[78-L] Lazy lyrics: Cheek to cheek

Ron L lherault at bu.edu
Tue Jan 27 13:05:41 PST 2009


A gambler's lucky streak is so ethereal, more his imagination than reality.
It is really poetic.

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Davies
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:36 PM
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lazy lyrics: Cheek to cheek

        For those who didn't follow the audio link, Bing changed the 
phrase to "like a gambler's salty streak", which makes much more sense. 
The salty streak ending is a happy occurrence, as befits the theme of the 
song.
        To argue that the original lyric is justified because they both 
involve evaporation is like saying Cole Porter should have written "You're 
the top!  You're FBI's most wanted!  You're the top!  You're the house 
that's most haunted!"
        Well they're all superlatives, so they must fit the theme of the 
song.
- Stephen D
in Calgary
(Hey, it scans!)

-------Original Message-------
From: Taylor Bowie
Date: 1/26/2009 7:43:11 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lazy lyrics: Cheek to cheek
 
Right....I thought the reference in the lyric was to the speed of the
evaporation,  not that one event is happy and the other sad.
 
Taylor
 

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