http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/16/an-open-letter-to-bryan-adams/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:30:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/16/an-open-letter-to-bryan-adams/#comment-517 Matthew Belinkie Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:19:16 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=382#comment-517 Maybe it's sort of ambiguous on purpose. Isn't there a poetic device where one line can either be read as part of the previous line or the next line? Fancy name for that? Maybe it’s sort of ambiguous on purpose. Isn’t there a poetic device where one line can either be read as part of the previous line or the next line? Fancy name for that?

]]> http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/16/an-open-letter-to-bryan-adams/#comment-516 wrather Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:15:55 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=382#comment-516 Oh, that's funny -- I just assumed that's just what Tim Rice meant. Oh, that’s funny — I just assumed that’s just what Tim Rice meant.

]]> http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/16/an-open-letter-to-bryan-adams/#comment-515 Jen Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:55:42 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=382#comment-515 Matthew, Outstanding work! Now you've got the ball rolling, how about a letter to Andrew Lloyd Webber for his effort in Jesus Christ Superstar? (This one's bothered me since I was a kid, and my parents owned all of three records...) Mary Magdalene: I've had so many men before / in very many ways / he's just one more. It took me a long time to figure out that it should be punctuated:"I've had so many men before. In very many ways, he's just one more." Not "I've had so many men before in very many ways..." Well, she was a working girl. Matthew,
Outstanding work! Now you’ve got the ball rolling, how about a letter to Andrew Lloyd Webber for his effort in Jesus Christ Superstar? (This one’s bothered me since I was a kid, and my parents owned all of three records…)
Mary Magdalene: I’ve had so many men before / in very many ways / he’s just one more.
It took me a long time to figure out that it should be punctuated:”I’ve had so many men before. In very many ways, he’s just one more.” Not “I’ve had so many men before in very many ways…” Well, she was a working girl.

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