OT "Windy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

According to Wacki, writer Ruthann Friedmann claimed it was originally about
a guy!  The Association changed it!

But, you know, it's really about a girl who also shapeshifts into the
weather.  When you're, like, high?  I know this is true because it's what I
want to believe.

JL


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> I was less than serious when I hinted at a hurricane.  But if the
> song in question is the one discussed by Wikipedia --
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy --
> then it dates (according to them) from 1967, before this particular
> hurricane.  Of course, they are wrong in saying it is about a woman,
> rather than the weather, as many on this list assert.  8-)
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> Joel
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> At 10/20/2009 11:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Seems like there was a Tropical Storm Wendy in the Pacific in 1974.
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> >JL
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>  >On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > > At 10/20/2009 08:54 AM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
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> > > >OT:  I beg to differ that the song "Windy" refers to the weather
> > > >rather than a person.  It has certainly never been clear to
> > > >me.  Note that the first word of the song, referring to Windy, is
> > > >"Who", and there are lines like "For Windy has stormy eyes".  Yes,
> > > >this may be anthropomorphic imagery, but the result is ambiguity,
> > > >perhaps deliberate.
> > >
> > > What year was the hurricane named "Wendy"?
> > >
> > > Joel
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