What's the theme of this playlist?

[dave from knoxville]

U2 - A Man and a Woman
The Kleptones - Are You a Visionary
Three Dog Night - One
Drive By Truckers - A Ghost to Most
The Bats - Man in the Moon
The Hooters - And We Danced
Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Dengue Fever - Woman in the Shoes
The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Julie Fowlis - Blackbird
The Chocolate Watchband - Are You Gonna Be There
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare

I limited myself to songs I currently have on my hard drive, else I might have substituted one or two of these.












Here's a hint: 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

[Trembling Eagle]

all playlists seem to be about revenge to me

[hugman]

you got me, Dave, but I have a REALLY good three dog night-related story that I'm just waiting for the right topic to come up to call in and tell.  oh, it's good.

[dave from knoxville]

Any English majors or poetry fanatics in tha hizzouse? It's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Playlist"

U2 - A Man and a Woman
The Kleptones - Are You a Visionary
Three Dog Night - One
Drive By Truckers - A Ghost to Most
The Bats - Man in the Moon
The Hooters - And We Danced
Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Dengue Fever - Woman in the Shoes
The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Julie Fowlis - Blackbird
The Chocolate Watchband - Are You Gonna Be There
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare

I limited myself to songs I currently have on my hard drive, else I might have substituted one or two of these.












Here's a hint: 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

[dave from knoxville]

you got me, Dave, but I have a REALLY good three dog night-related story that I'm just waiting for the right topic to come up to call in and tell.  oh, it's good.

Please assure me it has nothing to do with an exploding penis.

http://www.spinner.com/2008/05/09/twisted-tales-three-dog-night-singer-suffers-groupie-related-gr/

[hugman]

you got me, Dave, but I have a REALLY good three dog night-related story that I'm just waiting for the right topic to come up to call in and tell.  oh, it's good.

Please assure me it has nothing to do with an exploding penis.

http://www.spinner.com/2008/05/09/twisted-tales-three-dog-night-singer-suffers-groupie-related-gr/

never mind....No it's a story I actually played a part in.

[Bryan]

Any English majors or poetry fanatics in tha hizzouse? It's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Playlist"

U2 - A Man and a Woman
The Kleptones - Are You a Visionary
Three Dog Night - One
Drive By Truckers - A Ghost to Most
The Bats - Man in the Moon
The Hooters - And We Danced
Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Dengue Fever - Woman in the Shoes
The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Julie Fowlis - Blackbird
The Chocolate Watchband - Are You Gonna Be There
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare

I limited myself to songs I currently have on my hard drive, else I might have substituted one or two of these.












Here's a hint: 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Is anyone else just as mystified after the solution as before it?

[dave from knoxville]

Any English majors or poetry fanatics in tha hizzouse? It's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Playlist"

U2 - A Man and a Woman
The Kleptones - Are You a Visionary
Three Dog Night - One
Drive By Truckers - A Ghost to Most
The Bats - Man in the Moon
The Hooters - And We Danced
Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Dengue Fever - Woman in the Shoes
The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Julie Fowlis - Blackbird
The Chocolate Watchband - Are You Gonna Be There
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare

I limited myself to songs I currently have on my hard drive, else I might have substituted one or two of these.












Here's a hint: 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Is anyone else just as mystified after the solution as before it?

Sorry, try here

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/stevens-13ways.html

[yesno]

I think the theme of the playlist is "DFK is batshit bonkers."

[nec13]

That's very creative, dfk. However, I'm afraid I'm just too stupid to understand it.

[Bryan]

Hm. I should have been able to get a little closer to understanding that than I was. My wife has just spent 3 years writing a PhD thesis on Wallace Stevens. You'd think some of it would have rubbed off on me!

[dave from knoxville]

I think the theme of the playlist is "DFK is batshit bonkers."

Like this is news.

Did anybody appreciate that there were 13 songs?