Re: Denim Blue Eyes
[email protected] (George J. Dance)
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> Will-Dockery wrote: > >> HarryLime wrote: >> >>> George J. Dance wrote: >>> >>>> Will-Dockery wrote: >>>> >>>>> General Zod wrote: >>>>> Will Dockery wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://picosong.com/XvAZ/ >>>>>> >>>>>> I remember this one well, great song Jimmy. >>>>>> >>>>>> :D >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sadly the site is defunct..... >>>>> >>>>> "...picosong is shut down. >>>>> We provided a three-month notice starting on July 20, 2019. All files are now permanently deleted. Looking for alternatives? Check out clyp, Mixcloud, Soundcloud, or Bandcamp! >>>>> >>>>> We started in 2010 as a service for musicians to share personal short clips.. Operated by volunteers over the past nine years, we kept this site as simple and ad-free as possible. Today, there are better alternatives for musicians to share their ideas, so picosong will be closing. >>>>> We are grateful to all of our users for your support over these years. Thank you for using picosong! >>>>> >>>>> picosong staff" >>>> >>>> >>>> Too bad, this wS one of Jim Senetto's best poems, "Denim Blue Eyes." >>> >>> >>> Too bad. If he'd submitted it to PPB, *and* not demanded years later >>> that all his poems be unpublished, people would still be able to read it. >>> >>> At least we can discuss the title, which (I'd guess based on experience >>> with his poetry) is often the best line of the poem, anyway. >>> >>> "Denim blue eyes" is a great term, because it performs double duty: >>> First, it's an exact colour; everyone has seen denim, and has a >>> concrete memory of what color "denim blue" is. Second, "denim" >>> has connotations; it suggests a person who wears denim, a >>> young man (or more likely a young woman) of the mid-20th century, >>> very much like a character in several of your own poems. >>> >>> The color is in my magnum opus of col0rs, Penny, or Penny's Hat; but up until >>> today it was called only "Denim" Thanks to the beauty of electronic >>> publication, I was able to change that to "Denim Blue" almost >>> immediately. I think it results in a much better line. >>> >>> <spamsnip> >> >> >> >> Dunce steals from Senetto... again. > > > While Jim Senetto steals from Cat Stevens, who first used "denim blue" in 1973. > > 😏 I missed this earlier, Will; thanks for keeping the thread alive. "Denim Blue fading up to the sky ..." - that is the most likely source for him. This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=658993152#658993152 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655