[Beth Curran]

Well, the word "man" does have a gender-neutral meaning when used as an
abstract pronoun, though admittedly it's not much used that way nowadays
- But the gender-neutral usage of "man" also pops up in Renaissance Man,
even if they did toss in a "woman" there at the end to sorta even things
out. - Beth 

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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [Powderworks] lyrics help?

I guess that's why I never much liked MTM; I resist the idea of God as a
man, and when I first heard this song as a kid was incapable of
understanding irony, sarcasm, satire, or however else you might
otherwise
interpret this lyric.  Never much liked it since.  Time for another
listen,
this time with "grown up" ears.

Thanks to all who helped on the Phar Lap thing.  I knew Phar Lap was a
racehorse and always wondered how or why he would be floating in a jar;
thought maybe phar lap meant something different in this context.

-GB

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got your last meal filled up with pesticide
hamburger chain third world infanticide
got robot car your job will disappear
it's called the politics of a brand new year
some say that's progress i say that's cruel

--midnight oil
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> That would be way better, a great lyric and idea. "Everybody say God
is
> a good man" means arrogant presumption on the part of people to even
> assume that God is a man. And in that light, the lyric "Is he his own
> man?" (as opposed to being the "man" some people presume "he" is) is
> brilliant. I hope it's what they meant.
> 
> -Jim
> 
> 
> On Apr 11, 2004, at 8:15 PM, Andy Gillcrist wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 1.  Reckon it still is "Is he a Soul Man" on the original CD
>> 
>> To me, this has always sounded like "Is he his own man?"  And I
>> even thought I saw that written down somewhere, but I'm damned
>> if I can remember where now.
>> 
>> Andy
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