Just a brief note on the lyrics from the Mikado
Very briefly - the murderer's version has lyrics that sound sort of like the actual lyrics, but don't quite track - don't make logical sense in some places anymore. My inference from this is that he...
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(There is a thing called a "mondegreen" - "excuse me while I kiss this guy" for "excuse me while I kiss the sky" or "Dirty Jock and the...
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The Zodiac's interest in Gilbert & Sullivan, Melville, and the like may just be something he gathered in high school. How many high school students were assigned to read Moby Dick or Billy...
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The Zodiac's interest in Gilbert & Sullivan, Melville, and the like may just be something he gathered in high school.That could very well be.
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A contemprary of joan of Ark who fought along side of her at the battle of Orleans was Gilles de Rais, a notorious child murderer and a devil worshiper . He had hoped an alliance with satan would help...
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The Zodiac's interest in Gilbert & Sullivan, Melville, and the like may just be something he gathered in high school.That could very well be.Good point. In junior high we were all forced to...
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On the other hand, maybe not. Zodiac's a very controlled, pedantic, anal-retentive type. He's not the sort to screw up the lyrics to a Gilbert and Sullivan aria unless he's got some kind of ulterior...
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Interesting way to put it, Doug... I like the analogy, it's spot on, I think!
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Thanks, Ed. I've always been taken by the contrast there.
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I was struck by the phrase " And the Idiout who phraises with inthuastic tone". The misspellings appear contrived. "out" "in"!
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I think all the puns are intentional and that he liked the Mikado.
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A fun archive of misheard lyrics (no mention of Z's interpretation of the Mikado):http://www.kissthisguy.com/I still stand by the opinion that Z could have been very intelligent and a genuinely crappy...
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Actually he spells "provinces," as "provences," which makes it tempting to think that the "lady from the Provences," (Provence) is Joan of Arc,...
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It's interesting to note how Mikado-crazed the Bay Area was in 1939, 1940. Stage versions of "Swing Mikado" and "Hot Mikado" -- jazz versions of the Gilbert and...
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Actually he spells "provinces," as "provences," which makes it tempting to think that the "lady from the Provences," (Provence) is Joan of Arc,...
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I think pages 3-5 were 'old' pages that Z added in; not part of the writing done 'at the time' on the Little List theme. Hence the difference in ink colors (maybe I'm the only one who can see them) on...
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Something I wanted to note is that in the "Little List" letter, Z used the phrase "banjo seranader" instead of the original wording from The Mikado of...
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if gaik was z i could see him not using the n word.
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Whoever Z was/is, I don't imagine he would choose to use the "banjo" version just to keep from offending someone. I believe that was the version he heard and probably had. Whether it...
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And considering he was able to quote it rather well, I would say that he owned a copy of it for at least a period of time of his life. Unless he just had an awesome memory, it would be hard to...
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It's interesting to note how Mikado-crazed the Bay Area was in 1939, 1940. Stage versions of "Swing Mikado" and "Hot Mikado" -- jazz versions of the Gilbert and...
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