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Auden poems


  • Subject: Auden poems
  • From: "Phil Mason" <philmason@br...com>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:48:36 +0100

>Been pulling my hair out... which W H Auden poem did the band/Gerard 
>adapt and on which LP? Mental block!

Journal of an Airman (on Tolerance) and Dear, Though The Night Is Gone (on 
Rough Music).
Coincidentally, this the second time I have delved into this very topic 
today -- on the Richard Thompson list we have been mulling over poems set 
to music. Arising from that, I learnt that Gerard's dad was a librarian, 
and Gerard himself worked in a library. Very rock 'n' roll.

Phil