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|    Nick L Unverferth to Christopher Lampton    |
|    Re: Most Cryptic Dan Lyrics    |
|    12 Jul 21 08:36:50    |
      From: nicklunverferth@gmail.com              On Tuesday, January 13, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Christopher Lampton wrote:       > There's nothing like a good list to get this newsgroup going, so let me       > propose a new one. Name the Steely Dan lyrics that you'd most like to have       > explained. Don't worry if these have been discussed earlier or even if       > you're hearing the lyrics wrong. (I haven't seen an SD lyric sheet in years       > and don't trust them anyway.) With luck, someone will plunge into the fray       > and explain something that's baffled you since 1973. Here are some of my own       > candidates:       > "Klaus and the Rooster have been there too.       > "But lately he spends his time here."       > (Who's "he"?)       > "Rikki, don't lose that number."       > (Phone number? Lottery number? Swiss bank account?)       > "Double helix in the sky tonight."       > (Great image, but what the hell is it?)       > "Zombie see and zombie do       > "He's here with me and you."       > (A corpse? A memory? An extremely boring person?)       > "We've seen the last       > "Of good King Richard.       > "Raise up a glass       > "To good King John."       > (Richard Nixon? John Kennedy? John Erlichmann? Johnny Carson?)       > I'll have more later. Your turn.       > --Chris       "Double helix in the sky tonight." https://www.nasa.gov/vision/       niverse/starsgalaxies/milkyway_twist.html 03.16.06 How did Dan know about       the galaxy in the 70's? Perhaps the below is more likely       http://weekinweird.com/2013/01/04/incredible-double-helix-dna-cl       ud-appears-moscow/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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