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Thread #19616 Message #2957304
Posted By: CupOfTea
03-Aug-10 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: Last Unicorn-songs from the movie?
Subject: RE: Last Unicorn-songs from the movie?
I never saw the movie; didn't even know it existed. The book is an old favorite, a battered paperback with a Gervasio Gallardo cover, re-read many times.
A side bit I always adored about this book is the thread of ballads & traditional song that run through it, particularly the onging giggle of the leader of the band of robbers writing and singing endless verses of a song about his (imagined) exploits. He wants to be as well known as Robin Hood, and is sure if he could ONLY play his ballad for Mr. Child, his fame would be secure. There are other snatches of things traditional or traditional sounding that Peter Beagle wrote. In the early days of the Cooper & Nelson & etc (I believe Paul Goelz at the time), Margaret Nelson took a witty bit from this book, set it to the tune of "Housewives Lament" and entertained us mightily ( "I knew when I loved by the way I behaved...")
I'm glad to hear the movie was good, because the book was grand.
Joanne in Cleveland