But in relation to his writing he kept that reserved for his reflections on love, God and mysticism. (File the above comments under `big deviation`!)
Richard
So is this a rounabout way of saying that whenever Van is next in LA you won't be bursting a blood vessel to get him into the studio and write a bunch of songs with him =o)
Although, love him or be somewhat indifferent to him - would you like to ever hear him work over `Hello Mary` or `A Brand New Morning` or `The Got No Shotgun Hydra Head Octupus Blues`?
Maybe his lack of politics comes from the same root as WB Yeats's. Yeats supposedly said that he found the WW1 poetry of Wilfred Owen distasteful because (in his opinion) it displayed "a passive suffering". With that said, though, Yeats was very politically active in both England and Ireland as the Irish Republic was being founded. But in relation to his writing he kept that reserved for his reflections on love, God and mysticism. (File the above comments under `big deviation`!)
Richard
