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Thread #32920   Message #2061003
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
25-May-07 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan)
Subject: RE: Origins: Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan)
And this thread is about TUNES

The confusing thing is that sometimes people (more especially some Americans) tend to say "tune" to mean "song"; and sometimes "song" to mean "tune". It's just and example of the way language varies an changes with place and time.
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I've just had a look at The Concise Paul Simon Complete and it's got a note "All words and music Paul Simon except 'Hey Schoolgirl' and '7 O'Clock News/Silent Night' by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel..."
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I've always thought it a bit unfair Paul Simon gets slagged off for his rewrite of Scarborough Fair. With the way it incorporates "Canticle", intertwining it with the traditional words and tune, it becomes a very different song, and a pretty good one.