Nina Simone! thanks Rebecca, you got it in one.
That's a weight off my mind, believe me. Thanks for the history of the song
too, I can retire to sleep a happy man now, you know how when something gets
in the head and won't give any peace!
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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From: "Rebecca Seiferle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: David B.
Hi Dave,
I think the song is "I put a spell on you" and the words and music were by
Screamin' Jay Hawkins in the late 40's, though the most known rendition of
the song was by Nina Simone.
Best,
Rebecca
Rebecca Seiferle
www.thedrukenboat.com
-------Original Message-------
From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 03/30/03 04:45 PM
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Subject: Re: David B.
>
> Thanks Douglas. Y'know I can disagree with David Bircumshaw's thinking in
some areas, let alone anyone else's!
The emotional pressures that our newly war-focused civilization have
exerted
on everyone are all too clear, it scares me, and that is frank. But I hope
that we can retain a concentration on poetry in this context, a la Jon
Corelis's post, even though the question might occur of Adorno's statement
after Auschwitz. I'm certainly not claiming certitude on these matters.
As I write BBC News 24 is blaring out the war stories, while I am also
thinking about a possible new poem and a semi-quote in my recent piece
'The
Cloud'. What I'm bugged about there is who sang a song with the line 'I've
got a spell on you'. I know it was an American black woman soul or blues
singer but can't remember who - it annoys me because I adopted the phrase,
and even sang it (as 'she'd put a hex on me') in the piece, I greatly
recommend singing a phrase of a poem in performance btw, even someone with
my dulcet tones can do it, recently I've been improvising blues lyrics to
a
guitarist, nothing written down but it's brilliant practise. But I've been
asking people about the song left-right-and-centre, everyone knows what I
mean but no-one can recall exactly what it is.
Help would be appreciated!
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: David B.
With David thanking you Randolph (& I getting all this in a bunch but
trying to respond to each one as I read it), I can just add my thank you
too. I'm glad to have him here, & would be glad to have Michael Snider
still too, even if I do disagree with his thinking in some areas.
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
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I fear this war
will be long and painful
and who
pursue
it
Lorine Niedecker
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