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Thread #72837 Message #2015097
Posted By: Allan C.
03-Apr-07 - 05:56 AM
Thread Name: Origins: I Started a Joke
Subject: RE: Origins: I Started a Joke
During the period in which this song was written, lyrics didn't need to make sense. In fact, the more obscure the meaning/reference, the deeper (Wow, like, that's reeeally deep, man!) it supposedly was. Also, if it contained any sort of religious reference, it was usually deemed to be even deeper - such as the semimonotonic pap that Leonard Cohen usually wrote/writes.
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