Very right, Maria, 'the poetry of the song' is not the same as the poetry
of the poem, BECAUSE of the music, melodic lines, even, I would argue the
arrangements. Would Dylan's 'Ballad of a Thin Man' be the same without that
organ?
Not to mention the fab, if spare, accompaniment on ESSENCE...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
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University of Alberta
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