On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:01:26 -0400, HK wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Aug 31, 8:29?am, "Jim" wrote:

You call that genius?

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Musical genius.

You need to hear the actual recording.
The lyrics by themselves are interesting, but a little flat.
Throw in the "psychedelic" guitar licks, etc, and it's one of the
better- even if now mostly forgotten- gems from the era.

At one time it was fun to sit around the hookah and debate the "inner
meaning" of tunes like this. I can't seem to remember whether Martha
Lorraine was popularly assumed to be about peyote, hashish, LSD, or
the Selective Service System/FEDGOV- (good arguments for all). I still
remember how suprised a lot of folks were to realize that Mr
Tambourine Man was about a dope dealer. Dylan was always easier to
figure out than Joe McDonald :-)

I suppose if you are sitting around doing drugs, a lot of songs sound
like they are "dealing" drugs. Not all of us were Day Trippers.

True. And the old hag at the end of the bar making eyes at you looks
better and better as the beer flows.

--Vic