Posted by floatingbridge on August 26, 2011, at 22:12:43
In reply to Re: economy, posted by sigismund on August 26, 2011, at 14:37:18
> Well, I don't really know what it is about exactly, but this certainly made me laugh.....
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> ""Thick as Thieves" refers to the story of Adam and Eve as simply a fairy tale, the Holy Trinity as a philosophy, and expresses an overall negative and dismissive attitude toward Christian beliefs. Even the picture of Natalie dressed as a Roman Catholic nun on the CD cover is in poor taste. "The nun outfit reminds me of Monty Python. The song does not, though. Hmmm. So someone else gets worked up about the Genisis story, too....
Interestingly, I just started a book by Harold Kushner in which he discusses the misuse (perhaps misunderstanding; I
haven't gotten that far) of the Adam and Eve tale, how it can provoke and justify the of withdrawal of love.Thank you. She's interesting lyricist. I am not familiar with her beyond 10,000 Maniacs.
Now that dates me :-)
Ophelia is another rich topic....
I dig a pony.
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