Start-ups and shut downs
I was recently listening to Fuel’s “Shimmer” (probably on the radio, since at any given point in time, it’s playing on either Q100 or Project 9-6-1). Then, out of no where, it hit me: Pip and Estella. Now, between the song’s debut in 1998 on the “Sunburn” album and it’s subsequent homicidal death by radio plays, I must have heard “She calls me from the cold” a million times if I’ve heard it once (hyperbole), but it only recently hit me what the song was about. At least, I seem to be able to – and without much work at all – cut pieces from various moments in the song and essentially recreate one of Dickens’ most memorable works: Great Expectations. However, considering the lyrics in “Shimmer” to be a literary act of epic proportions is a bit of a stretch.
(OK, John. Very good. Anything useful today?)
My point is that it’s not about the idea, it’s about the delivery.
