barger@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Jorn Barger) (10/20/89)
because i felt this terrible sense of deprivation
hearing the doubletalk lyrics of sensual world
i spent yesterday evening in the library with a ulysses concordance...
the good news is that the original lyrics can be identified with
pretty much 100% certainty: they're all from the last page and a half
and fall into two verbatim chunks that match precisely for rhythm,
vowel sounds, and 'yes'es.
the bad news is that we can only hear them in our minds' ear: i almost
suspect that those multiple instrumental tracks on the EP were Kate's
way of saying listen-thru-the-code...
the joyce estate has been outraging scholars for several years now--
joyce's only living heir, his grandson stephen, feels that despite the desires
of scholars, his family still retains the right of privacy, and that's his
right, surely. he has burnt letters, objected to the public sale of a
deathmask of his grandfather, objected to the commercialization of the museum
in the joyce tower in sandycove...
but what a loss that this song got caught in the crossfire...
The Sensual World (restored)
MMMH, YES,
THEN I'D TAKEN THE KISS OF SEEDCAKE BACK FROM HIS MOUTH
...first I gave him the bit of seedcake out of my mouth
GOING DEEP SOUTH, GO DOWN, MMH, YES.
and it was leapyear like now yes
TOOK SIX BIG WHEELS AND ROLLED OUR BODIES
16 years ago my God
OFF OF HOWTH HEAD AND INTO THE FLESH, MMH, YES,
after that long kiss I near lost my breath yes
HE SAID I WAS A FLOWER