Thursday, February 10, 2005

"In the Garden of Allah" -- Fiction?

In seminar next week we'll consider, a propos John Mills' autobiographical Thank Your Mother for the Rabbits, what is and what isn't fiction. Have a look here at the lyrics to Don Henley's "In the Garden of Allah" ahead of your upcoming seminar.
ps: a prize for the first person in each seminar to identify the obvious mistranscription (evident without having to listen to the song.)
pps: you can find a .rm version of the music video here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

In this fiction, I want to add to the ending:
In the garden of allah
Everybody is welcome
And people have a pie of fate
No matter, if it's bitter or sweet
Leave some parts for survivors
In the garden of allah

Karim

Dr. Stephen Ogden said...

Brilliant! Strong argument for its status as fiction ...