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   Message 419 of 573   
   August Abolins to Nigel Reed   
   Backwards Music   
   30 May 22 08:21:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet fce998d9   
   REPLY: 456.fido_music@1:124/5016 26f9a9bc   
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   TZUTC: -0400   
   Hello Nigel!   
      
   ** On Monday 30.05.22 - 02:27, Nigel Reed wrote to All:   
      
    >> EB> It's very scary the things you hear when you play music   
    >> EB> backwards. Does it scare you in any way? :-P $ The   
    >> EB> Millionaire $   
    >>   
    >> We only hear what we want to hear.   
    >>   
      
    NR> If you stop replying to him, he might go away.   
      
   My reference was to the great recording "The Point" narrated     
   and sung by Harry Nilsson.  In part of the story Oblio meets up     
   with the Rock Man who gives Oblio some words of wisdom.   
      
   Gleened from:   
      
    https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/you-see-what-you-want-to-see-and-    
   you-hear-what-you-want-to-hear/   
      
    https://bbs.lc/n8cvN   
      
      
   "    One of the first things Oblio and Arrow noticed about the   
   Pointless Forest was that all the leaves on all the trees had   
   points, and all the trees had points. In fact, even the   
   branches of all the trees pointed in different directions,   
   which seemed a little strange for a pointless forest. [.] Oblio   
   told the Rock Man that they were banished and asked him whether   
   or not this was the Pointless Forest.   
      
   "    The Rock Man said, "Say, babe, there ain't nothing   
   pointless about this gig. The thing is you see what you want to   
   see and you hear what you want to hear. You dig? Did you ever   
   see Paris?"   
      
   "    "No."   
      
   "    "Did you ever see New Delhi?"   
      
   "    "No."   
      
   "   "Well, that's it. You see what you want to see and you hear   
   what you want to hear."   
      
   "    -Nilsson, The Point (1971)   
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