In article <1191542174.524610.79230@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote: > >Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> In article <1191449822.824300.54730@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, >> David Tate <dtate@ida.org> wrote: >> >On Oct 3, 5:11 pm, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >> >> In article <1191443655.073990.292...@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, >> >> David Tate <dt...@ida.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >I suppose I'll have to go watch it. I've been avoiding it for more >> >> >almost 30 years now, precisely because I loved the book so much. >> >> >> >> Let me say this about the movie: you can appreciate it without >> >> having read the book. But if you have read the book, you'll >> >> appreciate it that much more, because matters of rabbit mythology >> >> and theology, only touched on in the movie (there are, after all, >> >> length limits) will mean a lot more to you. >> > >> >Thanks for expanding on that. May I take it that, inexplicably, the >> >filmmakers failed to mistake the book for a children's story, despite >> >the talking animals? >> >> You may. > >Give or take Simon and Garfunkel. Of course, _The Graduate_ isn't a >children's story, ... OK, I wasn't going to mention it, but yes, the one song sung off-camera is a Simon and Garfunkel; it's "Bright Eyes," and watch for what, or rather Whom, you see going by as it's being sung. Dorothy J. Heydt Albany, California djheydt@kithrup.com
On 5 Oct, 01:22, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > > OK, I wasn't going to mention it, but yes, the one song sung > off-camera is a Simon and Garfunkel; it's "Bright Eyes," and > watch for what, or rather Whom, you see going by as it's being > sung. It's sung by Art Garfunkel, but I don't recall Paul Simon having anything to do with it. The songwriter was Mike Batt.
In article <1191589300.319468.260390@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, Paul Clarke <paul.clarke@eu.citrix.com> wrote: >On 5 Oct, 01:22, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >> >> OK, I wasn't going to mention it, but yes, the one song sung >> off-camera is a Simon and Garfunkel; it's "Bright Eyes," and >> watch for what, or rather Whom, you see going by as it's being >> sung. > >It's sung by Art Garfunkel, but I don't recall Paul Simon having >anything to do with it. The songwriter was Mike Batt. OK. It was the guy thread who used the S&G phrasing. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. Dorothy J. Heydt Albany, California djheydt@kithrup.com
Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > In article <1191542174.524610.79230@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, > Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote: > > > >Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > >> In article <1191449822.824300.54730@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, > >> David Tate <dtate@ida.org> wrote: > >> >On Oct 3, 5:11 pm, djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: > >> >> In article <1191443655.073990.292...@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > >> >> David Tate <dt...@ida.org> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >I suppose I'll have to go watch it. I've been avoiding it for more > >> >> >almost 30 years now, precisely because I loved the book so much. > >> >> > >> >> Let me say this about the movie: you can appreciate it without > >> >> having read the book. But if you have read the book, you'll > >> >> appreciate it that much more, because matters of rabbit mythology > >> >> and theology, only touched on in the movie (there are, after all, > >> >> length limits) will mean a lot more to you. > >> > > >> >Thanks for expanding on that. May I take it that, inexplicably, the > >> >filmmakers failed to mistake the book for a children's story, despite > >> >the talking animals? > >> > >> You may. > > > >Give or take Simon and Garfunkel. Of course, _The Graduate_ isn't a > >children's story, ... > > OK, I wasn't going to mention it, but yes, the one song sung > off-camera is a Simon and Garfunkel; it's "Bright Eyes," and > watch for what, or rather Whom, you see going by as it's being > sung. I was going to say "Chevy Chase?" My bad. A ton of online references /do/ say "Simon & Garfunkel" for it. One that doesn't, and provides an... intriguing... range of interpretations (IMO addressing a profound deficiency), is, http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=13131
