OT "Windy"

[Eric Nielsen]

It could be about a person and the weather at the same time. Sara Storer has
a song about a river and a woman-both named Katherine.

http://www.tabs-database.com/sara-storer/Katherine-chords.html

Eric

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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> According to Wacki, writer Ruthann Friedmann claimed it was originally
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> a guy!  The Association changed it!
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> 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.
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> JL
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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.
> > >
> > >JL
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> >  >On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net>
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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"?
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> > > > Joel
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