The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6370   Message #2223695
Posted By: catspaw49
28-Dec-07 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
Subject: RE: The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty
I agree Jeri and Charley.

But negative space for interpretation seems different to me than trying to do analysis finding meaning in every nuance which always sorta' gives me a chuckle..........especially when you later find out that the songwriter had put far less thought into it. We ran a long thread on "Don't Think Twice" but its hard to say what Dylan was actually thinking. And I guess that's what makes some songs great.......they lend themselves to a broad range of interpretations.

But its so enjoyable to find out in this case that Townes didn't have a clue himself. I'd love to see the day where Don McLean comes out and says that "American Pie" was really about the cold winter day his sister broke his record player and trashed his 45 collection while he was out on his paper route.

Spaw