JK: Delia? As in "Delia's Gone"?? Oops! How embarrassing. Delilah, not Deliah. I've even wiped the name of the song from my mind it was so annoying time and time. Thanks for pointing that out. Mike Geary ----- Original Message ----- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:10 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem Julie Krueger confused ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem Date: 1/29/06 9:04:03 AM Central Standard Time From: atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent on: For the benefit of Mr. Helm here're the lyrics in his realm, right on his screen: David Bowie - Space Oddity ============================ Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you Spoken: Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Lift-off This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare "This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much (she knows!) Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear.... " am I floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do.? Tom Jones sang Delia. In 1968 every morning at 7 a.m. at a campground outside Augsberg, Germany the camp would play "Delia" over and over over the loudspeaker for what seemed 30 minutes straight. Never mention Tom Jones' name in my presence again please. Mike Geary Memphis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:45 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem > David Ritchie wrote: > > "So then I recalled Major Tom, singing in his orbit suit," > > > to which Lawrence Helm replied: > > "You recall something about the astronaut Tom Jones and associate him > with the singer Tom Jones." > > > In 1969, David Bowie released an eponymous album that included the song > 'Space Oddity'. In the song, there is a Major Tom who has an > unfortunate (?) experience in space, and sings: > > "Here am I floating round my tin can > Far above the Moon > Planet Earth is blue > And there's nothing I can do." > > > Sincerely, > > Phil Enns > Toronto, ON > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html