From: adsl537545GEZWAM@tiscali.nl
Michael,
Thank you. This perspective gives a logical rythme in the verse:
winners-loser, winners-loser
But what connects 'Deacon' to 'loser"?
Han (most of us here haven't the faintest idea of American football and its
legends)
cp: Zimbabwe: Traditional mbira musicians & Kevin Volans Ensemble (KV
composed a piece for 2 cembali and rattles, based on a famous mbira piece
"Nyamaropa". The cembali were tuned like the mbira.)
"M.A.H." schreef in bericht
news:2j4Ff.10420$rH5.9212@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Han,
>
> The University of Alabama most definately weren't "losers" by any stretch
> of the term. In fact, they were arguable the most dominant team of the
> decade. Take a quick look at their records:
>
> 1971 11-1
> 1972 10-2
> 1973 11-1 National Champs
> 1974 11-1
> 1975 11-1
> 1976 9-3
> 1977 11-1
> 1978 11-1 National Champs
> 1979 12-0 National Champs
>
> They were also conference champs during 8 of the 9 years I listed. So, as
> mentioned earlier, this was one of the most dominant football teams of the
> era. To put this in perspective, USC has had a lot of press for their
> success over a 3 year period. Compare this relatively short run to
> Alabama's 9-10 year run.
>
> I didn't mean to turn this into a sports forum, but perhaps this will give
> a little perspective on the reasoning for these lyrics in "Deacon Blues".
> You would be hard pressed to find a better example of "the winners in the
> world" than the Crimson Tide of Alabama in the period that this song was
> written.
>
> By the way, I'm not an Alabama fan, but I do enjoy college football.
>
> Michael H.
>
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