Re: Iron Maiden & Crowley (wasRe: Heavy Metal Catholic)

Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 08:00:58 -0700
Newsgroups: alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic
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Ray wrote:
>On Fri, 23 May 2003 19:03:13 +0200, Daniel Höhr <email-address-deleted>
>wrote:
>>They also pick
>>up the odd Shakespeare reference ("The Evil That Men Do", based on a
>>line from Marc Anthony's speech in Julius Caesar
But which means what in the play, and what merely by reference in a
lyric?
>"Sea Of Madness", a
>>direct quote from Hamlet's "to be or not to be soliloqui") then there
>>are other literary motives
To say that one borrows a line from Jane Austin, doesn't make them
"literary". They might not even know what it meant, to the author, to
readers, in context.
>>Iron Maiden do all sorts of different things with their lyrics....
What variety.
>>UP THE IRONS!
>>Daniel
>Indeed! :-)
>Ray
You gotta hand it to metal bands. You really do.
Peace.
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